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"Patricia" is a popular song by Pérez Prado with lyrics by Bob Marcucci, published in 1958. The song is best known in an instrumental version by Prado's orchestra that became the last record to ascend to No.1 on the Billboard Jockeys and Top 100 charts, both of which gave way the next week to the then newly-introduced Billboard Hot 100 chart. [1]
Prior to the 1959 contest, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing the United Kingdom once, in 1957, represented with the song "All" by Patricia Bredin. The song placed 7th in a field of 10 entries. [1]
Frankie Avalon had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. Ricky Nelson had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1959. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 14, 1959, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January through November 1959. №
At the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in November 1959, the song won the award for Record of the Year, [8] but it would prove to be Darin's only number one on the Hot 100. [9] In the first of its two spells atop the chart, "Mack the Knife" spent six weeks at number one, tying with " The Battle of New Orleans " by Johnny Horton for the year's longest ...
Carr became the lead singer of a vocal quartet, The Keynotes, in 1949, who recorded popular songs such as 1951's "There's a Harvest Moon Tonight". [8] The Keynotes were regulars on the BBC radio show Take It from Here in 1949, whilst in 1950, Carr was a fixture on Breakfast with (Bernard) Braden, broadcast at 8:15 a.m. on the BBC Home Service.
"Patricia" is a popular song, written by Benny Davis. [1] The song was published in 1950. Perry Como recorded the song on August 10, 1950, and it was released on the ...
"My Favorite Things" is a song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. In the original Broadway production, the song was introduced by Mary Martin playing Maria and Patricia Neway playing Mother Abbess.
The Festival of British Popular Songs 1957 served as the selection for the United Kingdom's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1957. [2] All British music publishing companies were invited to submit each one song for the national selection. [3] [4] Around 70 to 80 songs were reportedly submitted.