All of my life, I have believed that Little Eva was “discovered” while she was babysitting for Carole King and Gerry Goffin. She was vacuuming the floor and singing and they heard her and said “We’re going to make you … Continue reading →
Sometime in the mid-2000s, my wife and I went to Wendover, Nevada to see Neil Sedaka in concert. There was some sort of mix-up with the tickets and we got seated in the wrong seat. They soon discovered their error … Continue reading →
Bobby Vinton became a top selling pop star almost by accident. He really didn’t want to be a singer, he wanted to be a bandleader. Bobby was born Stanley Robert Vinton Jr. in 1935 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. This was the … Continue reading →
OK, raise your hand if you’ve ever been to a strip club. I know there are more of you who have, you just don’t want to admit it. When I was in the Air Force, back in my younger, wilder … Continue reading →
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008PIMLKG “I Can’t Stop Loving You” was Ray Charles third number one following “Georgia on My Mind” in 1960 and “Hit the Road, Jack” in 1961. It was also his last number one on the pop charts, but we all … Continue reading →
Acker Bilk did not start the British Invasion, but he could have. He was the first Brit to hit number one in America, in the rock and roll era. If you include earlier music, Vera Lynn hit number one in … Continue reading →
The Shirelles were riding high in 1962. They had had their first number one the year before in 1961 and since then had hit the chart four more times, three of them Top 10 songs. “Dedicated to the One I … Continue reading →
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CPU0H6A “Good Luck Charm” was Elvis’ seventeenth number one (sixteenth, if you count “Don’t Be Cruel” and “Hound Dog” as one record.) He was the first artist to have a number one in each of seven consecutive years. He hit … Continue reading →
The Donna Reed Show was one of the top television shows during the early Sixties. It was on the air for eight years between 1958 and 1966. This was your typical sitcom of the perfect family where the mother always … Continue reading →
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005TWBU6M “Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You” was Connie Francis’ last number one song. It was written by Benny Davis and Murray Mencher (who wrote under the name of Ted Murry.) Connie’s father, who had been instrumental in getting … Continue reading →