(Saturday, August 25, 1956) — “The Flying Saucer” by Buchanan and Goodman peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week. Continue reading ‘The Flying Saucer’ by Buchanan and Goodman peaks at #3 in USA 60 years ago today (Aug 25 1956)
Category Archives: Popular Music 1950s
‘Hound Dog/Don’t Be Cruel’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago today (Aug 18 1956)
Video: 'Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (Audio)'
(Saturday, August 18, 1956) — “Hound Dog”/Don’t Be Cruel by Elvis Presley peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for 11 weeks (Aug. 18/25 Sept. 1/8/15/22/29, Oct. 6/13/20/27, 1956). Continue reading ‘Hound Dog/Don’t Be Cruel’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago today (Aug 18 1956)
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‘Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)’ by Doris Day peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago today (Aug 18 1956)
(Saturday, August 18, 1956) — “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)” by Doris Day peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Top 100 chart for three weeks (Aug. 18/25, Sept. 1, 1956).
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‘My Prayer’ by The Platters peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 4 1956)
(Saturday, August 4, 1956) — “My Prayer” by The Platters peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Top 100 chart for two weeks (Aug. 4/11, 1956).
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‘Rip It Up’ by Little Richard peaks at #17 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 4 1956)
(Saturday, August 4, 1956) — “Rip It Up” by Little Richard peaked at #17 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week.
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‘I Almost Lost My Mind’ by Pat Boone peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 28 1956)
(Saturday, July 28, 1956) — “I Almost Lost My Mind” by Pat Boone peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes chart for four consecutive weeks (July 28, Aug. 4/11/18, 1956).
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‘I Want You, I Need You, I Love You’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 28 1956)
(Saturday, July 28, 1956) — “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You” by Elvis Presley peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week.
It was Presley’s second of 18 number one hits on the national pop charts (1956-1969).
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‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’ by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps peaks at #7 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 28 1956)
(Saturday, July 28, 1956) — “Be-Bop-A-Lula” by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for three weeks.
The song is listed as #103 on Rolling Stone‘s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
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‘Ready Teddy’ by Little Richard peaks at #44 in USA 60 years ago today (July 21 1956)
(Saturday, July 21, 1956) — “Ready Teddy” by Little Richard peaked at #44 on today’s Billboard Top 100 chart for one week.
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Julie Andrews performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 60 years ago this hour (July 15 1956)
Video: 'The Ed Sullivan Show - Vol. 1 (Hosted by Carol Burnett)' (July 15, 1956, at 59:09)
(Sunday, July 15, 1956, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Julie Andrews performed “I Could Have Danced All Night” on tonight’s live edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City.
