45 RPM Ep. 24 – “Top Hits of 1957”

Producer, Writer and Host Sam Waldron
Lives in North Seattle

Original Air Date: June 18, 2018

Show 24, “Top Hits of 1957”, tracks all 17 #1 Billboard hits that year and ends with a 1957-related song that was recorded in a later year. Performers include Paul Anka, Debbie Reynolds, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Sam Cooke, Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, Tab Hunter, and The Everly Brothers.

Track List

String of Pearls The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Singin’ the Blues Guy Mitchell and Ray Conniff and his Orchestra
Too Much Elvis Presley
Teddy Bear Elvis Presley
Young Love Tab Hunter
Party Doll Buddy Knox
Round and Round Perry Como
Tammy Debbie Reynolds
Diana Paul Anka
All Shook Up Elvis Presley
Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
Bernadine Pat Boone
You Send Me Sam Cooke
That’ll Be the Day Buddy Holly and The Crickets
Honeycomb Jimmie Rogers
Wake Up Little Susie The Everly Brothers
Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley
April Love Pat Boone
Great Balls of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis
The Class of ’57 The Statler Brothers
String of Pearls The Glenn Miller Orchestra