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In the late 1950s, teen idols were often given roles in films, supporting older male stars in order to attract a younger audience, such as Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo (1959). Alan Ladd's daughter was a Frankie Avalon fan, who recommended that he co-star with her father in the Western Guns of the Timberland (1960).
This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1959. Frankie Avalon and Ricky Nelson each had five top-ten hits in 1959, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.
"Why" was written and produced by Avalon's manager and record producer Robert "Bob" Marcucci and Peter De Angelis. [2] The melody is based on an Italian song. The Avalon version features an uncredited female singer (alleged to be Fran Lori), [3] heard in the repeat of the first four lines of the first part of the song, with Avalon replying, "Yes, I love you".
Billboard ranked it as the No. 4 song for 1959. [1] The song was covered in the United Kingdom by Dickie Valentine, and it spent a week at No. 20 in the Singles Chart in May 1959, the week before Frankie Avalon reached the Top 20 with his original version. [citation needed] In 1976, Avalon released a new disco version of "Venus".
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. №
The Fleetwoods and Frankie Avalon were the only acts to have two number ones in 1959, but neither act would top the Hot 100 again. [7] Bobby Darin spent nine non-consecutive weeks at number one with "Mack the Knife", making it the year's longest-running number one and Darin the act with the most weeks in the top spot.
Dreamily gazing at the album covers of Elvis Presley was not, statistically speaking, a rare habit among American teen girls in the late 1950s and early ’60s. Priscilla was just 14 years-old ...
Frankie Avalon – Chancellor Records: 1959 Swingin' on a Rainbow: 9 The Young Frankie Avalon – 1960 Summer Scene – 1961 ...And Now About Mr. Avalon – A Whole Lotta Frankie: 59 1962 Italiano – 1962 You Are Mine-- Chancellor Records 1962 Frankie Avalon's Christmas Album – Chancellor Records 1964 Muscle Beach Party-- United Artists 1970 ...