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Turntable 02/29/2016

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"That's All You Gotta Do" is a song written by Jerry Reed and performed by Brenda Lee.  The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #19 on the R&B chart in 1960.  The song also reached #6 in Australia.  The song was featured on her 1960 album, Brenda Lee.  

The song was ranked #71 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1960.

Antoine "Fats" Domino, Jr. (born February 26, 1928) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. Domino released five gold (million-copy-selling) records before 1955.  He also had 35 Top 40 American hits. His musical style is based on traditional rhythm and blues ensembles of bass, piano, electric guitar, drums, and saxophone
"Denise" is a 1963 song by the American doo-wop group Randy & the Rainbows.  Randy & the Rainbows worked with the producers of The Tokens, releasing the single "Denise" in 1963. The song spent seventeen weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching no. 10, while reaching no. 18 on Billboard's Hot R&B singles, and no. 5 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade. 
"Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock and roll standard written and first recorded by Carl Perkins  in 1955. It is considered one of the first rockabilly (rock and roll) records, incorporating elements of blues, country  and pop music of the time. Perkins' original version of the song was on the Cashbox Best Selling Singles list for 16 weeks and spent 2 weeks in the No. 2 position.  Elvis Presley performed his version of the song three different times on national television. It was also recorded by Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran,  among many others.
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Turntable 02/22/2016

2/22/2016

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One Fine Day" is a popular song by songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King which was a hit in the summer of 1963 for girl group the Chiffons and has subsequently been covered by numerous artists.

"Oh Lonesome Me" written and recorded in December 1957 by Don Gibson with Chet Atkins producing it for RCA Victor in Nashville. Released in 1958, the song topped the country chart for eight non-consecutive weeks in addition to reaching No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.  
The Impalas were an American doo-wop group in the late 1950s, best known for their hit  "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)".  The group formed in 1958 in Brooklyn, New York,  and was composed of lead singer  Joe "Speedo" Frazier, Richard Wagner, Lenny Renda and Tony Carlucci. They were a racially integrated group--Frazier was the only black member.
"So Tough" Sung by the casuals in 1957.
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Turntable 02/15/2016

2/15/2016

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Tommy Edwards (February 17, 1922 – October 22, 1969)  was a singer and songwriter. His biggest-selling record  was with the multi-million-selling song "It's All in The Game".

"It's All in The Game" reached #1 on all US and UK charts in 1958.

"Only the Lonely" is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson.  Produced by Fred Foster for Monument Records it became the first major hit for Orbison. 

In 1999, "Only the Lonely" was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.  
 In 2004, Rolling Stone  ranked it No. 232 on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.  
 The 1957 Buddy Holly recording was certified gold - for over a million US sales in 1969 by the RIAA. The 1957 Brunswick Records single was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.

In 2005, the 1957 recording was placed in the National Recording Registry, a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States."
"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican mento folk song;  the best-known version was released by Jamaican-American singer Harry Belafonte in 1956 and later became one of his signature songs.
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Turntable 02/08/2016

2/8/2016

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Lloyd Price (born March 9, 1933) is an American R&B vocalist. Known as "Mr. Personality", after his million-selling hit . . . 

"Personality" reached #2 on the US Rock and Roll Charts in 1959


Lloyd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. 

Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938) is an American guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he had a string of hit records produced by Lee Hazlewood which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including "Rebel Rouser", Peter Gunn" and "Because They're Young". He had sold 12 million records by 1963.

​He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008.
The Colorado Trail is a 486-mile long-distance trail  running from the mouth of Waterton Canyon southwest of Denver to Durango in Colorado.  Its highest point is 13,271-foot above sea level, and most of the trail is above 10,000-feet. Despite its high elevation, the trail often dips below the alpine timberline  to provide refuge from the exposed, storm-prone regions above.
Marv Earl Johnson (October 15, 1938 – May 16, 1993) was an American R&B and soul singer,  most notable for performing on the first record to be issued from what became Motown. 
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Turntable 02/01/2016

2/1/2016

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​"Think It Over" is a 1958 rock and roll  song written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison and Norman Petty.  The song was released as a Brunswick 45 single by The Crickets. The single reached #27 on theBillboard pop singles chart, #9 on the Billboard R&B chart, and #11 in the UK.

 "My Special Angel" is a song by Jimmy duncan, published in 1957.
The song became a crossover hit in 1957 for Bobby Helms. "My Special Angel" peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and spent four weeks at number one on the US Country music chart.  The single made the R&B chart as well peaking at number eight.  It became a gold record. Backing vocals were sung by the Anita Kerr Singers.
"Save Your Heart for Me" is a song written by Gary Geld and Peter Udell. The song was originally written for and recorded by singer Brian Hyland in 1963. Although not released as a single in its own right, it was included as the B-side to Hyland's song, "I'm Afraid to Go Home,".
"Just a Dream" is a 1958 single by Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets. The single went to number one on the R&B Best Sellers lists for one week and peaked at number four on the Hot 100.
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