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Turntable - 03/28/2016

3/28/2016

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1957
"Singing the Blues" The best-known recording was released in October 1956 by Guy Mitchell and spent ten weeks at number 1 on the U.S. Billboard chart from December 8, 1956, to February 2, 1957. An example of the U.S. recording is on Columbia #40769, dated 1956, with the Ray Conniff Orchestra.  Mitchell's version was also number 1 in the UK Singles Chart for three (non-consecutive) weeks in early 1957, one of only four singles to return to number 1 on three separate occasions

1959
"Dream Lover" is a song written by Bobby Darin and recorded by him on April 6, 1959. Darin decided to stretch out some chord changes he found on the piano and add strings and voices.  The song was produced by Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler and engineered by Tom Dowd.  It became a multi-million seller, reaching #2 on the US charts for a week and #4 on the R&B charts.
1960
"Cathy's Clown" was The Everly Brothers  first single for Warner Bros., after spending three years on Archie Bleyer Cadence label.  It sold eight million copies worldwide, spending five weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and one week on the R&B charts.  It spent seven weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart in May and June 1960.  It would become the Everly Brothers' biggest hit single and their third and final US Number One. Billboard ranked it as the No. 3 song of the year for 1960.  In 2004, the song was ranked 149th on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.  
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1958
"Volare" spent five non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in August and September 1958 and was Billboard's number-one single for the year. Modugno recording subsequently became the first Grammy winner for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1958.

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