(Saturday, November 19, 1955) — “Rock-A-Beatin’ Boogie” by Bill Haley and the Comets peaked at #23 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for two weeks.
Category Archives: Popular Music 1950s
‘Only You (And You Alone)’ by The Platters peaks at #5 in USA 60 years ago today (Nov 5 1955)
(Saturday, November 5, 1955) — “Only You (And You Alone)” by The Platters peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for two weeks.
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‘Autumn Leaves’ by Roger Williams peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago today (Oct 29 1955)
(Saturday, October 29, 1955) — “Autumn Leaves” by Roger Williams was the #1 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for four consecutive weeks (Oct. 29, Nov. 5/12/19, 1955).
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Nat ‘King’ Cole performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 60 years ago this hour (Oct 23 1955)
Video: 'NAT KING COLE "Walking My Baby Back Home" on The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Sunday, October 23, 1955, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Nat “King” Cole performed “Walking My Baby Back Home” on tonight’s live edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City.
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‘Grand Ole Opry’ premieres on ABC-TV 60 years ago this hour (Oct 15 1955)
Video: 'Kitty Wells - Making Believe (1955)'
(Saturday, October 15, 1955, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Grand Ole Opry, a live monthly television series featuring leading Opry cast members and guest stars from the country or pop fields, debuted tonight on ABC.
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‘Oklahoma!’ premieres in New York City 60 years ago tonight (Oct 10 1955)
Video: 'Oklahoma!' trailer
(Monday, October 10, 1955, evening EDT) — Oklahoma!, a musical film based on the 1943 stage musical Oklahoma!, written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, premiered tonight before an invitation-only audience at the Rivoli Theatre in New York.
Directed by Fred Zinnemann, the film starred Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame. Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, Rod Steiger, Eddie Albert, James Whitmore and Shirley Jones. It was the first feature film photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process.
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‘Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing’ by The Four Aces peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago today (Oct 8 1955)
(Saturday, October 8, 1955) — “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” by The Four Aces was the #1 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for two non-consecutive weeks (Oct. 8/22, 1955).
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Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher married 60 years ago tonight (Sep 26, 1955)
Video: 'Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds/You are My Sunshine//?'
(Monday, September 26, 1955, evening EDT) — Actress Debbie Reynolds, 23, and singer Eddie Fisher, 26, were married tonight in a civil ceremony at Grossinger’s resort in the Catskills, New York, following a 15-month romance.
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Tennessee Ernie Ford records ‘Sixteen Tons’ in Hollywood 60 years ago today (Sep 17 1955)
Video: '1955 HITS ARCHIVE: Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford (a #1 record'
(Saturday, September 17, 1955) — Tennessee Ernie Ford recorded his smash hit “Sixteen Tons” today at Capitol’s Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood.
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Little Record records ‘Tutti Frutti’ in New Orleans 60 years ago today (Sep 14 1955)
Video: 'Little Richard - Tutti Frutti'
(Wednesday, September 14, 1955) — “Little Richard” Penniman recorded “Tutti Frutti” today at J & M Studio in New Orleans for Specialty Records. It would become Richard’s first major hit.
