Also Rans Pt. 1

We’re at it again! Excavations below the crust of some pretty simple-minded teenage pap that seemed to occupy the Billboard Top 100 in the year 1960. Marketers had found the right blend of country, rhythm, pop, sentimentality and rock and this led to a churning out of as much and as they could as fast was possible. The result was a mixed bag: quantity over quality in most cases. We call it spit-balling these days. We’ll dig into the substrate of popular music that did not make the Top 40, and in some cases, the Top 100. We’ll hear from Wanda Jackson, Billy Bland, Donnie Brooks, Johnny Preston, Esther Phillips, and a few dozen others in this week’s show. Not withstanding what we do here, we have to consistently remind ourselves of the classic Tony Soprano quote: “’Remember when’ is the lowest form of conversation.” So, we’re mining for the ones we don’t necessarily remember. And the big news? It’s a rare two-parts-over-two-weeks extravaganza. Hope you can join in!

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2John D Loudermilk Tobacco Road You Heard It Here First! Amazon
3Wanda Jackson Dona'a Wan'a Rockin' With Wanda [US Bonus Tracks] Amazon
4Peter Sellers & Sophie Loren Goodness Gracious Me The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 3 Amazon
5The Flares Hotcha Cha-Cha Brown Foot Stompin' Amazon
6Sugar Pie DeSanto I Want to Know 100 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
7Ruth Brown with Howard Biggs Orchestra Takin' Care Of Business Wail Man Wail!: The Best Of King Curtis 1952-1961 (Disc 3) Amazon
8Billy Bland Let The Little Girl Dance The Rock 'n' Roll Era: 1960 Amazon
9Larry Hall Sandy The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 Amazon
10Varetta Dillard A Little Bitty Tear Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
11Hank Ballard & The Midnighters Finger Poppin' Time American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
12Earl King Come On, Pt. 1 Living The Blues: Blues Classics 1960-1964 Amazon
13Ernie K-Doe A Certain Girl The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
14Skip & Flip Cherry Pie (1960 #11) Greatest Hit Singles Collection Amazon
15Donnie Brooks Mission Bell The Teen Years Collection: Volume 1- Dream Lover [Disc 2] Amazon
16Manos Hadjidakis Main Title: Never On Sunday Never On Sunday Amazon
17The Mark II Night Theme Banana Split for My Baby Amazon
18The String-A-Longs Wheels Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
19The Piltdown Men Brontosaurus Stomp American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
20Esther Phillips Wild Child The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta! Amazon
21Brenda Lee That's All You Gotta Do The Brenda Lee Story: Her Grea Amazon
22Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
23Duane Eddy Peter Gunn Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
24Joe Jones You Talk Too Much Pure R&B: Vol. 4- Whatd I Say [Disc 1] Amazon
25Ral Donner The Girl Of My Best Friend War Paint – The Gone Records Story Amazon
26The Everly Brothers When Will I Be Loved The Complete Cadence Recordings 1957-1960 Disc 2 Amazon
27Johnny Preston Cradle Of Love Running Bear Amazon
28Little Willie John Sleep Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962 Amazon
29Paul Evans Happy-Go-Lucky-Me American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
30The Safaris Image of a Girl Teen Ballads Amazon
31Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs Stay Pure R&B: Vol. 4- Whatd I Say [Disc 2] Amazon
32Sam Cooke Wonderful World Greatest Hits Amazon
33Dinah Washington & Brook Benton A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around & Fall In Love) First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story [Disc 2] Amazon
34Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks Hey Boba Lou The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks Amazon
35Bobby Vee Devil Or Angel Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1) Amazon
36Neil Sedaka Stairway To Heaven The Brill Building Sound Disc 1 Amazon
37Roger Miller In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love) Super Hits Amazon

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