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"The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack)" traditional July 14, 1964 (with Jimmy Joyce and the Children's Chorus) from the album With a Smile and a Song "A Chocolate Sundae on a Saturday Night" Hal David Fred Wise Al Frisch November 6, 1947 "Choo Choo Train (Ch-Ch-Foo)" Marc Fontenoy: Marc Fontenoy Jack Lawrence: 1953 [1] "Christmas ...
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music, broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock, from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music.
In 1975, David Johnson's formation of Little Caesar and The Romans recorded a single called "Disco Hully Gully" and they toured as Marvin Gaye's opening act. [1]David Johnson Jr. who was born on 16 June 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, to Alice and David Johnson Sr., died on 25 October 2018, at the age of 84.
The Goodies Sing Songs From the Goodies was the 1974 debut LP record released by The Goodies.It was initially issued in January 1974 as The Goodies Sing Songs From the Goodies (Decca catalogue number SKL 5175), and was then later reissued in May 1975, retitled as The World of the Goodies with a different cover picture (Decca catalogue number SPA 416), as part of Decca's extensive World Of ...
Nino and the Ebb Tides released a version of the song as a single in 1961, but it did not chart. [3] Ted Knight released a version of the song on his 1975 album Hi Guys. [4] John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band released a version of the song on the 1983 soundtrack album for the film Eddie and the Cruisers. Kenny Vance sang lead on the song. [5]
The Goodies Sing Songs From The Goodies, (reissued as The World of the Goodies) LP — 1975 The World of the Goodies (reissue of The Goodies Sing Songs From The Goodies) LP — 1975 The New Goodies LP: LP: 25 (UK) 1976 Nothing To Do With Us: LP — 1978 Beastly Record: LP —
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 ...
Released in January, this album sold over 300,000 copies in its first month [1] and went gold by May 1968. [2] This was the tenth debut album to top the Billboard 200, [3] and stayed on the top spot from March 16 to April 13.