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Songs by total number of weeks at number-one. The following songs were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the 1950–1958. 13. "Goodnight Irene". Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers. 11. "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog".
Rock & Roll began to dominate popular music starting in the mid-1950s with origins in a variety of genres including blues, rhythm & blues, country, and pop. Major rock artists of the 1950s include Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Bill Haley, and ...
From the '50s and '60s is a compilation album of television theme songs released by Tee-Vee Toons in 1985 as the first volume of the Television's Greatest Hits series. It was initially released as a double LP record featuring 65 themes from television shows ranging from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. [ 1]
American Bandstand. American Bandstand ( AB) is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989, [ 1] and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer. It featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark.
The 100 top songs of 1960 by highest chart position reached & number of weeks on the chart. "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faithwas the number one song of 1960. Bobby Rydellhad four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. Brenda Leehad four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. Connie Francishad four songs on the Year-End Hot 100.
Earth Angel. " Earth Angel ", occasionally referred to as " Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) ", is a song by American doo-wop group the Penguins. Produced by Dootsie Williams, it was released as their debut single in October 1954 on Dootone Records. The Penguins had formed the year prior and recorded the song as a demo in a garage in South ...
"Get a Job" is a song by the Silhouettes released in November 1957. It reached the number one spot on the Billboard pop and R&B singles charts in February 1958, [1] and was later included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). [2]
Greenfields (song) " Greenfields " is a song written by Frank Miller, Richard Dehr, and Terry Gilkyson ( The Easy Riders) and performed by the Brothers Four. [ 2] In 1960, the track reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 2 in Canada, [ 3] and No. 40 on the UK Singles Chart. [ 4]