I remember "Rock Island Line" and "Does Your Bubble Gum Lose Its Flavor." Ironically, my mother grew up in a small Kansas town through which Rock Island was the only railroad line. "Singing the Blues" was done by Guy Mitchell over here, and "Tom Dooley," of course, by the Kingston Trio. In those days, most of us didn't have a clue what "Skiffle" meant, but a lot of us enjoyed the energy of it. Some of us knew of Cliff Richard and, a year or two later, I became a fan of Kenny Ball's "Midnight in Moscow." I was a dixieland and traditional jazz fan as well as a folkie.