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This week we complete our 1959 one hit wonders series with
Jerry Keller (born Jerry Paul Keller) June 20, 1937, Fort Smith Arkansas, an American pop singer and songwriter. He is best known for his 1959 million selling record . . . "Here Comes Summer"

Carl Mann (born August 22, 1942, Huntingdon, Tennessee) is an American rockabilly singer and pianist.

Mann released Mona Lisa in 1959. It was the sixteen-year-old Mann's only hit, peaking No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in that same year.

Thomas Wayne (July 22, 1940, Batesville Mississippi - August 15, 1971, Memphis Tennessee) was an American Singer. He is best remembered as a one hit wonder for "Tragedy".

The song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959 selling over one million copies earning gold disc status. It proved to be his only hit.

"You're so Fine" is the title of a "One hit Wonder" performed by The Falcons. The song was released as a single in 1959 and reached number seventeen on the Pop Singles Chart.

Hey!!! Why is it that so many of us age like this guy??? He looks like Colonel Sanders in need of a haircut. Although, with that car, he can probably still pick up chicks. They're most likely "Older chicks" Like in their late 80's.

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Harv

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Turntable 07/20/2015

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One Hit Wonders 1959 (2)

In our second installment of "One hit Wonders" 1959 we start with Frankie Ford. I'm sure we are all familiar with this One!

Frankie Ford (born August 4, 1939) is an american rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer. He is the adopted son of Vincent and Anna Guzzo, who named him Francis Guzzo. He was born in Gretna, Louisiana, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, where he still lives. Ford had a Top 20 hit in 1959 wth "Sea Cruise" sung to a previously recorded Huey "Piano" Smith backing track, released on Ace Records. The record sold over one million copies, gaining gold disc status. He was known as the "New Orleans Dynamo" and still spends about 200 days a year on the road. wiki

The Fiestas were an American Rythm and Blues musical group from Newark, New Jersey.

Organized in 1951, The Fiestas contracted with Old Town Records Company in 1959 after the company's owner, Hy Weiss, overheard the group singing in a bathroom adjacent to his office in Harlem. Their debut single was 1959's "So Fine", written by Johnny Otis; the song was a hit in the U.S., reaching #3 on the Black Singles chart and #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. wiki

"See You in September" is a song written by Sid Wayne and Sherman Edwards. The song was first recorded by the Pittsburg vocal group The Tempos. This first version peaked at #23 in summer of 1959. wiki

This song is NOT a "one hit wonder" . . . I'm throwing it in for free!!! Do you remember what you were doing when this song played?

Just 5 weeks left until the 55th Class Reunion! Are you ready?

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Harv

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Turntable 07/13/2015

7/13/2015

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One Hit Wonders 1959 (1)

This week we continue our "One Hit Wonders" in 1959. These are VERY POPULAR songs, whose artists made the charts only one time, never to heard from again.

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 record reached #2 on the U.S. pop chart, #14 on the R&B chart, and #28 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] The song sold over one million copies earning gold disc status.[3] wiki

"Sea of Love" is a song written by John Phillip Baptiste (aka Phil Phillips) andGeorge Khoury. Phillips' 1959 recording of the song peaked at No. 1 on the U.S.Billboard R&B chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

The song, originally credited to Phil Phillips with The Twilights, was released on a small record label owned by Khoury, but due to its success was eventually leased to Mercury Records. Despite the song's success, Phillips claims that he has only ever received US$6,800 for recording it.[2] wiki

Travis and Bob were an American rock and roll duo from Jackson, Alabama. Its members were Travis Pritchett (born on 18 March 1939 in Jackson) and Bob Weaver (born on 27 July 1939 in Jackson).[1]

In 1959, they released a single on the independent label Sandy Records called "Tell Him No", which was written by Pritchett.[2]Dot Records picked up the single for nationwide distribution, and it became a hit, reaching #21 on the Billboard R&B charts and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] Despite recording further singles for Big Top Records and Mercury Records, the duo never had another hit single. wiki

I feel a bit sorry for these artists but I must say, One is better than None!

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Harv

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Turntable 07/06/2015

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Time is flying!!! The Fourth of July has come and gone. For me, the highlight of the weekend was meeting with all our friends, and some FUN FELLOW COACHMEN MEMBERS. We all are looking forward to seeing EVERYONE at the 55Th!

One Hit Wonders 1958 (3)

Huey "Piano" Smith (born January 26, 1934, New Orleans, Louisiana [1]) is anAmerican rhythm and blues pianist whose sound was influential in the development of rock and roll.

His piano playing incorporated the boogie styles of Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, and Albert Ammons; the jazz style of Jelly Roll Morton; and the pianoplaying of Fats Domino.[1] Allmusic journalist Steve Huey also noted "At the peak of his game, Smith epitomized New Orleans R&B at its most infectious and rollicking, as showcased on his classic signature tune, 'Don't You Just Know It.'"[2]

A gifted vocalist, Carr recorded for King Records in the mid 1950s before being signed in 1958 by Roulette Records, where she remained until 1962.[1] At Roulette, one of her 45 rpm recordings, "When The Boys Talk About The Girls," peaked on the 1958Billboard chart at No. 19,[2] and also reached the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart.[3] The lack of further chart action in the UKgave Carr the tag there of being a one hit wonder.

The group's 1958 single for Epic Records, "Summertime, Summertime", reached #26 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[1]

Both "Summertime" and its b-side, "Searching for You", are often described as doo-wop, because of their time period and their a cappella harmonies. However, both songs may also be described as pop versions of Sacred Harp styles, as the group started as church singers.

Several singles (many written or co-written by members Jameson and Feller) followed "Summertime, Summertime", none of them hits.

Jody Reynolds (December 3, 1932 – November 7, 2008) was an American rock and roll singer, guitarist, and songwriter whose song "Endless Sleep" was a major U.S. top-ten hit in the summer of 1958.

"Early in the Morning" is a song written by Bobby Darin [1] and Woody Harris. Darin approached Brunswick Records with it; Brunswick was impressed, but as Darin was still under contract to Atlantic Records' subsidiary, Atco, the song was released as by "The Ding Dongs". New York deejays liked the record and Atco soon discovered the deception. Brunswick was forced to turn over the masters to Atco, who released the record in 1958 under the name "The Rinky Dinks".[2] A version by Buddy Holly,[1] rush-released by Brunswick as Coral Records 9-62006,[2] competed in the UK with Darin's single, which was released under Darin's own name. wiki

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