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The Coachmen's Turntable  - 08/29/2016

8/29/2016

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1961
"Travelin' Man" is an American popular song, best known as a 1961 hit single sung by Ricky Nelson.  Singer-songwriter Jerry Fuller wrote it with Sam Cooke in mind, but Cooke's manager was unimpressed and did not keep the demo, which eventually wound up being passed along to Nelson. His version reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
1962
"Sherry" is a song written by Bob Gaudio and recorded by The Four Seasons.   It was the band's first nationally released single and their first number one hit, reaching the top of the U.S.Billboard Hot 100\on September 15, 1962. It remained at number one for five consecutive weeks, and number one on the R&B charts for one week.
1957
"Jailhouse Rock" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit to Elvis Presley.  ​The song as recorded by Presley is #67 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of all Time and was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.  In 2004, it finished at #21 on AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
1959
​"Lonely Teardrops" is a song recorded and released as a single in 1958 by R&B, Soul, and Rock and Roll singer Jackie Wilson.  on the Brunswick label. It is a 1999 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductee. The song became an across-the-board national Top 10 Pop smash (# 7),a # 1 hit on the R&B charts, and is ranked #315 on Rolling Stone Magazines's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.  It is ranked as the 57th biggest U.S. hit of 1959.   "Lonely Teardrops" is also listed on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of "The 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".
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The Coachmen's Turntable  -  08/22/2016

8/22/2016

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 1960
"The Old Lamp-Lighter" is a popular song.  The music was written by Nat Simon, the lyrics by Charles Tobias performed by the "Browns".



1962
"Speedy Gonzales" Pat Boone is a 1961 David Dante alias David Hess song (RCA 8056) about Speed Gonzales, "the fastest mouse in all Mexico". It was written by Buddy Kaye, Ethel Lee and David Hess. The David Dante original briefly entered the US Music Vendor chart in April 1961.
1968
"Born Too Late" is a song written by Charles Strouse and Fred Tobias and performed by The Poni-Tails. The song reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart, #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #11 on the R&B Chart in 1958. 
1960
"Harbor Lights" is a popular song by Hugh Williams (pseudonym for Will Grosz) with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy.  This song was originally sung by Frances Langford in 1937,  and was published again in 1950.  The song has been recorded by many artists; charting versions were recorded by The Platters  (peaking at #8 on the Billboard charts in 1960)

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The Coachmen's Turntable - 08/15/2016

8/15/2016

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1959
"Never Be Anyone Else But You" is a song written by Baker Knight and performed by Ricky Nelson. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 in the UK in 1959.
The song is ranked #42 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 songs of 1959.

1957
"That'll Be the Day" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison.  The 1957 Buddy Holly recording was certified gold - for over a million US sales in 1969 by the RIAA. The 1957 Brunswick Records single wa inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.
1961
The Capris are an American doo wop group who had a one-hit wonder in 1961 with "There's a Moon Out Tonight." They experienced a popularity and performing resurgence in the 1980s, when three members reformed and  The Manhattan Transfer recorded their song, "Morse Code of Love," which reached the US Hot 100 and the US AC top 20
1963
"Hey Paula" is an American pop standard love song recorded by the singing duo Paul & Pala. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending February 9, 1963, and also made it to number one on the Hot R&B Singles chart.  
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The Coachmen's Turntable - 08/08/2016

8/8/2016

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                                    A Special Salute to Pete Fountain
Pierre Dewey LaFontaine, Jr. (July 3, 1930 – August 6, 2016), better known as Pete Fountain, was an American jazz clarinetist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He played in various traditional and contemporary genres of jazz, such as Dixieland, pop jazz, honky-tonk jazz, as well as pop, and Creole music.
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1961
​"Wooden Heart" ("Muss i denn" lit. Must I then) is a song best known for its use in the 1960 Elvis Presley film G.I. Blues.  The song was a hit single for Presley in the UK Singles Chart, making No. 1 for six weeks there in March and April 1961
1961
​"Runaway" is a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It is No. 472 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time,  compiled in 2010.
1963
"Deep Purple" ​
hit number one on the U.S. pop charts (the 100th song to do so) in November 1963 and also won that year's Grammy Award for Best Rock and Roll Record, was recorded by  Nino Tempo & April Stevens  (who are brother and sister).   It remained in the Top 40 for twelve weeks and was #1 on the Hot 100  the week before John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
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 Stones magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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The Coachmen's Turntable - 08/01/2016

8/1/2016

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Don't miss the Eagle's Concert
"Hotel California"
Playing today on the flipSide
1962
​"Crying in the Rain" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Carole King and originally recorded by The Everly Brothers. The single peaked at #6 on the U.S. pop charts in 1962.
1957
​"You Send Me" is a song by American singer Sam Cooke, released on Sept 7, 1957 by Keen Records.  Produced by Bumps Blackwell and arranged and conducted by Ren'e Hall, the song was the A-side to "Summertime".   The song, Cooke's debut single, was a massive commercial success, becoming a number one hit on both Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart and the Billboard Hot 100.
59
​"Primrose Lane" is a song made famous by country music singer Jerry Wallace. Originally released in 1959, the song rose to number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.  The song was ranked #7 on the Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1959. 
1957
 "Little Darlin'" is a popular Top 40 song, made famous by The Diamonds.  The Diamonds were a Canadian pop group that evolved into a Doo-Wop group.  The Diamond's version reached number two in sales for eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.  Billboard ranked this version as the No. 3 song for 1957.


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