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Adventures In Jazz

:*The contrast of Billboard Magazine to Downbeat is quite drastic in the reviews in Nov. 1962 and Jan. 1963.

Are You Ready for Freddy?

As well, Fender covers the novelty song "(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window?", which was originally a Billboard chart-topper for singer Patti Page in 1953.

Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

In 1961, Bristol gained national attention when the song "Bristol Stomp", by The Dovells hit #2 on the Billboard pop chart.

Changing Partners

It started on the Billboard charts on November 21, 1953, staying on the chart for 21 weeks and reaching #3 in 1954.

Eefing

Singer Joe Perkins had a minor 1963 hit "Little Eeefin' Annie", (76 on the Billboard chart), featuring eefer Jimmy Riddle, whom Sharpe calls "the acknowledged master of the genre."

Everything Is Different Now

"Something Holy", the first single, was released on March 9, and charted at number 23 on Billboard Magazine for eighteen weeks.

Frankie McCoy

She gained much popularity as the vocalist on Sash!'s number one Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play track from 1997, "Stay." La Trec is the former stage name she used at the time of her Sash! collaborations.

God Bless the USA

It reached No. 7 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart when originally released in the spring of 1984, and was played at the 1984 Republican National Convention with President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan in attendance, but the song gained greater prominence during the Gulf War in 1990 and 1991, as a way of boosting morale.

Haeco-CSG

Atlantic Records took out a full page advertisement in the April 6, 1968 issue of Billboard Magazine to promote its adoption of the technique, calling it "CSG Stereo." Many A&M Records LP releases during the period including popular titles by Sérgio Mendes and Herb Alpert were released with this audio process starting in September 1968.

Half as Much

It was first recorded by country music singer Hank Williams in 1952 and reached #2 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.

Hugo Peretti

In 1957, they bought into Roulette Records where they both wrote songs for various artists such as Valerie Carr and produced major hits for Jimmie Rodgers including "Honeycomb" (Billboard # 1) and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (Billboard # 3), and "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" and "Secretly".

Innamorata

The biggest selling recording of the song was sung by Dean Martin (issued as Capitol Records catalog number 3352), reaching #27 on the Billboard magazine chart in 1956.

It Works for Me

It Works for Me spawned two singles in 1997, "Ten Pound Hammer" and "Get Here", however both songs failed to enter the Billboard Country Singles chart.

Jackie Lee Cochran

He then signed with Decca Records, and his single "Ruby Pearl" sold well and nearly hit the Billboard charts, but his manager let the Decca contract lapse, and the single fizzled before charting.

Jenn Cuneta

In 2005, Cuneta returned to the United States, this time using her full name, and scored a top 5 hit on the Billboard Dance Top 40 chart with "Come Rain, Come Shine".

Joe Perkins

Joe Perkins was a singer whose song, "Little Eeefin' Annie", was a minor hit in 1963, reaching #76 on the Billboard chart.

Judith Pronk

Pronk (as part of Alice DeeJay) was also successful in the United States, where "Better Off Alone" reached number 3 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play, number 12 on the Rhythmic Top 40, and number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the spring of 2000.

Justin A. Nylander

In 2002 Justin was invited by Billboard Magazine to be a panelist at The Billboard Magazine Dance Summit in NYC representing the emerging Electroclash / Nu-electro movement along with Larry Tee, Tiga, Mount Sims and more.

L.A. Style

L.A. Style wes most notable for their 1991 single "James Brown Is Dead", which appeared on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay chart, becoming the first EDM techno music to venture near the top 50 of the main Billboard singles chart.

Larry Elgart

The instrumental was a medley of swing jazz hits - "In the Mood", "Cherokee", "American Patrol", "Sing, Sing, Sing", "Don't Be That Way", "Little Brown Jug", "Opus #1", "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart", and "String of Pearls" - that became so popular it even cracked the US Billboard Pop Singles chart (at #31) and Adult Contemporary chart (#20).

Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III

"Some of Shelly's Blues" was the opening track on The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's 1971 album, Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy; and as one of two follow-up singles from this album to their biggest hit, "Mr. Bojangles", this song hit #64 on the Billboard charts.

Moné

She scored three hits on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart: "We Can Make It" (#1, 1995), "Movin'" (#2, 1996) and "Partay Feeling" (As B-Crew featuring Barbara Tucker, Dajae, Ultra Nate and Moné) (#22, 1997).

No Dice

Although Badfinger did not release the song as a single in Europe or North America, it was taken to number one on the Billboard charts in 1972 by Harry Nilsson, and again became a hit for Mariah Carey in 1994.

No Motiv

The band signed to Vagrant Records and had its greatest success with the 2004 release Daylight Breaking, which reached No. 36 on Billboard's Top Independent albums chart.

Room to Roam

Room to Roam is an album by The Waterboys; it continued the folk rock sound of 1988's Fisherman's Blues, but was less of a commercial success, reaching #180 on the Billboard Top 200 after its release in September 1990.

Sailcat

In 1972, single "Motorcycle Mama" hit #12 on the Billboard magazine singles charts, and the album went to #38 and led them to appearances on American Bandstand and at Carnegie Hall.

Slow Hands

It was released on September 13, 2004 as the lead single from that album, charting at #36 on the UK Singles Chart and #15 on Billboard magazine's Modern Rock Tracks chart (see 2005 in music).

Soul Train: The Dance Years

A vast majority of the 140 tracks in the series reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot Soul Singles (prior to 1973, Best Selling Soul Singles) chart.

Why Don't You Believe Me?

A recording by Joni James (MGM Records catalog number 11333) reached #1 on the Billboard charts in 1952.

Zipper Catches Skin

Despite the worldwide release of the accompanying singleI Am the Future” Zipper Catches Skin did not chart in most countries, including in the US where it became Cooper’s first to not dent the Billboard Top 200 since Easy Action.


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Barry Michaels

Barry gained national attention when Billboard magazine and the Country Music Association (CMA) nominated him twice as Major Market Air Personality of The Year, for the years 1990 and 1992.

Call Me Madam

Decca issued a 10-inch LP featuring Merman singing some of her songs, accompanied by arranger-conductor Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus, with vocalizing by Dick Haymes (who joined Merman in the show's biggest hit, "You're Just in Love", their single reaching Billboard magazine's number 30 for a week) and Eileen Wilson (who sang "It's a Lovely Day Today" with Haymes).

Elvis Crespo

The single "Suavemente" was a huge hit and eventually helped him earn the Best Male Tropical/Salsa Album of the Year from Billboard magazine.

Finally Home

"Finally Home" was released as the third single from MercyMe's 2007 album All That Is Within Me and peaked at No. 1 on Billboard magazine's Soft AC/INSPO and Christian AC charts, No. 3 on the Hot Christian Songs chart, and No. 16 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.

Helen Gibson

Helen saw her first Wild West show in Cleveland in the summer of 1909 and answered a Miller Brothers 101 Ranch ad for girl riders in Billboard magazine.

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

The song had a major revival in 1957 in a recording (on April 3) by Billy Williams, which reached #3 on the Billboard magazine charts (a reported million-seller).

Mike Quatro

Quatro's 1972 album Paintings contains his popular single "Circus (What I Am)", which peaked at #8 on Billboard Magazine's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

Nellie Dean

In 1945, when he was 66, Billboard magazine reported he "picked up an extra hand from the British seamen with his throating of 'Nellie Dean'" during a show in Brooklyn put on by the entertainment unit of the Songwriters' Protective Association.

Non Dimenticar

The best-known recording of the song was made by Nat King Cole (reaching #45 on the Billboard magazine charts in 1958), but other recordings have been made, including one by Jerry Vale in 1955.

Pretty Little Adriana

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine gave the song a mixed review, calling it "a little lackluster" and saying that not every song can be an "I Still Believe in You" or a "Go Rest High on That Mountain."

Sunsun

In September 2006, Sunsun debuted on DJ Kaskade's fourth solo album Love Mysterious as the vocalist for the album's first single, "Be Still", which reached #4 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play.

Woman Is the Nigger of the World

Apple Records placed an advertisement for the single in the 6 May issue of Billboard magazine featuring a recent statement, unrelated to the song, by prominent black Congressman Ron Dellums to demonstrate the broader use of the term.

You Better Run

A review in a 1966 issue of Billboard magazine described the song as a "big-beat wailer" and a "strong follow-up to 'Good Lovin''".