In the dictionary, next to Blues is this man's pic and genre-defining song:
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ossobuco
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Mon 28 May, 2012 03:06 pm
@Ragman,
Phoenix was talking about the first on the charts, not the very first rock and roll song. That I'd sure not know but very likely pre '54. RATC was the first one I heard, at twelve.
Rosie and the Originals started in an old garage right here in San Diego...
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Setanta
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Tue 29 May, 2012 03:10 am
This 1958 do-wop classic was made into a movie in 1984 . . .
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Ragman
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Tue 29 May, 2012 05:02 am
That very durable lead singer from The Crests, Johnny Maestro, formed
a group called The Brooklyn Bridge. They had this big hit in '68:
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Ragman
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Tue 29 May, 2012 05:12 am
Pop group Jay & The Americans was fronted by singer Jay Black who
had recently take over the lead. They had this huge hit (written by
famous team of Boyce and Hart) in 1964, their highest ranking single ever:
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msolga
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Tue 29 May, 2012 05:47 am
Anyone posted this yet?
Wonderful!
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Setanta
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Tue 29 May, 2012 06:04 am
Good one Miss Olga. Welcome to the good time thread--no politics, no religion and no arguments allowed.
Another do-wop classic, this was the first single out of Motown to hit number one on the Billboard hot one hundred. That was in 1961, and the Beatles covered it a couple of years later. Then in 1975, the Carpenters had a number one hit when they covered the song.
