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*STARK, Johnny Born John Sticco in Englewood, New Jersey. Pop singer. So Lovable...... Roll Baby Roll Crystalette 709 3/30/57 5 1 KBIG / Hollywood, CA (Larry Berrill) / (Alene McKinney) 4/27/57 5 3 KMPC / Hollywood, CA (Val Clenard) 5/4/57 4 4 KWIZ / Santa Ana, CA (Larry Voegele) Waitin’...... Teenage Lovers Crystalette 712 The Loafers (backing vocals); Larry Fotine (orch., above 2) 7/6/57 4 5 KBIG / Hollywood, CA (Larry Berrill) 7/13/57 1 6 CJOC / Lethbridge, AB (Ed Ryan) 8/3/57 5 7 WNIX / Springfield, VT (Ed Ellis) *STARLARKS, The Black doo-wop vocal group from New Haven, Connecticut: Wes Forbes (lead), Gordon Henry, Richie Freeman, Fred Harris and Joe Bash. Send Me A Picture, Baby!...... Fountain Of Love $150 Ember 1013 first released in 1956 on Elm 001 ($750) 3/30/57 7 Pat’s Records / Richmond, VA STARR, Kay Touch And Go...... The Brass Ring RCA Victor 6748 Henri Rene (orch.) 2/2/57 4 WEOL / Lorain, OH (Kenny Vincent) STEELE, Jon and Sondra Begin The Beguine...... My Happiness [I] Foremost 100 3/16/57 10 WEMP / Milwaukee, WI (Redd Hall) *STEELE, Tommy, And The Steelmen Born Thomas Hicks on 12/17/1936 in London, England. Rock and roll singer/songwriter/guitarist. Teenage Party...... Butterfingers London 1735 6/1/57 5 WWRI / West Warwick, RI (Day Sandstroem) *STEPHENS, Preacher Born in Louisville, Kentucky. Male R&B singer/songwriter. Mary ...... Unemployment Blues $300 Fran 789 with Foree Wells Combo 5/25/57 7 WGRC / Louisville, KY (Dean Griffin) STEVENS, Ray Rang Tang Ding Dong (I’m The Japanese Sandman) ...... Silver Bracelet $50 Prep 108 7/20/57 5 WKAB / Mobile, AL (Jerry Lasitter) STOLOFF, Morris, And His Orchestra Exactly Like You And Wanna Go Back To You..You Can’t Run Away From It [I] Decca 30064 1/19/57 8 WNNJ / Newton, NJ (Vic Aime) STONE, Kirby, Four S-S-S’Wonderful 7/27/57 5 1 WGUY / Bangor, ME (Bob Shaw) Raven ...... [N] Cadence 1328 Larry Foster (as the Beatnik); Peggy Powers (as the Raven); Archie Bleyer (orch., above 2) 8/3/57 4 2 Modrona Records / Portland, OR *STORCH, Larry Born on 1/8/1923 in Brooklyn, New York. Popular comedian/actor. Appeared in several movies and TV shows. I’m Walkin’...... I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter [N] Roulette 4014 Joe Guercio (orch.) 7/20/57 10 1 WCAR / Detroit, MI (Norm Page) 8/10/57 4 2 WTRL / Bradenton, FL (Wiljohn Miller) 8/10/57 10 3 WDLC / Port Jervis, NY (Tom Hopkins) STORM, Gale A Little Too Late...... Dark Moon (#4 BB) Dot 15558 Billy Vaughn (orch.) 4/20/57 7 WANN / Annapolis, MD (Hank Goldman) *STRENGTH, “Texas” Bill Born on 8/28/1928 in Houston, Texas. Died on 10/1/1973 (age 45). Paralyzed in a car crash on 8/5/1973. Country singer/popular radio DJ. Six Fools...... I Wanna Ride, Ride, Ride On Your Merry-Go-Round Capitol 3701 6/15/57 10 WRR / Dallas, TX (Jim Lowe) *STRIKES, The Rock and roll band formed in Denton, Texas: Willie Jacobs (vocals), Al Cornelius (guitar), Ken Scott (guitar), Paul Kunz (sax), Don Alexander (bass) and Paschal Parsons (drums). If You Can’t Rock Me issued earlier in 1957 on Lin 5006 ($75) 4/6/57 10 1 WMAK / Nashville, TN (Wayne Hannah) 4/13/57 6 2 WJGD / Columbia, TN (Bill Carrigan) Baby I’m Sorry...... $40 Imperial 5433 5/4/57 4 3 KGAF / Gainesville, TX (Earl Tetsche) / (Bob Couch) *STUART, Kirk Born Charles Stuart on 4/13/1934 in Charleston, West Virginia. Died on 12/17/1982 (age 48). Jazz singer/pianist. The Boy With The Golden Kazoo...... (instrumental) Jubilee 5271 Dave Terry (orch.) 3/16/57 9 1 WKMH / Dearborn, MI (Robin Seymour) 3/30/57 5 2 WAVZ / New Haven, CT (Jimmy Peters) 3/30/57 8 3 KHMO / Hannibal, MO (Ken Albridge) 4/13/57 6 4 WDRF / Chester, PA (Del Parks) 5/4/57 5 5 WKLA / Ludington, MI (Tommy Roy)
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*TALAPAN, Bill Born in Los Angeles, California. Pop singer. The Cryin’ Side Of Town...... Rhythm In My Heart Dot 15604 Bob Davie (orch.) 8/3/57 10 WNIX / Springfield, VT (Ed Ellis) *TALBOT BROTHERS Calypso band from Bermuda: brothers Archie, Austin, Bryan, Ross and Roy Talbot, with their cousin Cromwell Mandres. Mary Ann ...... Sly Mongoose Audio Fidelity 45-071 2/2/57 10 1 WAAF / Chicago, IL (Marty Faye) 2/9/57 6 2 WAVZ / New Haven, CT (Tiny Markle) 3/23/57 4 3 WAPI / Birmingham, AL (Ken Scott) *TAN, Roy, And Combo Born Willis Threats, Jr. on 6/24/1920 in Texas. Died on 8/16/1998 (age 78). Rock and roll singer. Isabella...... I Don’t Like It $75 Tan 3002 issued later in 1957 on Dot 15551 5/11/57 5 1 Juke Box/San Antonio, TX 5/11/57 7 2 Alamo Piano Co. / San Antonio, TX 5/18/57 2 3 Juke Box/Houston, TX 5/18/57 5 4 Comer’s Record Nook / San Antonio, TX 5/25/57 3 5 E & R Records / San Antonio, TX 6/1/57 3 6 Groove-Gossage / Houston, TX 6/8/57 3 7 American Music / Houston, TX 7/6/57 8 8 KILT / Houston, TX (Don Keyes) TARRIERS, The Chacoun (pronounced shackoon) 4/27/57 6 1 WWRI / West Warwick, RI (Day Sandstroem) Those Brown Eyes...... Glory 254 6/8/57 4 2 Burk’s Music Shop / St. Paul, MN 6/22/57 6 3 Juke Box/Minneapolis, MN TAYLOR, Sam (The Man) I’ll Get By (As Long As I Have You) ...... Congo Mombo [I] MGM 12404 SAM (THE MAN) TAYLOR and DICK HYMAN 5/4/57 9 WSBA / York, PA (Ed Lincoln) *TAZMEN, The Studio band formed in Chicago, Illinois. Led by guitarist Joe Rumoro. Easy Pickin’ ...... The Chicken [I] TAZ 9105 released later in 1957 on ABC-Paramount 9812 3/23/57 6 1 WCFL / Chicago, IL (Jack Karey) 4/13/57 8 2 WKMI / Kalamazoo, MI (Ron Turner) 6/8/57 5 3 WEMP / Milwaukee, WI (Chuck Phillips) *TEARDROPS, The Duo of brothers from the Bronx, New York: Paul and Tony Ciaurella. Paul was born on 10/13/1934; died on 1/14/2011 (age 76). Tony was born on 3/21/1936; died in February 1980 (age 43). After School ...... Don’t Be Afraid To Love King 5037 4/27/57 3 1 WKBW / Buffalo, NY (Larry Brownell) 5/11/57 8 2 Super Music / Baltimore, MD 6/1/57 10 3 WWOL / Buffalo, NY (Frank Ward) *TERRY, Al Born Allison Theriot on 1/14/1922 in Kaplan, Louisiana. Died on 11/23/1985 (age 63). Country singer/guitarist. Late Date...... It’s What You Are To Me Hickory 1066 8/17/57 1 KROF / Abbeville, LA (Albert Capuder) *THERRIEN, Joe Jr., And His Rockets Born in 1930 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Died on 8/27/1993 (Age 63). Rockabilly singer/songwriter/guitarist. Come Back To Me Darling...... “Hey Babe” Let’s Go Downtown $90 Lido 505 issued later in 1957 on Brunswick 55005 ($50) 3/30/57 2 1 Joy Music Shop / New York, NY 5/4/57 8 2 WTMA / Charleston, SC (Jack Gale) 5/11/57 7 3 Bowman’s Records / Bridgeport, CT 5/18/57 3 4 Loomis Temple Of Music / New Haven, CT 6/15/57 5 5 WORC / Worcester, MA (Dick Smith) 6/22/57 4 6 WNEB / Worcester, MA (Dick Merritt) 7/27/57 5 7 WGAW / Gardner, MA (Bill Kennedy) THOMAS, Jon Hard Head - Pt. 1...... (Pt. 2) [I] Mercury 71078 4/13/57 9 1 KYW / Cleveland, OH (Wes Hopkins) 4/20/57 10 2 WNOP / Newport, KY (Dick Pike) *THOMPSON, Buddy Born on 1/31/1933 in Morehead, Kentucky; raised in Tampa, Florida. Rockabilly singer/guitarist. This Is The Night ...... I’ve Got A Good Thing Going $40 Atco 6095 8/17/57 7 KCIJ / Shreveport, LA (Howard Clark) THREE CHUCKLES, The Won’t You Give Me A Chance ...... We’re Gonna Rock Tonight Vik 0244 Marty Gold (orch.); from the movie Rock, Rock, Rock! starring Alan Freed 2/23/57 7 WGBB / Freeport, NY (Lee Donahue)
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