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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 01:43 PM
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Poll question: BEST NUMBER 2 HIT, 1955-1959? (Part 1)
Edited on Sat Mar-13-04 01:45 PM by NightTrain
OK folks, you asked for it, so here they are: the hits that came as close to topping the Billboard charts as you can get without actually reaching #1. Happy voting!
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 01:46 PM
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1. Thanx!
"Honky Tonk" is kinda rootsy.
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 01:55 PM
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2. And here's what kept those songs from reaching #1!
GREAT PRETENDER - "Memories Are Made of This," Dean Martin

HONKY TONK - "Don't Be Cruel," Elvis Presley

GREEN DOOR - "Love Me Tender," Elvis Presley and "Singing The Blues," Guy Mitchell

LITTLE DARLIN' - "Round and Round," Perry Como and "All Shook Up," Elvis Presley

A WHITE SPORT COAT - "Love Letters in the Sand," Pat Boone

BYE BYE LOVE - "Love Letters in the Sand," Pat Boone and "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear," Elvis Presley

RAUNCHY - "Jailhouse Rock," Elvis Presley

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE - "At The Hop," Danny & The Juniors

STOOD UP - "At The Hop," Danny & The Juniors
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amazona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 01:58 PM
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3. lord help us all
I know a man who thought, "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation" was like, his theme song. You wonder about people sometimes! With "love Letters in the Sand" at no. 1 that must have been a scary week to turn on the radio!
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 10:45 PM
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14. Big vote for Wild Bill Doggett.
:thumbsup:
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Abe Linkman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 01:58 PM
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4. "White Sport Coat"
Marty Robbins was an extremely talented man. What a singer, stylist, and good chooser of songs he was.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 02:15 PM
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5. Didn't The Great Pretender go on to #1 in Billboard?
If I recall correctly, the Platters had four #1 pop hits:

"The Great Pretender"
"My Prayer"
"Twilight Time"
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 02:21 PM
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6. I wasn't going to get into this unless somebody mentioned it...
Edited on Sat Mar-13-04 02:22 PM by NightTrain
...but now that somebody has, here we go with the inside story:

Until it began publishing the Hot 100 in August 1958, Billboard compiled four different weekly pop charts: Best Sellers in Stores, Most Played on Jukeboxes, Most Played by Disc Jockeys, and the Top 100, which essentially combined the other three.

I decided to go with the Best Sellers in Stores chart because I figured it was the closest we have to reflecting what the general public was buying at the time. As such, all the songs in this poll reached #2 only on that chart. Some, like "The Great Pretender," reached #1 on other surveys.

Hope that clears it up for ya!
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 02:22 PM
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7. Well, it seems to me that the Top 100 chart would be the best indicator.
But it's your poll. :)
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 02:24 PM
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8. I'd have thought so too, but...
...THE BILLBOARD BOOK OF #2 SINGLES uses the Best Sellers in Stores chart for its pre-August 1958 entries. I figured, if it was good enough for Billboard....
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 03:19 PM
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9. kick
n/t
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SEAburb Donating Member (985 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 03:44 PM
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10. Phil and Don were such talented kids
They never got the respect they deserved. They impressed me so much when I saw them perform live material on there TV show.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 03:48 PM
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11. You sound like Ed Sullivan there: "Here are some talented youngsters"
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 05:19 PM
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12. Re: They never got the respect they deserved
Well, they ARE in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! :hi:
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 07:08 PM
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13. 'nuther kick
n/t
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 11:25 PM
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15. That was before teenagers were a mighty economic force ...
Edited on Sat Mar-13-04 11:28 PM by TahitiNut
... except with whatever we earned. Most of us had part-time jobs and summer jobs, saving for college and/or a car. If we'd had the money teenagers have today, most of those tunes would've hit #1 big time. Indeed, those were the favorites of us teenagers -- and I remember those days quite clearly.

"Little Darlin'" was major with me and my friends and Jerry Lee's "Great Balls of Fire" was enormous. "Raunchy"? What can I say -- it was one big afternoon after-school fun tune.
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