http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A0NURH8 Oh, the records that this song broke. And I’m not talking about the kind of record that you play on a phonograph. I’m talking about records like the fact that this is the third number one consecutively by the … Continue reading →
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009S2ZTIO The last time there was a number one by an artist that was followed by another number one by the same artist was in 1956 when Elvis Presley followed up “Don’t Be Cruel”/”Hound Dog” with “Love Me Tender.” Now, … Continue reading →
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009FBVIZQ On February 9, 1964, the world changed. Not just the world of music, but everything else as well. That was the day the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and all of America saw them for the first … Continue reading →
The following is solely the opinion of the author. Let’s stop a moment and take a breath and look at what was happening in America in 1964. We were now about eight or nine years into the rock and roll … Continue reading →
This is the third number one of Bobby Vinton’s career and the first number one of 1964. It was also the last song before the British Invasion. (See the next article.) Bobby Vinton was at a concert in Cincinnati, Ohio, … Continue reading →
Since the beginning of the rock era, there have only been seven songs that topped the charts that are sung completely in a foreign language. (And that counts one that was number one just this summer of 2017.) So far, … Continue reading →
This is the first time that a male/female duo was followed by another male/female duo at the number one position. Will it happen again? I guess we’ll have to wait and see. Unlike Nino and April in the previous article, … Continue reading →
Many people thought Nino Tempo & April Stevens were husband and wife, but not so. They were brother and sister. They were born in Niagara Falls, New York, April in 1929 and Nino in 1935 and both of them (whose … Continue reading →
This is probably the oddest song of 1963. It was the type of song that people either loved it or hated it. One writer for Rolling Stone Magazine said it was the worse excuse for rock and roll he had … Continue reading →
“Blue Velvet” was almost a standard when Bobby Vinton recorded it in 1963. At this point in time, it had been done by many artists, but none of them had had a number one. Tony Bennett was the first to … Continue reading →