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Turntable - 06/27/2016

6/27/2016

1960
"Beyond the Sea" is
a 1946 Contemporary pop romantic love song by Jack Lawrence, with music taken from the song "La Mer" by Charles Terene.

It has been recorded by many artists, but Bobby Darin's version released in 1959 is the best known by many, reaching no. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, no. 15 on the US R&B Chart, and no. 8 in the UK Singles Chart.

1957
"Tragedy" is a song by Gerald H. Nelson and Fred B. Burch. A recording of the song by Thomas Wayne and the DeLons rose to #5 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1959.

1960
"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" is a 1960 song written by Clyde Otis, Murray Stein and Brook Benton, It was originally recorded as a duet by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton. In their first collaboration, the single was very successful on both the pop and R&B charts. "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" reached #5 the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot R&B sides chart for ten weeks, becoming one of the most successful R&B singles of the 1960s.

1959
Billy Wayne Grammer (August 28, 1925 – August 10, 2011) was an American country music singer and accomplished guitar player. He recorded the million-selling "Gotta Travel On", which made it onto both the country and pop music charts in 1959. Grammer would become a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry, eventually designing, and marketing his namesake guitar after co-founding a guitar company, in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Turntable - 6/20/2016

6/19/2016

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Back to the 50's Coachmen Reunion

Harv, Bob Warrens, Sharon (Heise) Magnusson, Kenny Chermak, Tom Westover

1962
"Young World" is a song written by Jerry Fuller and performed by Ricky Nelson. It was released as a single in 1962 on Imperial Records.
The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It also attained the #19 spot in the U.K.

1958
"All I Have to Do Is Dream" is a popular song made famous by the Everly Brothers, written by the husband and wife songwriting team Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, and published in 1958. The song is ranked No. 142 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

1962
The Corsairs were an American doo wop ensemble from La Grange, North Carolina.
The group consisted of the three Uzzell brothers and their cousin, George Wooten. Initially they performed as The Gleems, and toured the East Coast, where they were overheard by Abner Spector. Changing their name in 1961 to The Corsairs, they released their first single, "Time Waits" b/w "It Won't Be a Sin" on Smash Records. Switching to Tuff Records-Official Site they released "Smoky Places", which became a nationwide hit after being picked up for national distribution by Chess Records, hitting #10 R&B and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. The follow-up, "I'll Take You Home", peaked at #62, and they continued releasing singles until 1964, none of which managed to hit the charts.

1958
"It's Only Make Believe" is a song written by Jack Nance and American country music artist Conway Twitty, and produced by MGM Records Jim Vienneau, released by Twitty as a single in July 1958. The single topped both U.S. and the UK Singles Chart. and was Twitty's only number-one single on the pop charts of either country.

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Turntable - 06/13/2016

6/13/2016

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This Week we're "Back to the Fifties" in Minneapolis!

1957
"Young Love" The recording by American actor and singer Tab Hunter was released by Dot Records. It first reached the Billboard charts on January 19, 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at No. 1; on the Best Seller chart, at No. 1; on the Juke Box chart, at No. 1; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached No. 1. This version stayed No. 1 for a full six weeks and became a gold record. Billboard justly ranked this version as the No. 4 song for 1957.

1961
The song was released as a 45-rpm single by Monument Records in July 1961 and reached No. 1 on the United States Cashbox chart for a week on October 7, 1961, and peaking at No. 2 on the rival Billboard Hot 100. Despite not reaching the summit in the latter publication, Billboard ranked the record as the No. 4 song of 1961

1957
"Too Much" is a #1 song recorded in a hit version by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1956. It was written by Bernard Weinman and Lee Rosenberg. It was first recorded in 1954 by Bernard Hardison on Republic Records. Elvis Presley recorded the song in September 1956 and first performed it on January 6, 1957 on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show." Released as a single, Presley's "Too Much" reached number one on both the Cashbox and Billboard sales charts and went to number three on the R&B chart. The single peaked at number two on the then-named Top 100 chart, the main Billboard pop chart.

1961
"Take Good Care of My Baby" is a song written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin and made famous by Bobby Vee when it was released in 1961. It quickly became popular, reaching #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in September. The song is noted for being incredibly similar in musical structure to "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" by Neil Sedaka.

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Turntable - 06/06/2016

6/5/2016

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1963
"Blue Velvet" is a popular song written in 1950 by Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris. Many versions of this song were recorded. Vinton's version soared to the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.

1958
"Don't" is a song performed by Elvis Presley, which was released in 1958. Written and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, it was Presley's eleventh number-one hit in the United States. "Don't" also peaked at number four on the R&B charts. Billboard ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1958.

1963
"He's So Fine" is a song written by Ronald Mack. It was recorded by The Chiffons who topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in the spring of 1963. One of the most instantly recognizable Golden Oldies with its doo-lang doo-lang doo-lang background vocal, "He's So Fine" is also renowned as the plaintiff song in the now-infamous Plagiarism case against George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord". Country music singer Jody Miller scored a Top Ten hit of her own in 1971 with her cover of "He's So Fine".

1958
"Bird Dog" is a song written by Boudleaux Bryant and recorded by the Everly Brothers released in 1958 and was a #1 hit on the Billboard Country Chart. The song also hit number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 as well as peaking at number two for three weeks on the R&B charts.

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Harv

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