"A Teenager’s Romance" by Ricky Nelson reached #2 on the
Billboard Top 100 in 1957 and was ranked #25 on the music
magazine’s Top Hot 100 songs of that year.
The A-side, "I’m Walkin’", reached #4 on the Billboard chart
and #10 on the R&B chart.
“Blueberry Hill’’ was still climbing up the charts on its way to #2 during
this time.
Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. turned 85 on February 26.
“The Killer”, Jerry Lee Lewis
“Great Balls of Fire” was recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis at Sun Records
in Memphis, Tennessee. It reached #2 on the Billboard pop charts, #3
on the R&B charts, and #1 on the country charts. It was ranked as the
96th greatest song ever by Rolling Stone and sold one million copies
in its first 10 days of release in the United States and would go on to
sell over 5 million copies, making it both one of the best-selling singles
in the United States as well as one of the world’s best-selling singles
of all time.
(photo: Larry Philpot) <larry@behindthemusic.net>
Jerry Lee Lewis turned 78 on September 29.
As of the end of 2001, The Recording Industry Association of America
listed “Never My Love” as the second most played song in the 20th
century with over 7 million radio plays. "You’ve Lost That Lovin’
Feeling" by The Righteous Brothers was first with over 8 million.
