Our musical journey through history brings us once again to 1959, the year the music died. We’re entering the period where in our #1 series everyone’s question was “Is it 1964 yet?”, but I think in looking at these polls we’ll see that there was still a little more variation in the popular music of the time than what made it to #1.
Excluding the number-ones from the Top 40 gives us 27 songs for this year. What’s your favorite?
Once again, too many good ones to only pick one. I chose “16 candles” because my15 year-old self danced a few slow ones with girls to that song. Young love is hard to beat.
Wow, the memories. I’m going with “Personality”, by Lloyd Price. I fondly remember Sandy Nelson’s drumming records, as I was a budding rhythmist (is that a word?). I had Martin Denny’s album “Quiet Village”; in fact, it’s still sitting in a box in my basement along with The Ventures “Walk, Don’t Run” album.
I went with “There Goes My Baby,” but unlike for samclem, it’s more a case of picking the least annoying one than of picking from dozens of great ones. “Charlie Brown” finishes dead-ass last, behind “Kookie Kookie.” I haven’t heard of several songs.