The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #90806   Message #1724253
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
21-Apr-06 - 07:39 PM
Thread Name: The Other 50's
Subject: RE: The Other 50's
Hey, Azizi:

Personality hit the top 40 in 1959, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes did the same in 1959, as did Lavnder Blue by Sammy Turner as did Sixteen Candles by the Crests.

Rock Island Line by our own Lonnie Donegan hit the top 40 twice... in 1956 and 1961.. one of a very small handful of records that hit the top 40 twice, seperated by several years. (The Twist was another.) I never heard the Weaver's recording on national radio, although Goodnight Irene, Tzena, Tzena and Wemoweh all hit the top 40.

Don't feel bad, Azizi... you may not have heard the Lonnie Donegan recording when it came out, you being so young and all. It's just us grizzeled old Fogies, and Fogettes that go back that far. :-)

Jerry