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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 ...
Throughout most of the 1950s, the magazine published the following charts to measure a song's popularity: Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations. Most Played in Jukeboxes – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States.
The birth of soul music occurred during the 1950s, and the genre would come to dominate the US R&B charts by the early 1960s. Soul artists of the 1950s include Sam Cooke and James Brown. [8] Jazz music was revolutionized during the 1950s with the rise of bebop, hard bop, modal jazz, and cool jazz.
Instant Love was the B-side to Everybody Loves a Lover "I Only Have Eyes for You" Harry Warren: Al Dubin: July 14, 1950 (with Axel Stordahl's orchestra) released both as a single and on the album Tea for Two "I Remember You" Victor Schertzinger: Johnny Mercer: September 21, 1956 CONSIDERED DORIS DAY BEST RECORDED SONG from the album Day by Day
The next year, Carol Deene released her version of the song in the United Kingdom on His Master's Voice, where it reached No. 24 on the UK Singles Chart. [2] A cover version by British singer Carol Deene (who also had a hit in the UK with her version of Thompson's Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) the previous year) would be a hit in the UK in early 1962.
A cover version by The Mudlarks was released in the UK and it reached No. 2 on the UK chart. [11] The Mudlarks version also features an isolated mouth popping sound. Another version of the song was recorded by Bobby Vee in 1961 and included on his, Bobby Vee: Sings Hits of the Rockin' '50's.
A teenage tragedy song is a style of sentimental ballad in popular music that peaked in popularity in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Lamenting teenage death scenarios in melodramatic fashion, these songs were variously sung from the viewpoint of the dead person's romantic interest, another witness to the tragedy, or the dead or dying person.
"Secret Love" is a song composed by Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) [2] for Calamity Jane, a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role. [2] Ranked as a number 1 hit for Day on both the Billboard and Cash Box , the song also afforded Day a number 1 hit in the UK.