Billboard's Year-End
R&B Chart
1. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock / Treat Me Nice
2. The Coasters - Searchin' / Young Blood
3. Sam Cooke - You Send Me
4. Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
5. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up |
The Best rock ´n´ roll records of the year - according to Life Rock & Roll Gallery:
1. That'll Be the Day - BUDDY HOLLY AND THE
CRICKETS
2. You Send Me - SAM COOKE
3. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - JERRY LEE LEWIS
4. Searchin' - THE COASTERS
5. Bye, Bye, Love - THE EVERLY BROTHERS |
The Best rock ´n´ roll songs of the year - according to The Rock ´n´ Roll Vault:
1. That’ll Be the Day - Buddy Holly and The
Crickets 2. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 3. Wake Up
Little Susie - The Everly Brothers 4. You Send Me - Sam Cooke
5. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino 6. Bye Bye Love -
The Everly Brothers 7. All Shook Up - Elvis Presley 8. I’m
in Love Again - Fats Domino (act. a 1956 hit) 9. Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On -
Jerry Lee Lewis 10. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly.
The Coasters´ touring schedule:
April 26-28: the Broadway Capitol Theatre,
Detroit with Faye Adams, Jack Scott, Johnny & Joe, Amos Milburn, Johnny Janis, and the
Red Prysock Combo. May 17: one week at the Howard Theatre,
Washington, D.C. with Shirley & Lee, The Cleftones, Bobby Marchan, and Huey
Smith. June 7: the Apollo Theatre, New York with LaVern
Baker, The Heartbeats, Johnny & Joe, Johnny Mathis, and the Red Prysock Band. June
14: five weeks with the "Fantabulous Rock and Roll Show ´57"
(touring Charlotte, North Carolina; Knoxville; Birmingham; Louisville; Chattanooga;
Greenville; and Kinston, North Carolina; also Chicago) with Ruth Brown, Bo Diddley, The
Five Satins, The Drifters, The Schoolboys, and Smiley Lewis. June 22:
the Municipal Auditorium, Charleston with the show above plus Bobby Parker, Johnny
Hartman, The Spence Twins, and the Paul Williams Orchestra. July 10: the
Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans with the show above and Dave Bartholomew´s
Orchestra. July:
six to ten weeks from the Midwest to California (including July 26 in Milwaukee
and July 31 in Denver) with The Five Satins, The Cellos, Gene & Eunice, Lulu Reed, and
the Sonny Thompson Orchestra. August 25: TV appearance at the
Steve Allen TV-show ("Searchin´"). September: the
Mammoth Gardens, Denver, Colorado with The Five Satins, and The Cellos. October
18: travelling Revue in Oklahoma City with Lowell Fulson, Lillian Offitt,
The Cadillacs, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and the Ernie Freeman Combo. November
15: one week at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C. with The Hollywood
Flames, and the Ernie Freeman Combo. |
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1958
Billboard February 10 review of Atco 6111 (Gee, Golly):
"The group has a relaxed, slow rhythm sound here on an arrangement that bears a touch
of ´Searchin´´. Wax has the sound and it could easaly move out. (Dance!): the boys work
out on a rocker here with a slightly Latanish kick. Fair effort but flip would be the
side." Nunn and Hughes are fired by Lester Sill in late 1957. The Coasters re-form and move to New York in January
(Leiber-Stoller had moved in October, 1957),
changing the image of the group - from heavy black ghetto blues-styled singing - to
2-minute playlets aimed at young middle-class America. Gardner and Guy are joined by two
further Californians, Cornell Gunter (originally promoted as Cornel or Cornelius Gunter)
and Will "Dub" Jones, who immediately share leads on a superb revival of Zing!
Went The Strings Of My Heart (nowadays a "beach music" classic), recorded at Atlantic´s modernized studios, with
the legendary Tom Dowd as engineer, in March. Texas-born King Curtis makes his debut as a
Coasters side-man on that title and especially on this record´s famous A-side (with the
group now vocalizing in the unique unison way that becomes their special trade-mark), Yakety
Yak, which hits U.S. Pop #1 and R&B #1 in June (the first hit epitomizing
Leiber-Stoller´s special Coasters´ style, ironizing teenagers view on the adult
generation). It holds R&B Best Seller #1 for 7 weeks and R&B Disc Jockey #1 for 6
weeks. The record also sky-rockets the Coasters to international fame, reaching #12 on the
British Pop chart. The group is awarded their second golden record on the Dick Clark
TV-show. Billboard May 5 review of Atco 6116: "The group has a saleable sound on this
rocker novelty. The lyrics are musing and the harmonies are attractive. This could also collect pop coin. Flip is a
rhythmic revival of ´Zing!..´." The annual Cash Box poll vote Yakety Yak
as "Best R&B Record of the Year" and the Coasters as "Best R&B
Vocal Group". The follow-up, a Guy-led off-shot of the comics & radio series
hero, The Shadow Knows, fails to score. Billboard August 25 review of
Atco 6126: "The Coasters follow up their smash ´Yakety Yak´ with a funky novelty
that has down to earth feeling. Kids can dance to this one and it has a chance to bust
thru quickly. Watch it. (Sorry, But I´m Gonna...): A swinging novelty with a lilting beat
is sold with spirit by the Coasters over a listenable bass figure. Good side by the boys
altho the flip is more important." Jimmy Norman (born August 12, 1937 in
Nashville) joins Jesse Belvin´s Chargers in Los Angeles.
The Coasters |
Top R&B
Hits:
1. Yakety Yak - The
Coasters (7w at #1)
2. Topsy (Parts 1 & 2) - Cozy Cole
(6w at #1)
3. It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards w. Leroy
Holmes Orchestra (3w
at #1) (also a Top Pop Hit)
4. Get A Job - The Silhouettes
(6w at #1)
5. Rock-In Robin / Over And Over - Bobby Day
(3w at #1)
6. Twilight Time - The Platters
(3w at #1)
7. A Lover´s Question - Clyde McPhatter
(1w at #1 - 23 total
w)
8. Sweet Little Sixteen
- Chuck Berry (3w at
#1)
9. Looking Back - Nat "King" Cole w. Dave
Cavanaugh Orch.
(1w at #1)
10. What Am I Living For / Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes - Chuck
Willis
w. Reggie Obrecht Orch. (1w at #1 /#9)
11. Nobody But You - Dee Clark
(#3)
12. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters
(#3)
13. Raunchy - Ernie Freeman
(issued 1957, 2w at #1)
14. Tears On My Pillow - The Imperials
(1w at #2)
Top Pop Hit:
At The Hop - Danny & The Juniors
Editor's Favorites:
The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Song of All-Times:
Johnny B. Goode
- Chuck Berry
(2 weeks at #2, 12 weeks on R&B chart - later a true classic)
The Best "Blue-Eyed" R&B Hit:
Splish Splash - Bobby Darin
(R&B #1 for
2w)
The Best
"Blues Ballad":
I'll Come Running Back To You - Sam Cooke
(rec. 1956, 1w at #1)
The Best "Beach Music"
Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart - The Coasters
The Best "Jazz Blues":
My Baby Just Cares For Me -
Nina Simone
(LP track, rec 1957)
Soul Classics:
The Right Time
- Nappy Brown
For Your Precious Love
- Jerry Butler & The Impressions
(#3)
Top Artists:
Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, The Platters
Rock Profiles of the Year: The Coasters
Celebrating 20 years of Classic R&B:
Buddy & Ella Johnson
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Billboard's Year-End
R&B Chart
1. Chuck Willis - What Am I Living For / Hang Up My Rock & Roll Shoes
2. Bobby Day - Rock-In Robin
3. Elvis Presley - Don't / Beg Of You
4. Nat King Cole - Looking Back / Do I Like It
5. Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream |
The Best rock ´n´ roll records of the year - according to Life
Rock & Roll Gallery:
1. Wonder Why - DION AND THE BELMONTS
2. Tears on My Pillow
- LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS
3. Johnny B. Goode - CHUCK BERRY
4. Lonely Teardrops - JACKIE WILSON
5. Summertime Blues - EDDIE COCHRAN |
The Best rock ´n´ roll songs of the
year - according to The Rock ´n´ Roll Vault:
1. At the Hop - Danny and The Juniors 2. Johnny
B. Goode - Chuck Berry 3. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
4. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis 5. Good Golly,
Miss Molly - Little Richard (rec 1956) 6. It’s All in the Game - Tommy
Edwards 7. Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry 8. It’s
Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty 9. Poor Little Fool - Ricky
Nelson 10. All I Have to Do is Dream - The Everly Brothers.
The Coasters´ touring schedule:
April:
the Apollo Theatre, New York with Fats Domino, the Flamingos, the
Spaniels, the Dells, and dj Tommy Smalls. June 13:
the Apollo Theatre, New
York with Frankie Lymon, Lee Andrews & The Hearts, Robert & Johnny, Jerry Butler
& The Impressions, The Kodaks, Ed Townsend, and The Storey Sisters.
July 22:
the Armory in Klamatch Falls, Oregon with Ernie Freeman and his
orchestra.
August
5: TV appearance on the American Bandstand ("Yakety Yak"). August
16: TV appearance at the Dick Clárk Show with Frankie Avalon, Patrick
Wayne, and Mary Swan. September 19: the Apollo Theatre with
The Spaniels, The Danleers, The Olympics, Bobby Hendricks, The Quintones, and Sil
Austin´s Combo. September 26: the Howard Theatre,
Washington, D.C. with The Danleers, The Dubs, and Wynona Carr. October
2: 17-days tour with "The Biggest Show of Stars for 1958 - Autumn
Edition" (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Quebec, Ontario, Ohio, Indiana. Pennsylvania,
New York, and Virginia) with Frankie Avalon, Bobby Darin, The Olympics, Dion & The
Belmonts, Bobby Freeman, The Elegants, Jimmy Clanton, The Danleers, Clyde McPhatter, Buddy
Holly & The Crickets, Jack Scott, and the Sil Austin Orchestra.
October
25 & November
4: Fantabulous
show at Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, Calif with Sugar Pie and Pee
Wee plus Johnny Fuller.
December
25: the Howard Theatre, Washington, D.C. with The Chantels, and Buddy and
Ella Johnson. |
The Coasters and Lester Sill
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1959
This year becomes the Coasters´ peak year of their
career, starting in February with the internationally top selling story of the
incorrigible schoolkid, Charlie Brown, hitting #2 on both the new Hot 100
Pop Chart in the U.S., and on the R&B Hot Chart (plus Pop #6 in the U.K.). It becomes
their third million seller. Billboard January 19 review of Atco 6132: "The Coasters
turn in an attractive reading concerning the problems of Charlie Brown on this rocking
side. Could get coins. Watch it. Good teen lyric. (Three Cool Cats): On this side the
Coasters tell of three cats who stand on the street corner watching the chicks as they
stroll by. Interesting side, but flip appears stronger." GAC organize a "Biggest
Show of Stars, Spring Edition" in March where the Coasters join Lloyd Price, Clyde
McPhatter, the Crests, Bo Diddley, and Little Anthony & the Imperials on a package
tour. Charlie Brown´s follow-up is Along Came Jones with
the prolific Dub Jones acting TV Western cliche-hero with his by now well-known clowning
bass vocal, and Albert "Sonny" Forriest succeeding Jacobs as the group´s
guitarist (although the banjo, Leiber-Stoller´s special rock ´n´ roll trade-mark, gets
the head rhythm role). It hits U.S. Hot 100 #9 and R&B #14 in June. Billboard May 4
review of Atco 6141: "Usual hit approach by the Coasters on hilarious tunes affords
them with a likely two-sider. ´Jones´ is a parody of Westerns with Jones coming to the
rescue whenever the damsel is in distress. Flip is a ditty about the birth of rock and
roll." In October the fourth million seller, Poison Ivy, a
magnificent Gardner-Guy duet moralizing over dangerous females (probably the group´s
finest ever effort, covered by dozens of later acts) hits R&B #1 for 4 weeks and
reaches #7 on the Hot 100 (and peaks at #15 in England). Its flip, I´m A Hog For
You (originally
intended for A-side), becomes a Pop hit (#38) and later a collectors´ absolute gem.
Billboard August 10 review of Atco 6146: "The Coasters are a likely bet to click
again with these hot contenders. Either side can come off for top honors. ´Ivy´ is an
interesting bit of material that
compares a gal to the well-known weed. ´I´m A Hog For You´ is a peppy blues effort that
is also performed with the hit sound." The album "The Coasters´
Greatest Hits" is issued (probably one of original rock ´n´ roll´s most
qualitative albums) in October. The Coasters´ last single of 1959 becomes another
double-seller. The sardonic What About Us (Pop #47, R&B #17) is
coupled with a poker-playing monkey in Guy leading Run Red Run (Pop #36,
R&B #29). Billboard November 23 review of Atco 6153: "The group figures to
continue its hit spree with this great coupling. Top side (Run Red Run) is about a wild
poker game and features crazy piano backing by Mike Stoller. Flip is a complaint about a
friend who has everything. Either or both sides here." The Coasters´ records are
hailed as pop master-pieces.
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Top R&B
Hits:
1. Lonely Teardrops
– Jackie Wilson
w. Dick Jacobs Orch.
(issued 1958, 7w at #1)
2. It´ s Just A Matter Of Time - Brook Benton
(issued
1958, 9w at #1)
3. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison (7 w at #1)
4. Stagger Lee -
Lloyd Price
w. Don Costa Orch.
(issued 1958, 4w
at #1)
(also Top Pop R&B Hit)
5. Try Me (I Need You)
- James Brown & the Famous Flames
(issued 1958, 1w
at #1)
6. Personality - Lloyd Price & his Orchestra
(4w at #1)
7. There Goes My Baby – The Drifters
(1w at #1)
8. Poison Ivy – The Coasters
(4w at #1)
9. What´d I Say (Parts 1 & 2) - Ray
Charles & his Orchestra
(1w at #1)
10. Thank You Pretty Baby - Brook Benton w. Belford Hendricks
Orch.
(4w at #1)
11. There Is Something On Your Mind - Big Jay McNeely and
Band w.
Little Sonny Warner
(#5 - 25 total w)
12. I Cried A Tear - LaVern Baker
(issued 1958, 5w at #2)
13. You´re So Fine
- The Falcons
(3w
at #2) (also a Soul Classic)
14. I' m Gonna Get Married - Lloyd Price w. Don Costa Orch
(3w at #1)
Top Pop Hit: Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin
Editor´s Favorites:
Sweet Thing - B. B. King & his Orchestra
(album track from "B. B.
King Wails")
Say Man - Bo
Diddley
(feat. Jerome; recorded 1958) (#3)
I Want To Walk You Home - Fats Domino
(1w at #1)
Back In The U.S.A /
Memphis, Tennessee - Chuck Berry
(#16)
Soul Classic:
Shout (Parts 1 & 2) - The Isley Brothers
Top Artists:
Lloyd Price, The Coasters, Jackie Wilson
Rock Profile of the Year: Buddy Holly
Teen Profile: Bobby Darin
Soul Profile: Jackie Wilson
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Billboard's Year-End R&B
Chart
1. Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
2. Brook Benton - It's Just A Matter Of Time
3. Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
4. Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops
5. Lloyd Price - Personality |
The Best rock ´n´ roll records of
the year - according to Life Rock & Roll
Gallery:
1. Teenager in Love - DION AND THE
BELMONTS
2. Kansas City -
WILBERT HARRISON
3. There Goes My Baby - THE DRIFTERS
4. Donna / La Bamba - RITCHIE VALENS
5. Sixteen Candles - THE CRESTS |
The Best rock ´n´ roll
songs of the year - according to The Rock ´n´ Roll Vault:
1. Mack the Knife - Bobby
Darin 2. What’d I Say - Ray Charles 3. Kansas City -
Wilbert Harrison 4. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
5. Whole Lotta Loving - Fats Domino 6. Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price
7. Donna - Ritchie Valens 8. A Lover’s Question -
Clyde McPhatter 9. 16 Candles - The Crests 10. There
Goes My Baby - The Drifters.
The Coasters´ touring schedule:
March 7:
The Dick Clark TV Show with Dale Hawkins, Paul
Anka, and Jaye P. Morgan. March 13: one week at the Howard
Theatre, Washington, D.C. with Clyde McPhatter, and Nina Simone. March
27: five days tour with "The Biggest Stars of ´59"
(Richmond, Charlotte, Norfolk) with Lloyd Price, Clyde McPhatter, The
Chantels, The Crests, Bo Diddley, LaVern Baker, Frankie Lymon, Wade
Flemons, Bobby Hendricks, and Little Anthony & The Imperials.
May 19: the Auditorium
at Klamath Falls, Oregon with Ernie Freeman and his orchestra.
July 3: one week at the Apollo
Theatre, New York with The Falcons. August 7: one week at the
Howard Theatre, Washington, D.C. with Milt Buckner, Tiny Topsy, and the Jesse Powell
Combo. September 4: four days at the Michigan State Fair,
Detroit with Frankie Avalon, LaVern Baker, Billy & Lillie, Jack Scott, Anita Bryant,
Freddie Cannon, Bobby Rydell, Rusty York, Skip & Flip, Jan & Dean, Santo &
Johnny, Duane Eddy, and Dick Clark. September 18: 44
one-nights up to October 31 with the "Dick Clark Caravan" (including Syracuse,
Montreal, Toronto, Rochester, Richmond, and Norfolk) with Paul Anka, Duane Eddy, Lloyd
Price, LaVern Baker, Annette, The Skyliners, Bobby Rydell; and the first week also The
Drifters, and Phil Phillips. November 26: TV appearance on
"American Bandstand" ("What About Us"). |
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1960
The Coasters revive Besame Mucho (Pop
#70), with Jones acting bass lead. That record is followed by the Billy Guy penned
gospel-based story of a recalcitrant garbage man, Wake Me, Shake Me (Pop
#51, R&B #14 that summer). In July the Coasters wax the magnificent Shoppin´
For Clothes (where Guy tries to buy an expensive suit on credit from Jones). It
only reaches Pop #83 on the Billboard chart and #57 on the Cash Box chart (never even hitting the national R&B chart) but becomes a huge
Coasters-fans´ favorite, which splendidly showcases the group´s original black ghetto
roots (the song is based on a forgotten West-Coast R&B record written by Kent Harris,
titled Clothes Line - in the Coasters´ version issued as composed by
Elmo Glick, an often used pseudonym of Stoller´s, who certainly gives new dimensions to
this classic).
Some pressings of the Coasters' version
were issued as "Clothes Line (Wrap It Up)", which was the original title by
Harris. Later Leiber-Stoller-Harris were credited as composers to "Shoppin'
For Clothes". The album "One By One" (comprising individual
soft-jazz standard vocals) is issued during early Autumn. It introduces Gardner, Guy,
Gunter, and Jones as wonderful and smooth vocal individuals.
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Top R&B
Hits:
1. Baby (You´ve Got What It
Takes)
- Brook Benton & Dinah Washington
(10w at #1)
2. Kiddio - Brook Benton
(9w at #1)
3. He Will Break Your Heart - Jerry Butler
(7w at #1)
4. The Twist - Chubby Checker
(3w at #2)
5. Chain Gang
- Sam Cooke
(4w at #2)
6. Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong
(rec. 1959, 6w at #2)
Top Vocal Group Hit:
Save The Last Dance For Me –
The Drifters
(1w at #1)
Let's Go, Let's Go,
Let's Go - Hank Ballard and The Midnighters
(3w at#1)
Top Pop Hit:
Theme from A
Summer Place - Percy Faith
Editor´s Favorites:
Shoppin´ For Clothes - The
Coasters
I Just Want To Make Love To You - Etta James
Baby What You Want Me To
Do - Jimmy Reed
(#10)
Soul Classic: A Fool In Love - Ike & Tina Turner
(1w at #2, total 21w)
R&B Pop Classics:
Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
(#15 in 1961)
Chain Gang - Sam Cooke
(4w at #2)
New Orleans - (Gary) U.S. Bonds
(#5)
Top Artists:
Brook Benton, The Drifters
Teen & Soul Profiles of the Year: Sam Cooke and
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Blues Profile
of the Year: Little Walter |
Billboard's Year-End R&B
Chart
1. Brook Benton - Kiddio
2. Brook Benton/Dinah Washington - Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
3. Ike & Tina Turner - A Fool In Love
4. Chubby Checker - The Twist
5. Sam Cooke - Chain Gang |
The Best rock ´n´ roll records of
the year - according to Life Rock
& Roll Gallery:
1. I'm Sorry - BRENDA
LEE
2. Teen Angel - MARK DINNING
3. Theme from A Summer Place - PERCY FAITH
4. Only the Lonely - ROY ORBISON
5. Stay - MAURICE WILLIAMS AND THE ZODIACS |
The Best rock ´n´ roll songs of the
year - according to The Rock ´n´ Roll Vault:
1. The Twist -
Chubby Checker 2. Cathy’s Clown - The Everly Brothers
3. Stay - Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs 4. Chain Gang - Sam
Cooke 5. Only the Lonely - Roy Orbison 6. New Orleans -
Gary U.S. Bonds 7. Save the Last Dance for Me - The
Drifters 8. Wonderful World - Sam Cooke 9. Running Bear
- Johnny Preston 10. You’re Sixteen - Johnny Burnette.
1961
Written by Bobby Darin-Don Kirshner,
and released in January, Wait A Minute (recorded at Capitol´s studios in
New York in December, 1957, with Guy in terrific action), hits Pop #37. This record is
followed by the Coasters´ last U.S. Pop Top 30 hit, Leiber-Stoller's own
favorite - the original story of Little
Egypt (Ying-Yang); with Gardner introducing the tattooed belly dancer, who by the
end of the story will become lead singer Guy´s wife. Little Egypt reaches
Hot 100 #23 and R&B #16 in June, just as Earl Carroll (who had disbanded
his Cadillacs) joins the group, by suggestion
from the group´s soon-to-be new manager Lover Patterson, to replace Cornell Gunter. Lester Sill had
stayed in Hollywood and managed the Coasters from there.
The group is
scheduled for a European tour, but several of the members fear the flight. Little Egypt is followed by
another Leiber-Stoller song - originally written directly for the Coasters and later
copied by Elvis Presley, Girls Girls Girls (Pop #96). The first single with Carroll, (Ain't That) Just Like
Me, fails to score.
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Top R&B
Hits:
1. Tossin´ And Turnin´
- Bobby Lewis with Joe Rene Orchestra
(10w at #1)
(also Top Pop Hit)
2. Shop Around - The Miracles
(rec 1960 8w at #1)
3. Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
(7w at #1 - 23 total w)
4. Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe
(5w at #1)
5. Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles & his Orchestra
(5w at #1)
6. It's Gonna Work Out Fine - Ike & Tina Turner
(2w at #2)
Editor´s Favorites:
You're The Boss
- LaVern Baker and Jimmy Ricks
(rec 1960)
Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
(#16 in 1962)
Cuttin’ In
(#6 in 1962) b/w Broke
And Lonely – Johnny “Guitar” Watson
Driving Wheel - Little Junior Parker
(#5)
Best Girl Group Song:
Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
(issued 1960, 4w at #2)
Soul Classics:
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
(rec. 1960, 4w at #1)
At Last - Etta James
(rec. 1960, 1w at #2)
Best
Soul Jazz album:
"Genius + Soul = Jazz" - Ray Charles
including two top tracks:
One Mint Julep (1w at
#1) and I've Got
News For You (#8)
Top Artist:
Ray Charles
Teen Profile of the Year: Chubby Checker
R&B Profile of the Year: Hank Ballard
Soul Profile of the Year: Ray Charles
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Billboard's Year-End R&B
Chart
1. Bobby Lewis - Tossin' And Turnin'
2. Ike & Tina Turner - It's Gonna Work Out Fine
3. Bobby Bland - Don't Cry No More
4. Freddy King - Hideaway
5. The Miracles - Shop Around |
The
Best rock ´n´ roll records of
the year - according to Life Rock & Roll
Gallery:
1. Hit the Road Jack -
RAY CHARLES
2. Bristol Stomp - THE DOVELLS
3. Please Mr. Postman - THE MARVELETTES
4. Blue Moon - MARCELS
5. Runaway - DEL SHANNON
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The Best rock ´n´ roll songs of the
year - according to The Rock ´n´ Roll Vault:
1. Tossin’
and Turnin’ - Bobby Lewis 2. Runaway - Del
Shannon 3. Runaround Sue - Dion 4. Travellin’ Man -
Ricky Nelson 5. Quarter to Three - Gary U.S. Bonds 6. Hit
the Road Jack - Ray Charles 7. Running Scared - Roy
Orbison 8. Stand By Me - Ben E. King 9. Will You Love Me
Tomorrow - The Shirelles 10. Crying - Roy Orbison.
1962
Now without hit records
(Ridin'
Hood - recorded in
Los Angeles in 1960 and produced by Lester Sill and Lee Hazlewood - fails),
the group is still
popular on TV appearances and live shows all over America. Thomas "Curley" Palmer (born in
El Paso, Texas on August 15, 1929 and a veteran R&B stage musical director) becomes
the Coasters´ third regular guitarist around February, debuting at Atlantic´s new NYC
studios, with the unscoring Jones-led dance-craze satire, The Climb, in
July (originally intended to be named The Slime). The fourth Atco
Coasters´ LP, "Coast Along with The Coasters", is issued
late that year (although produced already in 1961).
Several of the tracks on the stereo edition of that album
turn out to be alternate and edited takes. Billy Guy debuts as a solo artist
on ABC-Paramount and records Women for Lloyd Price´s
Double-L Records in Detroit (Guy´s recordings will be issued on several "Coasters"
LPs during the ´70s), but he continues to record with the Coasters for a
further ten years.
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Top R&B
Hits:
1. I Can´t Stop Loving You
- Ray Charles
(10w at #1)
(also Top Pop Hit)
2. Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler
(5w at #1)
3. I Know (You Don´t Love Me No More) - Barbara George
(4w at#1)
4. Soul Twist
- King Curtis & the Noble Knights
(2w at #1 - 19w total)
5. Green Onions - Booker T. & the M.G.´s
(4w at #1)
Top Vocal Group Hit:
Do You Love Me – The Contours
(3w at #1)
Editor´s Favorites:
I Found A Love - The Falcons and Band
(#6)
You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover - Bo Diddley
(#21)
At The Club - Ray Charles
(#7)
Snap You Fingers - Joe
Henderson (#2)
I've Got A Woman -
Jimmy McGriff (#5)
Stormy Monday Blues -
Bobby Bland (#5)
Pop #1 Hit Second Time Around:
The Twist - Chubby Checker (also #1 in 1960
- 31 total w on R&B charts)
Best Pop Instrumental: The Stripper - David Rose (rec
1958)
Classic "cover": Twist And Shout - The Isley Brothers
(2w at #2, originally recorded by The Top Notes
1961)
Soul Classic: Nothing Can Change This Love - Sam Cooke
(1w at #2)
Top Artist:
Ray Charles
Teen Profiles of the Year:
Bob Dylan and The Drifters
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Billboard's Year-End R&B
Chart
1. King Curtis - Soul Twist
2. Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You
3. The Isley Brothers - Twist And Shout
4. Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me
5. James Brown & The Famous Flames - Lost Someone |
The Best rock ´n´ roll records of
the year - according to Life Rock & Roll
Gallery:
1. Big Girls Don't Cry - THE FOUR SEASONS
2. He's A Rebel - THE
CRYSTALS
3. You've Really Got a Hold on Me - THE MIRACLES
4. Duke of Earl - GENE CHANDLER
5. Twist and Shout - THE ISLEY BROTHERS |
The Best rock ´n´
roll songs of the year - according to The Rock ´n´ Roll Vault:
1. Big Girls Don’t Cry -
The Four Seasons 2. Return to Sender - Elvis Presley 3. The
Locomotion - Little Eva 4. Sherry - The Four Seasons 5.
The Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee and The Starliters 6. Dream Baby -
Roy Orbison 7. Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
8. The Wanderer - Dion 9. Do You Love Me - The
Contours 10. Green Onions - Booker T. and The MGs.
1963
Billy Guy sings lead on the last
Leiber-Stoller produced Coasters Atco recording, The P.T.A.,
in January. Bobby Nunn, who had to leave the Coasters in late 1957,
officially for health reasons (although Lester Sill had fired Nunn and Hughes), forms
"The Coasters, Mark II" in L. A. Gunter, who recently had sung with D´s Gents
as back-up singer for Dinah Washington, embarks another rival Coasters group on the West
Coast (later known as "The Fabulous Coasters"). Leiber-Stoller (who had produced
nearly all and written most of the Coasters´ recordings) leave Atco.
The Coasters;
Chubby Checker and
the editor
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Top R&B
Hits:
1. Fingertips - part 2 -
Little Stevie Wonder
(6w at #1)
2. Our Day Will Come
– Ruby & The Romantics (2w at #1)
3. Baby Workout - Jackie Wilson
(3w at #1)
4. Part Time Love - Little Johnny Taylor
(1w at #1)
5. Mockingbird - Inez Foxx (with Charlie Foxx)
(1w at #2)
Top Vocal Group Hits:
It's All Right - The Impressions
(5w at #1)
Heat Wave – Martha & The
Vandellas
(4w at #1)
You've Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles
(rec 1962 1w at #1)
Top Pop Hit:
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer & The
Fireballs
Editor´s Favorites:
Help Me - Sonny Boy Williamson
Birmingham Blues - John Lee Hooker
How Blue Can You Get
- B. B. King (#21 in
1964)
(Today I
Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry - Darlene Love
(rec. 1962)
Soul Classic: Cry Baby
- Garnet Mimms and The Enchanters
(3w at #1)
Top Artist: Sam Cooke
Rock Profiles of the Year: The Beatles
Blues Profile of the Year:
Sonny Boy Williamson
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Billboard's Year-End R&B
Chart
1. Little Johnny Taylor - Part Time Love
2. Inez Foxx - Mockingbird
3. Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout
4. Little Stevie Wonder - Fingertips
5. Martha & The Vandellas - Heat Wave |
The Best rock ´n´ roll records of
the year - according to Life Rock & Roll
Gallery:
1. Fingertips (Part 2)
- LITTLE STEVIE WONDER
2. Be My Baby - THE RONETTES
3. Surf City - JAN AND DEAN
4. He's So Fine - THE CHIFFONS
5. Louie Louie - THE KINGSMEN |
The Best rock ´n´
roll songs of the year - according to The Rock ´n´ Roll Vault:
1. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 2. Sugar
Shack - Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs 3. Fingertips – Pt. 2 -
Little Stevie Wonder 4. He’s So Fine - The Chiffons 5.
Walk Like a Man - The Four Seasons 6. Be My Baby - The Ronettes
7. Heatwave - Martha and The Vandellas 8. Up On the
Roof - The Drifters 9. Wipe Out - The Surfaris 10. Surfin’
U.S.A. - The Beach Boys.
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