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After meeting songwriter and record producer Allen Toussaint at a party, [7] he recorded "Ya Ya", a song inspired by a group of children chanting nursery rhymes. [2] It went to number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. [8]
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.
In 1950, the following four charts were produced: Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country. Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
"Ya Ya" is a song by Lee Dorsey. The song was written by Dorsey, C. L. Blast, Bobby Robinson, and Morris Levy.Levy's participation in the writing has been called into question; the Flashback release of the single lists only Dorsey and Blast as writers, as do the liner notes to the American Graffiti soundtrack.
Bing Crosby had three songs on the year-end top 30. The Ames Brothers had three songs on the year-end top 30. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1950 according to retail sales.
"Ya Ya" features as the twentieth track on Beyoncé's eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter, which was released on 29 March 2024, through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. After the release of the album, Ya Ya" debuted at number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 33 on the UK Official Singles Charts. [12] [13]
Ya-ya may refer to: "Ya Ya" (Beyoncé song), a 2024 song by Beyoncé from her album Cowboy Carter "Ya Ya" (Lee Dorsey song), a 1961 song by Lee Dorsey, covered by Dalida, Petula Clark and others; A trombone technique of Tricky Sam Nanton; Ya! Ya!, a 1964 album by saxophonist Budd Johnson; Ya-Ya, a series of novels by Rebecca Wells
During the 1950s European popular music give way to the influence of American forms of music including jazz, swing and traditional pop, mediated through film and records. The significant change of the mid-1950s was the impact of American rock and roll , which provided a new model for performance and recording, based on a youth market.