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1964 HITS ARCHIVE: Vaya Con Dios - Drifters

1st RECORDING OF: Tuff (as ‘Cattywampus’) - Bill Justis (1958)

1962 HITS ARCHIVE: Percolator (Twist) - Billy Joe & the Checkmates

1957 HITS ARCHIVE: Raunchy - Bill Justis (a #2 record)

1966 Rationals - Respect (mono 45)

1956 Gale Storm - A Heart Without A Sweetheart

1958 HITS ARCHIVE: Poor Little Fool - Ricky Nelson (a #1 record)

1957 Gale Storm - On Treasure Island

1981 A. Player - I Hate Baseball

1st RECORDING OF: Louie Louie - Richard Berry & the Pharoahs (1957)

1956 HITS ARCHIVE: Ivory Tower - Gale Storm

1957 HITS ARCHIVE: Butterfly - Andy Williams (a #1 record)

1958 HITS ARCHIVE: The Day The Rains Came - Jane Morgan (#1 UK hit)

1st RECORDING OF: Dueling Banjos (as Feudin’ Banjos) - Arthur Smith & Don Reno (1955)

1957 Gale Storm - Lucky Lips

1955 HITS ARCHIVE: I Hear You Knocking - Gale Storm (a #2 record)

R.I.P DUANE - 1959 HITS ARCHIVE: Forty Miles Of Bad Road - Duane Eddy

1963 HITS ARCHIVE: Fingertips-Pt 2 - Little Stevie Wonder (a #1 record)

1958 HITS ARCHIVE: College Man - Bill Justis

1956 Four Esquires - Look Homeward Angel

1957 HITS ARCHIVE: Alone (Why Must I Be Alone) - Shepherd Sisters

1973 David Gates - Sail Around The World

1960 Bill Haley And His Comets - Skokiaan (South African Song) (instrumental)

1974 Frankie Laine - Blazing Saddles (45 single version)

1957 HITS ARCHIVE: Freight Train - Chas. McDevitt Skiffle Group (Nancy Whiskey, vocal)

1957 HITS ARCHIVE: I’m Available - Margie Rayburn

1955 Les Elgart - Aint She Sweet

1972 National Lampoon - Deteriorata (Norman Rose, narrator / Melissa Manchester, vocal)

1964 HITS ARCHIVE: Don’t Throw Your Love Away - Searchers (a #1 UK hit)

1959 Bill Hayes - Wimoweh

R.I.P. JAMES - 1962 HITS ARCHIVE: Her Royal Majesty - James Darren

1969 Hollies - Sorry Suzanne (mono 45)

1960 HITS ARCHIVE: Alley-Oop - Hollywood Argyles (a #1 record)

1961 HITS ARCHIVE: Travelin’ Man - Ricky Nelson (a #1 record)

1962 HITS ARCHIVE: Alley Cat - Bent Fabric (hit 45 single version)

1964 Blendells - La La La La La

1959 Duane Eddy - Detour

R.I.P. JAMES - 1960 James Darren - Because They’re Young

1962 HITS ARCHIVE: Snap Your Fingers - Joe Henderson

1969 HITS ARCHIVE: What You Gave Me - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (mono 45)

1962 HITS ARCHIVE: You Are Mine - Frankie Avalon

1957 HITS ARCHIVE: Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am The Japanese Sandman) - Cellos

1971 HITS ARCHIVE: Another Time, Another Place - Engelbert Humperdinck (mono 45)

1965 HITS ARCHIVE: We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - Animals (U.S. mono 45 single version)

1962 HITS ARCHIVE: Don’t Hang Up - Orlons

1958/1962 Kingston Trio - Scotch And Soda

1964 HITS ARCHIVE: Vaya Con Dios - Drifters

1965 HITS ARCHIVE: It’s Just A Little Bit Too Late - Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders

1969-70 Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys (mono--#1 UK hit))

1971 Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (stereo 45--#1 UK hit)

1965 HITS ARCHIVE: My Girl - Temptations (a #1 record)