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KRM’s Greatest Hits of All Time 1955-1975

1955 ... You Belong to Me ... The Duprees 1956 ... Eternally ... Doris Day Now, I got a sur- Wow, here they 1956 ... Why Do Fools Fall In Love ... Franky Lymon & prise myself when I are already: the 1956 ... In the Still of The Night ... The Five Satins looked closely at the songs I picked as the Greatest Hits of 1957 ... EarthAngel ... The Penguins our lives!! The top fifty. Had I best of the cull! 1957AB ... Little Darling ... guessed beforehand, This is the Fifth 1957B ... Diana ... Paul Anka I would have said Level. Tier One 1958A ... Little Star ... The Elegants that they would cluster around the would be all the 1958A ... Twilight Time ... years 1960 and ‘61: thousands of 1958B ... Dream Dream Dream ... Everly Brothers but they peaked hits ever 1958B ... When ... The quite strongly recorded by 1958B ... Born Too Late ... The Poni-Tails around 1959! In BillBoard 1959A ... The Twelfth of Never ... fact, more than ten Magazine. percent were from Tier Two 1959A ... Donna ... Ritchie Valens that year, twice as consists of those 1959A ... Susie Darling ... Robin Luke many from next which came to 1959A ... Broken Hearted Melody ... Sarah Vaughn closest. Approxi- my attention 1959A ... Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ... The Platters mately half were by between the big names in the years 1955 to 1959A ... Tragedy ... Thomas Wayne history of pop 1963 and were 1959AB ... Dream Lover ... Bobby Darin music, career recorded in my 1959AB ... There Goes My Baby ... recording artists own high school 1959B ... Till I Kissed Ya ... Everly Brothers with strings of journals; Tier 1959B ... Sea of Love ... Phil Phillips other hits to their Three is a name; but half were selection of 1959B ... Sleepwalk ... Santo & Johnny from essentially some 500 of 1959B ... ... one-hit wonders. these, a particu- 1959B ... Hush-a-bye ... Similarly, half were larly memorable 1960 ... A Thousand Stars ... Kathy Young & the Innocents from individual part of the singers, and half landscape...; Tier 1960 ... Crying ... Roy Orbison from groups. b Four is a selec- 1960A ... Where or When ... Dion & Female singers were tion of about 1960A ... Poetry in Motion ... comparatively well- 185 of these 1960A ... El Paso ... Marty Robbins represented, in which I thought proportion to the had particular 1960A ... This Magic Moment ... The Drifters general division merit (as 1961 ... Can’t Help Falling In Love ... between male and

opposed to 1961A ... Runaway ... female singers over KRM’s Greatest Hits of All Time 1955-1975 Time All of Hits Greatest KRM’s merely being a 1961AB ... Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow ... The Shirelles these years. I was popular part of 1962A ... Crying In The Rain ... Everly Brothers pleased to see the the scene); Tier Beatles, The Everlies Five are 1962AB ... ... Brian Hyland and the Drifters approximately 1963 ... She Loves You ... emerge as singers 50 of these 1963 ... Pipeline ... The Chantays with multiple which simply 1963 ... Till Then ... The Classics representation in were in my the top echelon. opinion the best 1963 ... Mr Tambourine Man ... Bob Dylan There are two artistically of all 1964 ... House of the Rising Sun ... The Animals instrumentals; that time. My 1965 ... Sounds of Silence ... Simon & Garfunkel almost all the other criteria are 1966 ... American Pie ... Don MacLean songs are about documented 1966 ... Eleanor Rigby ... The Beatles young love, about [elsewhere], but half being about the here’s a simple 1966 ... Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands ... Bob Dylan anguish thereof; but test: Can I 1967 ... Sergeant Pepper LP ... The Beatles Eleanor Rigby and repeat-click the 1968 ... Long and Winding Road ... The Beatles Dust in the Wind song on 1968 ... Abbey Road LP ... The Beatles cleanly sound more CD-ROM for serious themes; and two hours in a 1968 ... Whiter Shade of Pale ... Procul Harum Abbey Road is a row, without 1969 ... He Ain’t Heavy ... The Hollies symphony of noticing? 1972 ... Crocodile Rock ... Elton John exuberance and

pine\apple paper xx Read ‘em 1975? ... Dust In the Wind ... Kansas ominous strains, the and weep! 1980 ... Sultans of Swing ... Dire Straits pinnacle of pop. l 1954 to 1963

Acker Bilk ... Annette ... ... Ben E King ... Big Bopper ... Bill Haley & the Comets ... Bill Withers ... & Grace Kelly ... Bo Diddley... Bob Dylan... Bobby Darin ... Bobby Pickett ... Bobby Rydell ... Bobby Vee ... ... Bonnie ... Brenda Lee ... Brian Hyland ... Brook Benton ... Bruce Channel ... Buddy Holly ... ... Claude King ... Cliff Richards ... Clyde McPhatter ... Cogie Grant ... Connie Francis ... Connie Stevens ... Conway Twitty ... Curtis Lee ... Danny & The Juniors ... Dave Brubeck ... Dean Martin ... Debby Reynolds ... Dee Clark ... Del Shannon ... ... Diana Shaw ... Dick & DeeDee ... Dion ... Dion & The Belmonts ... Dodie Stevens ... Domenico Medugno ... Don Gibson ... Doris Day ... Duane Eddy & the Reb ... Earl Grant ... Eddy Fisher ... Elvis Presley ... Ernie Kayto ... Everly Brothers ... Fabian ... ... Ferrante & Teicher ... Floyd Kramer ... Frank Ifield ... Franky Avalon ... Franky Lymon & the Teenagers ... Freddy Cannon ... Gene Chandler ... Gene MacDaniells ... Gene McDaniels ... Guy Mitchell ... Hank Ballad & the Midniters ... Jack Scott ... Jacky Wilson ... Jan & Dean ... Jerry Butler ... Jerry Keller ... ... Jerry Wallace ... Jim Lowell ... ... Jimmy Jones ... Jimmy Rodgers ... ... Joe Turner ... Joey Dee & the Starliters ... Johnny & the Hurricanes ... Johnny Burnett ... Johnny Cash ... Johnny Horton ... Johnny Maestro & The Crests ... Johnny Mathis ... Johnny Otis ... Johnny Tillotson ... Johnny Preston ... Joni Summers ... Jorgan Ingman ... Kathy Young & the Innocents ... Katie Blaine ... Kay Wining ... Kingston Trio ... Kokomo ... Kyo Sukamoto ... ... Les Paul & Mary Ford ... Linda Scott ... Little Anthony & the Imperials ... Mario Lanza ... Mark Dinning ... Marty Robbins ... Nat King Cole ... ... Nicky & Sylvia ... ... Paul & Paula ... Paul Anka ... Paul Evans ... Peggy Lee ... Peggy March ... Percy Faith ... ... Peter Paul & Mary ... Phil Phillips ... ... ... Rick & the Teens ... ... Ritchie Valens ... Robin Luke ... Rosemary Clooney ... Roy Orbison ... Ruby & the Romantics ... Sam Cooke ... Santo & Johnny ... Sarah Vaughn ... Shep & The LimeLiters ... Shep Woolley ... Shirley Fabares ... Skeeter Davis ... Skip & Flip ... Sonny James ... Sonny Til & ... Steve Lawrence ... Sue Thompson ... The Ames Brothers ... The BeachBoys ... The Beatles... The BellTones ... The Big Bopper ... The Bobbetts ... The Brothers Four ... The Browns ... The Capris ... The Cascades ... The Chantays ... The Chantels ... ... The Classics ... The Clovers ... ... The Crests ... The CrewCuts ... The Crystals ... The DanLeers ... The Del Vikings ... The Diamonds ... The Dovells ... The Drifters ... The Dubs ... The Duprees ... The Edsels ... The Elegants ... The Everly Brothers ... The Fireflies ... The Five Satins ... ... The Fleetwoods ... The Fontaine Sisters ... The Four Seasons ... The Four Aces ... The Four Lads ... ... The GayLords ... The HighwayMen ... ... The Impalas ... ... The InkSpots ... The Kalin Twins ... ... The Lenin Sisters.. ... The Little Dippers ... The Marcells ... The Marvellettes ... The McGuire Sisters ... The Moonglows ... The Mystics ... The Olympics ... The Paris Sisters ... The Penguins ... The Peptones ... The Pips ... The Platters ... The Playmates ... The Poni-Tails ... The Questros ... The Shangri-Las ... The Shirelles ... The Silhouettes ... The SkyLiners ... The Spaniels ... The StringAlongs ... The Surfaris ... The Teen Queens ... The Tempos ... The Tokens ... The Tornadoes ... The Velvets ... The Ventures ... The Village Stompers ... Thomas Wayne ... Tommy Dee ... Tommy Edwards ... Tommy RoePP ... 1995 xx Toni Fisher...Travis & Bob ... ...... the Wilbur HarrisonStars ... to 4th measure Psst. If you require your very own copy of “Star Cluster: 500 Greatest Hits of our Time!”, the truly memorable songs from 1955 to 1975, send a convivial note to to PP Productions, 24 Hannebury Drive, Dartmouth, NS. Canada. B2V 1P6. (Allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery).