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The first few "Oldies But Goodies" LPs were hugely successful (Volume 1 reached #12 on the Billboard Album charts and stayed on the chart for 183 weeks). Their success influenced other labels to put out compilations of their hits and near-hits, as well as helped validate the standing of songs like The Five Satins ' "In the Still of the Night ...
With the live radio show going, he had the audience and the lists of requests. He began to turn that concept into an album titled Oldies But Goodies, a term he trademarked. [11] In 1959, Laboe formed record label Original Sound Records to promote new musical talent he discovered.
In 1960, Art Laboe released one of the first oldies compilations, Memories of El Monte, a collection of songs by bands that used to play at the dances Laboe organized at Legion Stadium in El Monte, California. [3] At some point in the next few years, Ray Collins visited Frank Zappa at his house at 314 W. G Street in Ontario, California. [4]
"Those Oldies but Goodies (Remind Me of You)" is a song written by Nick Curinga and Paul Politi and performed by Little Caesar & the Romans. It reached #9 on the U.S. pop chart and #28 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1961. [1] The song ranked #69 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1961. [2]
This is a private press label that Pachuco Volume 1 is on: Billionaire Records. Not that all of Jonny Chingas’ stuff is private-pressed. He had some stuff on Specialty Records, which was a huge ...
November 1, 1957 from the album Hooray for Hollywood (Vol. 1) "Love Me in the Daytime" January 12, 1959; TOP 40 HIT RELEASED as a single following minor hit on ANYWAY THE WIND BLOWS; "Love Me or Leave Me" Walter Donaldson: Gus Kahn: December 7, 1954 Top 20 hit in the U.K.; #1 TOP SELLING LP OF 1955 in U.S. from the album of the same name
At Play with the Playmates: ... Golden Goodies Volume 1: Various Artists 25208 ... 10 Great Hits of 1964 - 10 Great Oldies Hits: Various Artists 25306 Music of the ...
Sounds of the Seventies was a 40-volume series issued by Time-Life during the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s, spotlighting pop music of the 1970s.. Much like Time-Life's other series chronicling popular music, volumes in the "Sounds of the Seventies" series covered a specific time period, including individual years in some volumes, and different parts of the decade (for instance, the early ...