KOA in Denver has been on the air since 1924. It’s a 50,000 watt (clear channel) station currently owned by iHeartMedia, and broadcasts a news-talk-sports format on 850 AM and simulcasts on a couple of HD radio stations as a subchannel. Here’s their Top Ten for June 25, 1955.
- Nat King Cole, “A Blossom Fell”
- The Hilltoppers, “The Kentuckian Song”
- Bill Hayes, “The Ballad Of Davy Crockett”
- Johnny Desmond, “Togetherness”
- Georgia Gibbs, “Dance With Me, Henry”
- Bill Haley & His Comets, “Rock Around The Clock”
- Gisele MacKenzie, “Hard To Get”
- Al Hibbler, “Unchained Melody”
- Perez Prado & His Orchestra, “Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White”
- The Sunnysiders, “Hey Mr. Banjo”
And that’s Top Ten Tuesday for June 21, 2022.
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I love Nat King Cole and it was different to hear this Unchained Melody but I prefer the one by the Righteous Brothers. Great list I listened to on Tues.
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There have been a number of versions of people doing “Unchained Melody,” but The Righteous Brothers did it best.
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I remember some of these songs because my parents liked them.
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I can’t remember my folks playing the radio much, to be honest. Mom played it a lot after Dad died, but that was mostly Ray Coniff, Percy Faith, Mantovani etc.
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My mom was a radio addict which is probably why I am.
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I was the radio addict in my house…
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I know several songs, but unless my parents used them as lullabys, I didn’t hear them that year,,
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You were about two, right? I was still a year off…
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Actually, not quite one.
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Close enough…
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wow! A list I know every song.
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Better than I did, and it was a learning experience…
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Youngster
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