On August 4, 1958, Ricky Nelson‘s “Poor Little Fool” edged out Perez Prado’s “Patricia” to turn into the primary No.1 on Billboard‘s newly-introduced Hot 100 chart. You can read more about that achievement in this story. But we also thought we’d leaf by way of a few of the different notable entries on that historic debut countdown, remembering some basic singles and a few that haven’t fairly stood the take a look at of time.
Talking of which, there was a weird novelty at No.91, within the type of an “answer” to Sheb Wooley’s “Purple People Eater,” which had topped the pre-Sizzling 100 Billboard survey in June. “The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor” additionally acknowledged David Seville’s current massive hit of the latter title. The cash-in 45, on the NRC label, was by a teenage Joe South, totally a decade earlier than his rise to southern rock-soul fame with “Hush” and “Games People Play.” It was solely a minor nationwide success, but it surely beat out rival variations by the Large Bopper and Joe Smith to make that first chart.
Fat Domino was represented, at No.95, by the jaunty “Little Mary,” not one in every of his best-remembered singles, however already his twenty second US chart entry in simply three years. The Everly Brothers had been at No.92 with their new hit “Bird Dog,” whereas their earlier chart-topper “All I Have To Do Is Dream” was in decline at No.48.
Jackie Wilson introduced some actual soul to the 100 with “To Be Loved,” at No.86 on its method to a No.22 peak. One other soon-to-be-classic, “Summertime Blues,” was at No.84 for Eddie Cochran, en path to the High 10 and a later place in each the Grammy and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame.
Chuck Berry was back-to-back on the chart with “Beautiful Delilah” at No.81 and “Johnny B. Goode” at No.80. Fellow rock’n’roll pacesetter Buddy Holly, pictured in our predominant picture, was represented thrice, by the Crickets’ “Fool’s Paradise” at No.58 and “Think It Over” at No.27, and by his personal “Early In The Morning” at No.41. Learn extra in regards to the odd story behind that single.
Patti Web page made the minimize with the punning, military-style Mercury single “Left Right Out Of Your Heart” at No.13, and Bobby Darin was reaching the No.3 peak of his breakthrough hit for the Atco label, “Splish Splash.”
However, as we stated earlier, the only holding sway over all the opposite 99 titles on that first Sizzling 100 was the one by the the 18-year-old who was the nation’s final pop heartthrob.
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