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TexasProgresive

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8. You have to take into consideration that I was 8.

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Thu Aug 10, 2017, 09:49 PM

Aug 2017

Tequila - because of the movie.
Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley because it is funny, especially to a kid.
Get a Job - Silhouettes
Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper
March from the River Kwai and Colonel Bogey - Mitch Miller
Some I came to appreciate later:
Fever - Peggy Lee
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

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What's your favorite song from 1958? [View all] red dog 1 Aug 2017 OP

So, to be honest I wasn't born til the '60s ... FM123 Aug 2017 #1

Hang down your head Tom Dooley, elleng Aug 2017 #2

Hang down your head Tom Dooley. Sneederbunk Aug 2017 #5

:-) elleng Aug 2017 #6

Interesting year. I was in eighth grade. enough Aug 2017 #3

Johnny B. Goode struggle4progress Aug 2017 #16

I'd noticed this year was missing from the list... hlthe2b Aug 2017 #4

It's Only Make Beleive/ Conway Twitty doc03 Aug 2017 #7

You have to take into consideration that I was 8. TexasProgresive Aug 2017 #8

"It's Only Make Believe" by Conway Twitty. sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #9

Lots to choose from but I was just learning to appreciate a slow dance... hay rick Aug 2017 #10

This Is One of My All Time Favorite Songs Leith Aug 2017 #13

I still have my 45 rpm record of At The Hop....Great song! red dog 1 Aug 2017 #17

Recorded in 58 flotsam Aug 2017 #11

Earth Angel billh58 Aug 2017 #12

Volare, sung by Domenico Modugno. Nel blu dipinto di blu. No Vested Interest Aug 2017 #14

I have no idea why but I just love this one..... Little Star Aug 2017 #15

One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater DFW Aug 2017 #18

Yakety Yak, by the Coasters LeftishBrit Aug 2017 #19

Born Too Late (which I was, to hear the songs when they first came out!) LeftishBrit Aug 2017 #20

Just saw this thread. And you've definitely picked the best 1958 had to offer. argyl Aug 2017 #21

still popular in movies johnsolaris Aug 2017 #22