BEST NUMBER 2 HIT, 1955-1959? (Part 2)

[NightTrain]

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Gotta go with Chuck Berry...his hits those years inspired so much

later music and the guy is a master story teller....btw..never knew "problems" actually made it to number 2 :D

[acmavm]

2. In this poll, it's gotta be Elvis all the way. I grew up listening to

Elvis. I gotta admit that there was a lot of his later music that I didn't care for, but the man could sing like nobody's business.

Even my son, who's 11 likes Elvis. One of my favorite songs of all time, Heartbreak Hotel.

[NightTrain]

3. And here's what kept those songs off #1!

GET A JOB - "At The Hop," Danny & The Juniors and "Don't," Elvis Presley

SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN - "Tequila," The Champs

LOLLIPOP - "Tequila," The Champs

WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK - "Witch Doctor," David Seville

YAKETY YAK - "Purple People Eater," Sheb Wooley and "Hard-Headed Woman," Elvis Presley

BIRD DOG - "Volare," Domenico Modugno and "It's All in the Game," Tommy Edwards

ROCKIN' ROBIN - "It's All in the Game," Tommy Edwards

PROBLEMS - "To Know Him Is To Love Him," The Teddy Bears

MY HAPPINESS - "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," The Platters

16 CANDLES - "Stagger Lee," Lloyd Price

[starroute]

5. It's all my fault, then

When I was eleven, I was buying the novelty hits. I probably still have my 45's of "Witch Doctor," "Purple People Eater," and "Volare" kicking around in the basement somewhere. (Not to mention "The Little Blue Man" and "The Chipmunk Song.") But I wasn't buying Elvis or Chuck Berry.

So blame me -- it was all my doing.

[NightTrain]

6. I think we all made questionable record-buying decisions at age 11.

If memory serves, I bought Paul Nicholas' "Heaven on the 7th Floor" at that age! :eyes:

[bigwillq]

4. Rockin Robin was my pick n/t

[mac56]

10. Mine too.

Great pop song. Would've made a great Warner Bros. cartoon.

[HEyHEY]

7. Never understood that elvis tune

Does the girl have a neck that skinny?

[NightTrain]

8. No. Elvis just had a really fat ring finger!

Seriously, back in the late '50s, it was standard practice for a teen-aged girl to wear her boyfriend's class ring on a chain around her neck. It meant they were "going steady."

[NightTrain]

9. kick

n/t

[NightTrain]

11. You gotta be kidding me!

"16 Candles" is beating "Sweet Little Sixteen"? Incredible.