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SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1958

"Charlie Brown" by The Coaster went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles
charts, and was the first of three top-ten hits for the Coasters that year. It is
best known for the phrase, "Why’s everybody always pickin’ on me?" King
Curtis
plays the tenor saxophone during the instrumental and the fade out
of the record.

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BIGGEST SELLER ON THIS DAY IN 1956

RCA Records received 1 million advance orders for “Love Me Tender”,
making it a gold record before it was even released.

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SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

Helms’s original version of “Jingle Bell Rock” charted at No. 13 on Billboards
Most Played C&W by DJ’s chart, a predecessor to the Hot Country Songs
chart.

 


Robert Lee Helms
(August 15, 1933 – June 19, 1997)

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SONG RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

Henry’s trademark croak, heard to the maximum on his 1956 debut hit
"Ain’t Got No Home," earned Henry his nickname of "Frogman" and
started a career that continues to this day.


Clarence “Frogman” Henry turned 78 on March 19.

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1967


In and Out of Love
was the second single issued with the group’s
new billing of Diana Ross & the Supremes. The song was successful,
peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, number 16 on the
R&B Singles chart.

             
   

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