June 5th Chart Busters in
THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…
June 5, 1956:
Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" is released in America where it will reach #5 and sell over a million copies…
June 5, 1958:
The L.P. "Johnny Mathis' Greatest Hits" went to number 1 in the US…It stayed on the charts for 490 weeks, setting a longevity record that would not be broken until the 1980s by Pink Floyd's, "Dark Side of the Moon"…
June 5, 1960: "I'm Sorry" by 15-year-old Brenda Lee entered the Billboard Pop chart, on its way to number one…
June 5, 1961: Roy Orbison had his first US number 1 hit with "Running Scared"…
Earlier, he had placed "Only theLonely" and "Blue Angel" into the Top 10...
Orbison had to be coaxed into the soaring vocal climax at the end of the song because he was being drowned out by the instrumental build-up. Roy and his songwriting partner Joe Melson would later say that they wrote the song in about five minutes…
June 5, 1971:
James Taylor's "You've Got A Friend" is released. Of the 14 US Top 40 hits he will achieve, this will be his only chart topper…
June 5, 1971:
A song called "Want Ads" hit the top of the Cashbox chart in the US. The tune had first been recorded for the Hot Wax label by the group
A song called "Want Ads" hit the top of the Cashbox chart in the US. The tune had first been recorded for the Hot Wax label by the group
Glass House,
then by Freda Payne,
but producers weren't satisfied with either version and had a three piece girl group called Honey Cone give it a try…
As seen in the next clip, the result was a smash and was followed by three more Top 30 hits for the Los Angeles based trio…
June 5th HITS in The Evolution of Rock 'n Roll...
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