Posted October 29, 200717 yr This week in 1956, were any Buzzjack members, actually born? Here are the averaged top 20 records... 01 01 A WOMAN IN LOVE - FRANKIE LAINE 3wks at the top 02 02 HOUND DOG/DON`T BE CRUEL 03 05 JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN - JOHNNY RAY 04 03 LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS - ANNE SHELTON 05 06 ROCKIN THRU THE RYE - BILL HALEY/COMETS 06 NE MY PRAYER - THE PLATTERS 07 04 GIDDY UP A DING DONG - FREDDIE BELL/BELLBOYS 08 08 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - BILL HALEY/COMETS 08 14 MORE - JIMMY YOUNG 10 10 WHEN MEXICO GAVE UP THE RHUMBA - MITCHELL TOROK 11 07 WHATEVER WILL BE WILL BE - DORIS DAY 12 19 ROCK WITH THE CAVEMAN - TOMMY STEELE 13 12 MORE/GLENDORA - PERRY COMO 14 12 YING TONG SONG/BLOODNOK`S ROCK `N` ROLL CALL - GOONS 15 10 ONLY YOU/GREAT PRETENDER - PLATTERS 15 18 LOVE ME AS THOUGH THERE WERE NO TOMORROW - NAT KING COLE 17 19 AUTUMN CONCERTO - GEORGE MELACHRINO ORCHESTRA 18 09 BRING A LITTLE WATER SYLVIE/DEAD OR ALIVE - LONNIE DONEGAN 18 15 SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR - BILL HALEY/COMETS 18 24 MAKE IT A PARTY - WINIFRED ATWELL A 3-way tie at 18...3 hits for BILL HALEY, and rock`n`roll finishing off WINIFRED ATWELL. The Bubblers... THE GREEN DOOR - JIM LOWE got to 11 BLUE JEAN BOP - GENE VINCENT got to 17 I`M IN LOVE AGAIN - FATS DOMINO got to 17 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE - ALMA COGAN got to 26 WOMAN IN LOVE - FOUR ACES got to 21 A HOUSE WITH LOVE IN IT - VERA LYNN got to 22 VERA LYNN also heading the way of WINIFRED ATWELL. New Releases... GREEN DOOR - MAPLE LEAF FOUR GREEN DOOR - FRANKIE VAUGHAN RIP IT UP - BILL HALEY/COMETS RIP IT UP - LITTLE RICHARD BLUE MOON/I DON`T CARE IF THE SUN DON`T SHINE - ELVIS PRESLEY TRUE LOVE - BING CROSBY AND GRACE KELLY ST THERESE OF THE ROSES - BILLY WARD AND THE DOMINOES RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT - MITCHELL TOROK 4 versions of GREEN DOOR around also the version by GLEN MASON...FRANKIE VAUGHAN won the race and went to number 2. RIP IT UP, was won by BILL HALEY. BING CROSBY and GRACE KELLY came straight from the film HIGH SOCIETY, and the birth of rock `n` roll didn`t stop them!! BILLY WARD lost out to MALCOM VAUGHAN (who`s version of ST THERESE OF THE ROSES) was releasesd the following week. And A FLOP follow up for MITCHELL TOROK. Does anyone remember 56`s tv??... 01 SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE PALLADIUM 75% of all viewers 02 ARMCHAIR THEATRE 73% 03 THE 64,OOO QUESTION 70% 04 ASSIGNMENT FOREIGN LEGION 69% 04 TAKE YOUR PICK 06 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS PRESENTS 67% 06 ROY ROGERS AND TRIGGER 08 ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD 65% 08 THIS WEEK 08 WYART EARP TOMMY TRINDER presented SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE PALLADIUM...BRUCE SETON guarded the questions in 64,000 QUESTION...RICHARD GREENE was ROBIN HOOD...MERLE OBERON was a rovering reported in ASSIGNMENT FOREIGN LEGION (filmed in ALGERIA and MOROCCO, and also BEACONSFIELD)!!!...DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS PRESENTS was made in th uk, for NBC in the states, dramas with a theme of average people caught in unusual situations (FAIRBANKS only starred in a few himself)!! ALL the above shows were on ITV, while the BBC were turning out WAKEY WAKEY (BILLY COTTON), HANCOCK, and WHACK-O (JIMMY EDWARDS as the head at CHISLEBURY BOYS SCHOOL). There was also WHATS MY LINE on BBC with GILBERT HARDING. ANDY PANDY was doing it for kids tv, along with ALL YOUR OWN (a show where kids came on, to show their "special" talents, and there was also RICHARD HEARNE as MR PASTRY. The Prime Minister was ANTHONY EDEN...who`s gonna be first to tell me who he replaced???
October 29, 200717 yr Don't think even Rob was born then, :D I remember these 02 02 HOUND DOG/DON`T BE CRUEL- Elvis 08 08 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - BILL HALEY/COMETS 14 12 YING TONG SONG/BLOODNOK`S ROCK `N` ROLL CALL - GOONS :lol: 15 10 ONLY YOU/GREAT PRETENDER - PLATTERS 18 15 SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR - BILL HALEY/COMETS
October 30, 200717 yr Don't think even Rob was born then, :D I remember these 02 02 HOUND DOG/DON`T BE CRUEL- Elvis 08 08 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - BILL HALEY/COMETS 14 12 YING TONG SONG/BLOODNOK`S ROCK `N` ROLL CALL - GOONS :lol: 15 10 ONLY YOU/GREAT PRETENDER - PLATTERS 18 15 SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR - BILL HALEY/COMETS nope... i was 3 months off being born! erm... you remember?.... how old are you then? :) i know some tracks, but tbh they are very dated and not really very good.
October 30, 200717 yr Author nope... i was 3 months off being born! erm... you remember?.... how old are you then? :) i know some tracks, but tbh they are very dated and not really very good. Being 12 years younger than you Rob, old boy!! I know all but 2, I`m vague on AUTUMN CONCERTO,(which was a instrumental I believe) and I seem to have forgotten the Donegan double A side! Did you regularly listen to JIMMY SAVILE circa 1973 - 84 (all the charts between 56 - 59, were featured), so we must have heard them, even being to young/not born the first time around!
October 30, 200717 yr Being 12 years younger than you Rob, old boy!! I know all but 2, I`m vague on AUTUMN CONCERTO,(which was a instrumental I believe) and I seem to have forgotten the Donegan double A side! Did you regularly listen to JIMMY SAVILE circa 1973 - 84 (all the charts between 56 - 59, were featured), so we must have heard them, even being to young/not born the first time around! yeah course i listend to saville...lol. yep i must of heard most of them hits and i know several... but if i didnt like summut, i took no notice of it. that has been my downfall at pop music quizes! lol.
October 30, 200717 yr No, I don’t remember these being released, as it was a bit before my time, but I do know these songs :D 02 02 HOUND DOG/DON`T BE CRUEL :dance: 03 05 JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN - JOHNNY RAY 08 08 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - BILL HALEY/COMETS 14 12 YING TONG SONG/BLOODNOK`S ROCK `N` ROLL CALL - GOONS 15 10 ONLY YOU/GREAT PRETENDER - PLATTERS 18 15 SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR - BILL HALEY/COMETS New Releases... BLUE MOON/I DON`T CARE IF THE SUN DON`T SHINE - ELVIS PRESLEY Oh, and it was Winston Churchill who was PM before Anthony Eden ;) Had to google it though :lol:
October 31, 200717 yr nope... i was 3 months off being born! erm... you remember?.... how old are you then? :) i know some tracks, but tbh they are very dated and not really very good. I remember my mother liking them :lol:
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