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As it's Christmas, a bit of silly fun.
Have you driven your car and wondered what hits they would have been playing on the Radio in it's day.

As I will be restoring a 1954 Car, late 54, the number one hit would have been either
August 7 "Sh-Boom" The Crew-Cuts or
September 25 "Hey There" Rosemary Clooney or
November 13 "I Need You Now" Eddie Fisher or
December 4 "Mr. Sandman" The Chordettes Won't know for sure until car arrives!!!!
What would have been your number one?

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I seem to remember the Ballad of Davy Crockett was a large hit in the grade school crowd I was a member of then.

For 1947.....

Heartaches - Ted Weems
2. Near You - Francis Craig
3. Anniversary Song - Al Jolson
4. Peg O' My Heart - The Harmonicats
5. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams
although I would probaby have been listening to the New York Met Opera broadcast of Romeo and Juliette with Jussi Bj?rling and Bid? Say?o

Top Ten Pop Hits in 1955


1. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & The Comets
2. Love and Marriage - Frank Sinatra
3. Earth Angel - The Penguins
4. Only You (and You Alone) - The Platters
5. Ain't That A Shame - Fats Domino
6. Maybellene - Chuck Berry
7. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado
8. Same Old Saturday Night - Frank Sinatra
9. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing - Four Aces
10. Yellow Rose Of Texas - Johnny Desmond (or Mitch Miller)

My parents just started dating in 1955 and I arrived on the planet 3 1/2 years later.

OK, I'll play.

My car was delivered in July 1947 at which time Perry Como's "Chi Baba, Chi Baba (My Bambino Goes to Sleep)" was number one on the US Billboard chart.

KevinAZ wrote: Quote:

One of my good friends in HS (early 60s) had an older brother with a customized (for the era) 55 Chev with "Earth Angel" painted in script behind the front door. Another buddy's older brother had a flat head V-8 Ford hot rod with "Maybellene" painted behind the door. I guess behind the door was the best place, since hot rods did not have fenders much less hoods.

One wonders how many heelmarks were in the headliner of that 55 Chev.

Too cool, daddy-o!