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16 February 2004

Popular ’58

Every track on popular gets a mark out of 10. Here’s your opportunity to give ticks to any track from 1958 you would have given more than 6 to.

Number Ones Of 1958: Which would you have given 6 or more to?

• Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great Balls Of Fire"
• Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock"
• Michael Holliday - "The Story Of My Life"
• Perry Como - "Magic Moments"
• Marvin Rainwater - "Whole Lotta Women"
• Connie Francis - "Who's Sorry Now"
• Vic Damone - "On The Street Where You Live"
• The Everley Brothers - "All I Have To Do Is Dream"/"Claudette"
• The Kalin Twins - "When"
• Connie Francis - "Carolina Moon"/"Stupid Cupid"
• Tommy Edwards - "All In The Game"
• Lord Rockingham's XI - "Hoots Mon"
• Conway Twitty - "It's Only Make Believe"
• None Of Them!

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Comments

1. Tom on 9 May 2008 #

   Check the “related articles” sidebar for previously posted polls – all perpetually open.

   This is the year which currently has the highest average mark of any on Popular.
2. rosie † on 9 May 2008 #

   Well I don’t know who voted before me, but great minds clearly think alike!
3. Billy Smart † on 9 May 2008 #

   Seven out of thirteen – a lot better than 1967!

   Good to see the love for Connie Francis.
4. DV † on 9 May 2008 #

   ‘Who’s sorry now?’ surely deserves a vote unheard, just for the title. Likewise ‘Whole lotta women’, for its multiple assaults on bourgeois English grammar.
5. Martin Skidmore † on 14 May 2008 #

   I would have given Jerry Lee a 10, and Elvis and Lord Rockingham would have got a 7 or so each.
6. Tom † on 14 May 2008 #

   Yes Jerry Lee was undervalued by me, certainly. Should’ve been a 9 at least.
7. wichita lineman † on 18 October 2010 #

   Those Italian number ones in full:

   Renato Carosone – Torero
   Rosemary Clooney – A Fine Romance
   Johnny Dorelli – My Funny Valentine
   Domenico Modugno – Volare
   Paul Anka – Diana
   Renato Carosone – Caravan Petrol
   Tony Dallara – Ti Diro
   Mario Riva – Domenica e sempre Domenica
   The Champs – Tequila
   David Terry – Colonel Bogey (theme from Bridge On The River Kwai)
   Perez Prado – Patricia
   Edith Piaf – Hymne a l’amour
   Les Paul & Mary Ford – Vaya Con Dios

   No Elvis – he only reached no.4 with Don’t and King Creole, no.5 with Jailhouse Rock.

   Even odder that Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, or Connie francis, never scored a hit in Italy until 1960; she made up for lost time with three number ones (Mama, Where The Boys Are, Jealous Of You), none of which made no.1 in the UK or US.

   Vaya Con Dios was a top 5 hit in the UK in 1953!
8. Mark G † on 18 October 2010 #

   Renato Carosone – Torero

   Now yer talking. A comedy song about a fake bullfighter who’s supposedly off to ‘ollyvood…

   Still, amazed to find some people who didn’t give Elvis and JerryLee at least 6 points for those.

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