| Charting the Music of the Fifties -- Volume 2: 1955-1959 (Usa) Contributor(s): Cottrell, Wayne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1716732972 ISBN-13: 9781716732973 Publisher: Lulu.com OUR PRICE: $47.03 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Music | Reference |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6" W x 9" (0.80 lbs) 270 pages |
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| Publisher Description: What is the number twelve popular single of 1955-1959? "Singing the Blues" by Guy Mitchell & Ray Conniff. After Guy's version outperformed Marty Robbins' rendition, Robbins switched to Conniff as his orchestrator The number 12 R&B single is "My Blue Heaven" by Fats Domino, one of 18( ) R&B hits for him during the second half of the 1950s. How about the number 12 country single? "I Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash, who wrote it as a love song to his first wife. How about the number 12 pop album? The soundtrack to "The King & I," starring Yul Brynner, with Marni Nixon's voice dubbed in for costar Deborah Kerr. The number 12 summertime single is "The Three Bells" by the Browns, a family trio. Jimmy Brown, whose lifetime is lyricized in the somber song, is fictional -- no relation to the Browns. The number 12 jazz album is "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook," from a series of award-winning LPs in which she pays tribute to the great songwriters. The book features compilations of the top singles and albums in the music genres of Pop, R&B and Country, along with Children's, Christmas, Classical, Easy Listening, Jazz, and Film Soundtracks. There are numerous short biographies on top artists and composers, indexes to artists and titles, and an extensive bibliography. |