Doo Wop On The Porch, Saturday, September 14th, 2024
01. Birthdays in music this week
Sept 8th, 1932/1963 – Patsy Cline
Sept 9th, 1940/1978 – Joe Negroni of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Sept 9th, 1940/1967 – Otis Redding
Sept 9th, 1945 – Dee Dee Sharpe (79 years old)
02. Significant Events in music this week
Sept 8th, 1955  –Chuck Berry did his first “duck walk” on stage
Sept 8th, 1962- The Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett entered the Billboard Top 100 Singles Chart reaching #1 on Oct 20th and staying there for 2 weeks
Sept 9th, 1956 – Elvis Presley made his first of three appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show singing Love Me Tender, Hound Dog, Don’t Be Cruel & Ready Teddy
Sept 11th, 1973-American Graffiti was released in theaters kicking off another era of interest in Oldies music by using early Rock & Roll hit on its soundtrack
Sept 13th, 1960- FCC officially banned Payola, making it illegal to offer monetary incentives to play certain records on the air
Sept 14th, 1955 – Little Richard recorded “A Wop Ba Ba Lu Bop, A Wop Bam Boom”…..Tutti Frutti
03. Johnny Thunder (born Gil Hamilton in Leesburg, FL) who’s recording of Loop De Loop climbed all the way to #4 on the Billboard Magazine Top 100 in February of 1963 passed away earlier this week at the age of 93. He also spent time as a touring member of The Drifters. He also recorded the original version of Tell Her in 1962 which became a Top 5 hit for The Exciters in 1963 as Tell Him.
04. I want to take you back 65 years to September 14th, 1959, these were the Top 15 Records in the country according to Billboard Magazine. See if this list brings back some memories:
#15 – Poison Ivy – Coasters
#14 -There Goes My Baby- Drifters
#13 – What’d I Say (Pts I&II)-Ray Charles #12 – Kissin’ Time – Bobby Rydell
#11 – Lavender Blue – Sammy Turner #10 – Baby Talk-Jan & Dean
#9 – Mack The Knife – Bobby Darin
#8 – 1 Want To Walk You Home – Fat Domino
#7 – Broken Hearted Melody-Sarah Vaughan #6-Red River Rock-Johnny & The Hurricanes
#5 – Til I Kissed You – Everly Brothers
#4 – Sea Of Love – Phil Phillips
#3 – I’m Gonna Get Married – Lloyd Price
#2 – Sleep Walk-Santo & Johnny
#1 – Three Bells – The Browns
Besides Three Bells, Sleep Walk would get to #1 the following week and Mack The Knife would reach #1 on October 5th and stay there for 9
weeks