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episode date - April 9, 2008
It was before I was born, so I can’t say firsthand that 1958 was a great year to be a music fan, but I have to admit that the evidence sure points in that direction.
All songs from this show date from April 1958 – either the month that the record debuted or the month that it peaked – and there’s plenty here to keep any music fan satisfied. Perhaps the most impressive thing about this era is how the songs have retained their appeal. They just don’t sound 50 years old.
Here’s the evidence;
1) All I Have to Do Is Dream – The Everly Brothers
2) Talk to Me, Talk to Me – Little Willie John
3) Betty and Dupree – Chuck Willis
4) Twilight Time – The Platters
5) Oh Lonesome Me – Don Gibson
6) Oh Lonesome Me – Neil Young (as a point of reference)
7) Good Golly Miss Molly – Little Richard
8) The Walk – Jimmy McCracklin
9) Dinner with Drac – John Zacherle (as a “Great Miss”)
10) Lollipop – The Chordettes (as a “Bad Hit”)
11) Breathless – Jerry Lee Lewis
12) Sweet Little Sixteen – Chuck Berry
13) Wild Is the Wind – Johnny Mathis
14) Wild Is the Wind – David Bowie (as a point of reference)
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