Do You Remember... the songs?
For many of us, our memories of our high school years are inextricably connected with the songs we listened and danced to. In the past, I kept these current on a weekly basis. For now, here's the entire list of number one hits during our four years at AHS.
September 30, 2002
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Date #1 |
Title |
Artist |
09 Jun 1958 14 Jul 1958 21 Jul 1958 28 Jul 1958 04 Aug 1958 11 Aug 1958 18 Aug 1958 25 Aug 1958 29 Sep 1958 10 Nov 1958 17 Nov 1958 01 Dec 1958 22 Dec 1958 |
Purple People Eater Hard Headed Woman Yakety Yak Patricia Poor Little Fool Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) Little Star Bird Dog It's All In The Game It's Only Make Believe Tom Dooley To Know Him Is To Love Him Chipmunk Song |
Sheb Wooley Elvis Presley Coasters Perez Prado Ricky Nelson Domenico Modugno Elegants Everly Brothers Tommy Edwards Conway Twitty Kingston Trio Teddybears Chipmunks |
19 Jan 1959 09 Feb 1959 09 Mar 1959 13 Apr 1959 11 May 1959 18 May 1959 01 Jun 1959 13 Jul 1959 10 Aug 1959 24 Aug 1959 21 Sep 1959 05 Oct 1959 16 Nov 1959 14 Dec 1959 28 Dec 1959 |
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Stagger Lee Venus Come Softly To Me The Happy Organ Kansas City Battle Of New Orleans Lonely Boy Big Hunk O' Love Three Bells Sleep Walk Mack The Knife Mr. Blue Heartaches By The Number Why |
Platters Lloyd Price Frankie Avalon Fleetwoods Dave 'Baby' Cortez Wilbert Harrison Johnny Horton Paul Anka Elvis Presley Browns Santo & Johnny Bobby Darin Fleetwoods Guy Mitchell Frankie Avalon |
04 Jan 1960 18 Jan 1960 08 Feb 1960 22 Feb 1960 25 Apr 1960 23 May 1960 27 Jun 1960 11 Jul 1960 18 Jul 1960 08 Aug 1960 15 Aug 1960 19 Sep 1960 26 Sep 1960 10 Oct 1960 17 Oct 1960 24 Oct 1960 14 Nov 1960 21 Nov 1960 28 Nov 1960 |
El Paso Running Bear Teen Angel Theme from 'A Summer Place' Stuck On You Cathy's Clown Everybody's Somebody's Fool Alley-Oop I'm Sorry Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka... It's Now Or Never The Twist My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own Mr. Custer Save The Last Dance For Me I Want To Be Wanted Georgia On My Mind Stay Are You Lonesome Tonight |
Marty Robbins Johnny Preston Mark Dinning Percy Faith Elvis Presley Everly Brothers Connie Francis Hollywood Argyles Brenda Lee Brian Hyland Elvis Presley Chubby Checker Connie Francis Larry Verne Drifters Brenda Lee Ray Charles Maurice Williams & Zodiacs Elvis Presley |
09 Jan 1961 30 Jan 1961 13 Feb 1961 27 Feb 1961 20 Mar 1961 03 Apr 1961 24 Apr 1961 22 May 1961 29 May 1961 05 Jun 1961 19 Jun 1961 26 Jun 1961 10 Jul 1961 28 Aug 1961 04 Sep 1961 18 Sep 1961 09 Oct 1961 23 Oct 1961 06 Nov 1961 11 Dec 1961 18 Dec 1961 |
Wonderland By Night Will You Love Me Tomorrow Calcutta Pony Time Surrender Blue Moon Runaway Mother-In-Law Travellin' Man Running Scared Moody River Quarter To Three Tossin' & Turnin' Wooden Heart Michael Take Good Care Of My Baby Hit the Road Jack Runaround Sue Big Bad John Please Mr. Postman The Lion Sleeps Tonight |
Bert Kaempfert Shirelles Lawrence Welk Chubby Checker Elvis Presley Marcels Del Shannon Ernie K. Doe Ricky Nelson Roy Orbison Pat Boone Gary US Bonds Bobby Lewis Joe Dowell Highwaymen Bobby Vee Ray Charles Dion Jimmy Dean Marvelettes Tokens |
13 Jan 1962 27 Jan 1962 17 Feb 1962 10 Mar 1962 31 Mar 1962 07 Apr 1962 21 Apr 1962 05 May 1962 26 May 1962 02 Jun 1962 07 Jul 1962 14 Jul 1962 11 Aug 1962 25 Aug 1962 |
The Twist Peppermint Twist Duke Of Earl Hey Baby Don't Break The Heart That Loves You Johnny Angel Good Luck Charm Soldier Boy Stranger On The Shore I Can't Stop Loving You The Stripper Roses Are Red Breaking Up Is Hard To Do The Locomotion |
Chubby Checker Joey Dee & Starliters Gene Chandler Bruce Channel Connie Francis Shelley Fabares Elvis Presley Shirelles Acker Bilk Ray Charles David Rose Orchestra Bobby Vinton Neil Sedaka Little Eva |