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episode date - July 1, 2009
The Summer of 1959 qualifies as a period of transition in pop music. It was an era when ‘genuine’ rock and roll almost ceased to exist. But the inroads created by rock and roll brought a distinctively new sound to pop music. For example, this was the month that the world heard Ray Charles (and the first time we heard an electric piano as well).
The edge may have been dulled, but there was still plenty of interesting music. Songs featured in today’s show include;
1) Back in the U.S.A. – Chuck Berry
2) Only Sixteen – Sam Cooke
3) What’d I Say (parts 1 and 2) – Ray Charles
4) Sea of Love – Phil Phillips
5) Personality – Lloyd Price
6) Teenager in Love – Dion & the Belmonts
7) From Bobby Sox to Stockings - Frankie Avalon
8) Tallahassee Lassie - Freddie Cannon
9) I’m Just a Lonely Boy – Paul Anka
10) Hushabye – The Mystics
11) Waterloo – Stonewall Jackson
12) Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton
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