The next song to hit the top of the US record charts in 1964 depends on which of the major charts you look at. On the Cash Box chart for the week of March 29 to April 4 the number one song was the Beatles “Twist and Shout.” That song only made it to number …
After a month and half a new song was to knock the Beatles, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” off the top of the music charts. But it was another Beatles song; “She Loves You.” It had been released on 16 September 1963 in the US but didn’t have any initial success until Beatlemania took …
It was 50 years today that the Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. The tickets for the audience were next to impossible to get. The Beatles followed Ed’s show opening introduction, performing “All My Loving” and “Till There Was You.” At the end of the show they performed “I Saw Her …
This is the start of the British Invasion. “I Want to Hold Your Hand” has hit the top of the record charts. The Beatles had a hit in Britain in November 1963 with “She Loves You” but that wasn’t their first hit in the US. The Beatles wouldn’t be on the Ed Sullivan Show for …
The second song to hit the top of the record charts in 1964 was “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen. The song was banned in some places because some people thought that the lyrics were indecent. In fact, the lead singer would later say that he had forgotten the words so he just mumbled. The song …
The first song to hit the top of the music charts in 1964 was “There! I’ve Said It Again” by Bobby Vinton. The song was popularized originally in 1945 by Vaughn Monroe. There was also a country version released by Mickey Gilley in 1989. Bobby had 2 songs hit the top of the music charts …
The last song to hit the top of the record chart in 1963 was very unusual. “Dominique” was written and preformed by by The Singing Nun also known as “Sœur Sourire” (“Sister Smile”). The song is about Saint Dominic, a Spanish-born priest and founder of the Dominican Order, of which the Sister was a member. Although …
It was fifty years ago that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. There have been many TV programs and news reports this week dealing with the life and death of Pres. Kennedy. I remember that I was in study hall school when his assassination was announced. The school fell silent but I could her someone …
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The next song to hit the top of the record charts in 1963 was “I’m Leaving It All Up to You” by Dale and Grace. The song was written by Donald Harris and Dewey Terry who issued a record of the song in 1957. Robert Dale Houston and Grace Broussard had both had been singing for several …
The next songs to hit the top of the record charts in 1963 was “Deep Purple” by Nino Tempo and April Stevens. The song was written in the early 1930s by pianist Peter DeRose and recorded as an instrumental. Then in 1938 lyrics were added by Mitchell Parish and was recorded by a few other artists. The …