One hit wonders 1958 (1)
We are now exactly 9 weeks away from our 55th HS Class reunion. Starting today and until the Monday before the reunion we will
re-live the music of our HS years exclusively. Starting with the year 1958 - Most all the songs in this series are "One Hit Wonders". I'm certain you will recognize all of them. I'm going to bet that you've not heard most of them since high school.
The Silhouettes were formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1956, at first using the name The Thunderbirds. Their classic hit"Get A Job" reached number 1 on both the R&B and pop charts inU.S. and the group performed it on television's American Bandstand.[2] The song sold more than one million copies, and was awarded a gold record.[3] The Silhouettes toured with Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Clyde McPhatter and others but the group never reached the top of the charts again. wiki
re-live the music of our HS years exclusively. Starting with the year 1958 - Most all the songs in this series are "One Hit Wonders". I'm certain you will recognize all of them. I'm going to bet that you've not heard most of them since high school.
The Silhouettes were formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1956, at first using the name The Thunderbirds. Their classic hit"Get A Job" reached number 1 on both the R&B and pop charts inU.S. and the group performed it on television's American Bandstand.[2] The song sold more than one million copies, and was awarded a gold record.[3] The Silhouettes toured with Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Clyde McPhatter and others but the group never reached the top of the charts again. wiki
Domenico Modugno (Italian pronunciation: [doˈmeniko moˈduɲɲo]; 9 January 1928 – 6 August 1994) was an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, and later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)". wiki
"To Know Him Is to Love Him" is a song written by Phil Spector, inspired by words on his father's tombstone, "To Know Him Was To Love Him."[3] It was first recorded by the only vocal group of which he was a member,[2] the Teddy Bears. Their recording went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1958. wiki
The duo's full names were Robert Carr and Johnny Mitchell; they released about a dozen singles for Old Town Records in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Two of them charted; "We Belong Together", which hit #12 on the U.S. Black Singles chart and #32 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958, and "I Believe In You", which hit #93 on the Hot 100 later that year.[1] They wrote most of their own songs, and were distinguished by their vocal style, which Richie Unterberger has described as "one smoky, one nasal".[2] wiki
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