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The final verse ends on a surprisingly morbid note compared to other pop songs of the time: "All this climbin' is a-gettin' me down. They'll find my corpse draped over a rail." The barely 15-year-old Paul McCartney used "Twenty Flight Rock" as his first song when he auditioned for John Lennon on July 6, 1957, in Liverpool, England.
"One, Two, Three, Four, Five" is one of many counting-out rhymes. It was first recorded in Mother Goose's Melody around 1765. Like most versions until the late 19th century, it had only the first stanza and dealt with a hare, not a fish: One, two, three, four and five, I caught a hare alive; Six, seven, eight, nine and ten, I let him go again. [1]
In 1957, the following five charts were produced: Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country. Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
Elvis Presley had four songs on the year-end top 50, the most of any artist in 1957, including "All Shook Up", the number one song of the year. Fats Domino had three songs on the year-end top 50. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top 50 singles of 1957 according to retail sales. [1]
Daddy Cool (The Rays song) Dark Moon (song) The Day the Rains Came (song) DeDe Dinah; Dedicated to the One I Love; Diana (Paul Anka song) Don't Ever Go Away (Por Causa de Você) Don't Leave Me Now (Elvis Presley song) Don't Make Me Go; Don't Stop the Music (George Jones song) Down in the Alley; Drive In Show
Three songs topped only the jockeys chart, including "Four Walls" by Jim Reeves, which spent eight non-consecutive weeks atop the listing beginning in May, but failed to top either of the other two charts. Sonny James achieved his first country number one in 1957 with "Young Love", which also topped Billboard ' s pop airplay chart. [4]
Billboard Hot 100 & Best Sellers in Stores number-one singles by decade Before August 1958 1940–1949 1950–1958 After August 1958 1958–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 US Singles Chart Billboard magazine The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During ...
Ferlin Husky had the number one country and western record of the year with "Gone". The Everly Brothers had two of the top ten records with " Bye Bye Love " (No. 3) and " Wake Up Little Susie " (No. 8).