We haven’t done a survey from the pre-rock ‘n’ roll era in a while, and since the surveys I’ve been working from are starting to all look the same, I thought I’d go back to 1954 to look at Atlanta’s WQXI-AM. When I moved to Atlanta in 1987, I only had an AM radio in the car, and this was the station I listened to the most, because they were simulcasting their FM station, WQXI-FM. Eventually, WQXI-FM changed its call letters to WSTR, which usually signals a format change… but it didn’t in this case. By that time, I had a car with an FM radio and lost track of what the AM station was doing. They’re now a Korean-language broadcaster. Here’s their Top Ten from August 28, 1954, 68 years ago.
- “Three Coins In The Fountain,” Four Aces
- “Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight,” McGuire Sisters
- “In The Chapel In The Moonlight,” Kitty Kallen
- “Cinnamon Sinner,” Tony Bennett
- “Hernando’s Hideaway,” Archie Bleyer
- “If Give My Heart To You,” Connee Boswell
- “Little Things Mean A Lot,” Kitty Kallen
- “Sh-Boom,” Crew-Cuts
- “Hey There,” Rosemary Clooney
- “The High And The Mighty,” Les Baxter
And that’s Top Ten Tuesday for August 30, 2022.
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I actually knew more of these than the recent survey from the late ’80s. Of course, my mom was still pregnant with me, maybe this was in-the-womb music.
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Possibly, or they played them when you were a baby. Glsf you liked them!
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Long back the radio was a very important part of our lives. We listened to two stations, Vividh Bharati and Radio Ceylon. But it has been ages since we listened to them. And there is nothing on the TV worth listening to or watching. Now it is YouTube . We listen to music and talks. Life has changed a lot.
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It’s the same here. AM and FM radio are still around, but there are so many better ways to listen to music or talk, and TV is the wasteland Newton Minow (head of the US Federal Communications Commission in the ’60’s) said it was back then. The Internet allows me to listen to radio stations around the world, and YouTube has so much music, movies, TV shows, podcasts etc. that there’s hardly any reason to watch the TV.
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Oh! What memories they evoke for me. I am going to get Alexa started on this list right now.
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Great idea!
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I realize how much I enjoy this type of music. Somewhere I must be 105 yrs old:)). I was never a lover of 3 Coins because I hate that “dip” the chorus sings..3 coins …(dip) in the fountain. They hit those flat notes but I really enjoyed this rendition by the 4 Aces. It did not seem as noticeable.
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That would make me, what, 110? Because I still love it as well.
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Oops I remember most of those …🫢
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Believe it or not, so do I.
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Lol 🤣🤣🤣
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I’m not familiar with Cinnamon Sinner; will have to check that one out. Quite an interesting list!
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I really like tthe music from the post-World War II, pre-Rock & Roll days, as well as the early ’60’s, so when I get a chance I try to pick from those years. Glad you liked it!
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