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"White Silver Sands" is a popular song. The words and music were written in 1957 by Charles "Red" Matthews, although partial authorship is also claimed by Gladys Reinhart. [citation needed] The song was a hit for Don Rondo in the summer of 1957, and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Charts.
Changing tempo in 1957, Rondo's next release was a cheerful number, "White Silver Sands", written by Red Matthews, which provided Rondo with a #7 chart hit. [1] The song actually became Jubilee's biggest selling record, and another million-seller, [ 4 ] but the gold disc -winning "White Silver Sands" was to be Rondo's last major hit.
The next year, he achieved his first No. 1 hit song, "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me." [1] Another song that year, "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico," written by Rodriguez, was also a No. 1 hit. Both songs were listed in the Billboard Hot 100. In 1973, his debut album was released, which rose to No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart.
Johnny Mathis first heard Erroll Garner play the tune when he was a teenager and told Garner that he would love to sing it if Garner had lyrics for it. [12] A few years later, having heard Sarah Vaughan's version of the song, he chose "Misty" as one of the possible songs for his 1959 album Heavenly and informed Erroll Garner that he would ...
The song's intro is featured in the 1929 film Weary River. It is sung by the main character Jerry Larrabee played by Richard Barthelmess. The character is a gangster reformed by music. Weary River costars Betty Compson, who played Alice Gray, the faithful sweetheart of Larrabee, who did not like him singing Frankie and Johnny. A remarkable ...
The song was included on the compilation album Johnny's Greatest Hits, released in April 1958. The album was a smash hit, staying on the Billboard pop chart for 490 weeks, including 3 weeks at number 1, and 57 weeks in the Top Ten. [2] The song was recorded in January 1957 by June Christy for her album Fair and Warmer!, released later that year ...
Johnny Duncan "Jo and the Cowboy" 26 28 The Best: 1976 "Gentle Fire" 86 — "Stranger" 4 13 "Thinkin' of a Rendezvous" 1 1 Johnny Duncan: 1977 "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better" 1 1 "A Song in the Night" A: 5 5 Come a Little Bit Closer "Come a Little Bit Closer" (w/ Janie Fricke) 4 2 1978 "She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime)" 1 1 The ...
Henley credited Ronstadt for popularizing the song with this early cover of the song, [4] and described her version as "poignant, and beautiful". Johnny Rodriguez's version on his 1976 album Reflecting was released as a single, and reached No. 5 on both the Country Singles charts of Billboard in the United States and RPM in Canada. [23] [24]