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A smooth, tender ballad, “In the Still of the Night” is one of the most recognizable love songs from the 1950s. The song was written by Fred Parris, the lead singer of The Five Satins, and has ...
Hank Snow had lengthy runs at the top of all three charts with "I'm Movin' On".. In 1950, Billboard magazine published three charts covering the best-performing country music songs in the United States: Most-Played Juke Box (Country & Western) Records, Best-Selling Retail Folk (Country & Western) Records and Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys.
"Lovebug Itch" is a country music song written by Jenny Lou Carson and Roy Botkin, sung by Eddy Arnold, and released on the RCA Victor label. In September 1950, it reached No. 2 on the country charts. [1] It spent 16 weeks on the charts and was the No. 10 best selling country record of 1950. [2] [1]
"The Wayward Wind" is a country song written by Stanley Lebowsky (music) and Herb Newman (lyrics), [1] [2] and first recorded by American singer Gogi Grant in 1955, and released in 1956. Grant's version reached No. 1 on both the Cash Box charts, where it remained at No. 1 for five weeks, and the Billboard charts, remaining at No. 1 for six weeks, ending Elvis Presley's seven-week run at No. 1 ...
The 1950s were one of country music's most influential decades, with artists such as Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, and Patsy Cline being some of the decade's most notable. The honky-tonk style of country music remained heavily popular during the decade, and the late 1950s gave rise to the Nashville sound. [6]
Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played Juke Box Folk (Country & Western) Records," "Best Selling Retail Folk (Country & Western) Records" and "Country & Western Records Most Played by Folk Disk Jockeys" charts.
These are lists of Billboard magazine's "Top Country & Western Records" and "Top Country & Western Artists" for 1950, ranked by retail sales and juke box plays.. Hank Snow's "I'm Movin' On" was 1950's No. 1 country hit based on retail sales and ranked No. 4 based on juke box plays. [1]
The song's title, repeated throughout the song, is "a general excl[amation] of pleasure or surprise". [3] It is used as counterpoint [clarification needed] to the lines it precedes in the lyrics, as in the following excerpt: "Hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom What you do to me, When you're holding me tight." At the end of the song, Como exclaimed ...