Which group had a number one hit for two weeks in 1961 with 'Blue Moon'?
"""Blue Moon"" and taught it to the others, though with the bridge or release (middle section – ""I heard somebody whisper ..."") wrong. The famous introduction to the song (""bomp-baba-bomp"" and ""dip-da-dip"") was an excerpt of an original song that the group had in its act. The record reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Pop chart for three weeks and number one on the R&B chart. It also peaked at on the UK Singles Chart. The Marcels' version of ""Blue Moon"" sold a million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. It is featured in the ""Rock and Roll Hall"
"best known number one hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Singles Charts were ""Blue Moon"" by the Marcels in the spring of 1961 (also a number one in the UK, where Colpix was licensed to Pye International), and ""Johnny Angel"" by Shelley Fabares in the spring of 1962. Bernadette Castro recorded for the label ""Get Rid of Him""/""A Girl in Love Forgives"" and ""His Lips Get in the Way""/""Sportscar Sally"". Singer Jo Ann Greer, who dubbed several of the actresses at Columbia Pictures, recorded two albums with the studio's musical director, Morris Stoloff: ""Soundtracks, Voices and Themes"" and ""The Naked"
"until they released the single ""Blue Moon"" with Herb Lance on lead vocals that they charted a hit. The song peaked at #50. The group signed with Musicnote Records in 1963 and released ""Till Then"", which became their biggest hit, peaking at #20 on the pop charts and #7 AC. The group was best remembered for its ballads, and frequently sang versions of pop standards from the 1920s and 1930s. They frequently changed labels over the course of their career, and parted ways about 1966. Member Emil Stucchio revived the name to tour in the 1970s and again in the"
"director Stu Phillips transferred the introduction to ""Blue Moon"" in order to give the song additional flair. The Marcels recorded ""Blue Moon"" in two takes. A promotion man asked for and got a copy of the finished tape, which found its way to DJ Murray the K. He promoted it as an ""exclusive"" and reportedly played it 26 times on one show. In August 1961, due to racial problems encountered while touring in the Deep South because of the group being multi-racial, Knauss and Bricker—the group's white members—left and were replaced by Allen Johnson (brother of Fred) and Walt Maddox."
"and ""Do You Love Me"" helped the group land a major recording contract with Capitol Records in 1961. Today the group is known almost exclusively for ""Rama Lama Ding Dong"", written by lead singer George ""Wydell"" Jones Jr. The song was recorded in 1957 and released, under the erroneous title ""Lama Rama Ding Dong"", in 1958. It did not become popular until 1961, after a disc jockey in New York City began to play it as a segue from the Marcels' doo-wop version of ""Blue Moon"". The song eventually became popular throughout the US, peaking at number 21 on the"
"U.S. charts for 74 weeks. The reissue in 1961 of their earlier Elektra album made the top 40 and spent 18 weeks on the charts. Their third release, ""The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters"", made the top ten in the same year, charting for 36 weeks. Another album with staying power was one of folk songs for children of all ages, ""Through Children's Eyes"". It remained charted for 29 weeks and peaked at #25. The group maintained a hectic workload during their peak of popularity. In addition to the numerous recordings, they made numerous television appearances, and their personal appearances totaled more"
"1962. Leon Peels briefly launched a solo career later in the 1960s. The Blue Jays The Blue Jays were a short-lived American doo wop ensemble from Venice, California. The Blue Jays formed in 1961, and after performing at an amateur's night at the Fox Theatre, they were asked by Werly Fairburn to sign to his Milestone Records. Their debut single was ""Lover's Island"", written by group members Leon Peels and Alex Manigeault, which became a hit in the U.S., reaching #31 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1961. Later singles included ""Tears are Falling"" (1961) and ""The Right to Love"""
"The Blue Jays The Blue Jays were a short-lived American doo wop ensemble from Venice, California. The Blue Jays formed in 1961, and after performing at an amateur's night at the Fox Theatre, they were asked by Werly Fairburn to sign to his Milestone Records. Their debut single was ""Lover's Island"", written by group members Leon Peels and Alex Manigeault, which became a hit in the U.S., reaching #31 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1961. Later singles included ""Tears are Falling"" (1961) and ""The Right to Love"" (1962), but the group saw no further success and broke up in"
"The Blue Diamonds (duo) The Blue Diamonds were a Dutch 1960s rock and roll duo, best known for their million-selling chart-topping single, ""Ramona"". Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) brothers Ruud de Wolff (12 May 1941 – 18 December 2000) and Riem de Wolff (15 April 1943 – 12 September 2017) founded the group shortly after immigrating to Driebergen-Rijsenburg in the Netherlands in 1949. They were born in Batavia (now Jakarta), Indonesia. Called the 'Dutch Everly Brothers', The Blue Diamonds covered many Everly Brothers songs, but became famous in 1960 with their version of ""Ramona"", a song originally written for the 1928 film, ""Ramona""."
"three of which attained #1 status and all four of which were in Billboard's Top Ten in December 1959, a feat equaled only by the Beatles. Thirteen of their albums placed in Billboard's Top Ten, with five going to #1 and the first album remaining on the charts for 195 weeks. A half dozen singles charted in the Top 100 as well. The group played over two hundred dates per year for several years, pioneering the college concert circuit and appearing at most of the country's top night clubs, festivals, and amphitheaters as well. It was during this period, however,"
"The Marcels The Marcels was an American doo-wop group known for turning popular music songs into rock and roll. The group formed in 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and signed to Colpix Records with lead Cornelius Harp, bass Fred Johnson, Gene Bricker, Ron Mundy, and Richard Knauss. The group was named after a popular hair style of the day, the marcel wave, by Fred Johnson's younger sister Priscilla. In 1961, the Marcels released a new version of the ballad ""Blue Moon"" that began with the bass singer singing, ""bomp-baba-bomp-ba-bomp-ba-bomp-bomp... vedanga-dang-dang-vadinga-dong-ding..."". The record sold over one million copies and was awarded a"
"albums until his death in 2017. At the time of his death, Riem had just been diagnosed with lung and liver cancer and had been suffering from the effects of a recent stroke. The Blue Diamonds (duo) The Blue Diamonds were a Dutch 1960s rock and roll duo, best known for their million-selling chart-topping single, ""Ramona"". Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) brothers Ruud de Wolff (12 May 1941 – 18 December 2000) and Riem de Wolff (15 April 1943 – 12 September 2017) founded the group shortly after immigrating to Driebergen-Rijsenburg in the Netherlands in 1949. They were born in Batavia (now Jakarta),"
"and Stoney Cooper. Allen and Wakefield were soon performing regularly at area night spots and also secured a regular Sunday afternoon broadcast over station WDON in Wheaton, Maryland. On July 4, 1961, the band was among a small handful invited to perform at Bill Clifton's first-ever one day Bluegrass Festival held at Luray, Virginia. In November 1961, Allen and Wakefield recorded six sides in Nashville that included banjo legend Don Reno, fiddle master Chubby Wise and bassist John Palmer on the Starday label including the popular ""Trouble 'Round My Door"" and ""Beautiful Blue Eyes."" By 1963 Allen, Wakefield and their"
"1962, it peaked at No. 51 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in early 1963. Stewart and Bringas were the only singers on the first release. Bringas sang the lead, the falsetto, and also joined Stewart on the background vocals. Stewart and Bringas agreed that ""Glen Campbell...gave the song a great lift with his lead guitar. Recent remix attempts have watered down his contribution, but on the original release, the imprint of his lead guitar is indelible."" The group's second single, again produced by Melcher, was ""Gone"", recorded April 26, 1963. Bringas sang the lead and the falsetto, with Stewart and"
"The song was written for promotional appearances with Dolores del Río (star of the film) but not featured in the film itself. The Blue Diamonds up-tempo version of it reached the American ""Billboard"" Hot 100 at number 72 in 1960. It sold over 250,000 copies in the Netherlands (the first record to ever do so) and over one million copies in Germany by 1961. Although their last hit was in 1971, they continued to perform together up until Ruud de Wolff died from bladder cancer at the end of the year 2000. Riem de Wolff continued to perform and release"
"number 50 on the ""Cashbox"" chart) and ""Bluejean Bop"" (number 49 on the ""Billboard"" chart and another million-selling disc). Cliff Gallup left the band in 1956, and Russell Williford joined as the new guitarist for the Blue Caps. Williford played and toured Canada with Vincent in late 1956 but left the group in early 1957. Gallup came back to do the next album and then left again. Williford came back and exited again before Johnny Meeks joined the band. The group had another hit in 1957 with ""Lotta Lovin'"" (highest position number 13 and spending 19 weeks on the ""Billboard"""
"white performers included The Del-Vikings, who hit big in 1957 with ""Come Go With Me"" and ""Whispering Bells"", The Crests, whose ""16 Candles"" appeared in 1958, and The Impalas, whose ""Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)"" was a hit in 1959. Female doo-wop singers were unusual in the early days. Lillian Leach, lead singer of the Mellows from 1953 to 1958, helped pave the way for other women in doo-wop, soul and R&B. Doo-wop groups achieved 1951 R&B chart hits such as ""Sixty Minute Man"" by Billy Ward and His Dominoes, ""Where Are You?"" by The Mello-Moods, ""The Glory"
"however, would re-emerge 5 years later in new girl group The Saturdays. Nearly six months after its release, boyband Blue hit the top with their debut album, ""All Rise"". The album had already spawned two number one singles by this point, ""Too Close"" and ""If You Come Back"" the previous year. The title track from their album, which was their debut single had also made No. 4 and a fourth single, ""Fly by II"" reached No. 6 in March of this year. It was only a week before British indie rock band, Doves hit the top with their 2nd album,"
"Track Album or Recording of Original Cast from a Motion Picture or Television. Blue Hawaii Blue Hawaii is a 1961 American musical romantic comedy film set in the state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley. The screenplay by Hal Kanter was nominated by the Writers Guild of America in 1962 in the category of Best Written American Musical. The movie opened at no. 2 in box office receipts for that week and despite mixed reviews from critics, finished as the 10th top-grossing movie of 1961 and 14th for 1962 on the ""Variety"" national box office survey, earning $5 million. The"
"record was a two-sided hit, as the flip side, ""Again"", also charted. ""Blue Moons first crossover recording to rock and roll came from Elvis Presley in 1954, produced by Sam Phillips. His cover version of the song was included on his 1956 debut album ""Elvis Presley"", issued on RCA Records. Presley's remake of ""Blue Moon"" was coupled with ""Just Because"" as a single in August 1956. ""Blue Moon"" spent seventeen weeks on the ""Billboard"" Top 100, although it reached only . In Jim Jarmusch's 1989 film ""Mystery Train"", the three distinct stories that make up the narrative are linked by"
"Listen to Cliff! Listen to Cliff! is the third studio album by singer Cliff Richard and fourth album overall. It was released through EMI Columbia Records in April 1961 and features rock and pop standards, it reached No. 2 in the UK album chart, charting for 26 consecutive weeks and re-entering twice. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, no singles were officially released from the album. None of the 1961 single releases are available on this album. The album mainly features covers of musicals and popular 1930s and 40s songs. ""Blue Moon"" was issued as an export single. Tony Meehan was"
"Oh! Baby Baby / Blue Stroll 1960 213 The Hunt Sisters Don't Hang Your Shame On Me / I'm Not Gonna Take It Anymore 1961 214 Jim Myers Bouncy / Partings 1961 215 Bobby Bernell Stay Away From Me / Thousand And One Dreams 1962 215 Jim Myers and his Gems Memphis / After Tomorrow 1962 216 ? 217 The Hunt Sisters Blue Moon Of Yesterday / My Feelings Are Showing 1962 218 ? 219 Danny Richards Can't Stop Me From Loving You / Love I Used To Know 19?? 220 Vic Norwin For Loving You / Long Gone Lonesome"
"Stones. The Stones had previously had hard rock hits such as ""(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"" (1965), and with ""Paint It Black"", they now combined hard rock with psychedelia. Other psychedelic rock #1 hits over the years were: 1967 - ""Ruby Tuesday"" (The Rolling Stones), ""Light My Fire"" (The Doors), ""The Letter"" (The Box Tops); 1968 - ""Hello, I Love You"" (The Doors), ""People Got to Be Free"" (The Rascals); 1969 - ""Crimson and Clover"" (Tommy James and the Shondells, psychedelic garage rock); 1970 - ""Venus"" (Shocking Blue). For the next several years, as new psychedelic subgenres began to mushroom,"
"consecutive weeks. Blue Hawaii (song) ""Blue Hawaii"" is a popular song written by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger for the 1937 Paramount Pictures film ""Waikiki Wedding"", starring Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross. Crosby recorded a version with backing by Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians, which was released in 1937 as the B-side of ""Sweet Leilani."" This reached the No. 5 spot in the charts of the day during a 13-week-stay The song subsequently received numerous cover versions, most successfully as the title track of the 1961 Elvis Presley film, the soundtrack of which stayed at #1 on the album chart"
"next week it climbed at number two, marking the biggest jump to the runner-up spot in the chart's history. On 18 August 1958, it topped the Hot 100, becoming the second song to reach the top spot on the chart, after Ricky Nelson's ""Poor Little Fool"". The song later completed a run of five non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart, selling 2 million copies in the United States during 1958 and becoming ""Billboard""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Song of the Year. ""Nel blu dipinto di blu"" was the first non American, Canadian or British single to achieve this honor in the rock"
"the R&B group was still composed of John ""Buddy"" Bailey (lead singer), Billy Mitchell, Matthew McQuater, Harold Lucas, Harold Winley, and Bill Harris. Various members of the group left, died, or were replaced, although the group as a whole still performed the song regardless of whom its members were. The single reached No. 14 on ""Billboard's"" Rhythm & Blues Records chart of ""Best Sellers in Stores."" In 1956, the Clovers released the song on their eponymous album. The first version of ""Blue Velvet"" to appear on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 during the rock 'n' roll era was recorded and released"
"1967), Chuck Berry (""Live at Fillmore Auditorium"" 1967), Savoy Brown (""Blue Matter"" 1968), Karen Dalton (""It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best"" 1969), the Rolling Stones (""Jamming with Edward!"" 1972), Bob Dylan (""Self Portrait"" 1970), Hound Dog Taylor (""Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers"" 1971), Grateful Dead (""Europe '72"" 1972), Foghat (""Stone Blue"" 1978), Eric Burdon (""Comeback"" 1982), Eric Clapton (""From the Cradle"" 1994), Susan Tedeschi (""Better Days"" 1995), Paul Butterfield Blues Band (""The Original Lost Elektra Sessions"" 1995), Gov't Mule with Little Milton (""Mulennium"" 1999), Keb Mo (""The Door"" 2000), Diesel (""ITunes Live from"
"UK, becoming a substantial hit, peaking at No. 2. The group's first single, ""Fall Out"", was re-issued in late 1979, and became a minor chart hit, peaking at No. 47 in the UK. In October 1979, the group released their second album, ""Reggatta de Blanc"", which topped the UK Albums Chart, and became the first of four consecutive UK No. 1 studio albums. The album spawned the hit singles ""Message in a Bottle"" (No. 1 UK, No. 2 Canada, No. 5 Australia) and ""Walking on the Moon"" (No. 1 UK). The album's singles failed to dent the US top 40,"
"left, subsequently rejoining Levin to form a band called ""Brotherhood"". Charlie Coe, who had played guitar for the group in 1963, rejoined the band on bass, and Joe Correro, Jr. was recruited as the new drummer. Changing tastes in the late 1960s rendered the group unfashionable, but they still continued to have modest hits through the rest of the decade, including ""Ups and Downs"", ""I Had a Dream"", ""Too Much Talk"", ""Don't Take It So Hard"", ""Cinderella Sunshine"", ""Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon"", and ""Let Me"", which became their first gold record. On January 6, 1968, just four months after the"
"(No. 27, 1960); ""Calendar Girl"" (No. 4, 1961; also reached No. 1 on the Japanese and Canadian pop charts); ""Little Devil"" (No. 11, 1961); ""Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"" (No. 6, 1961); his signature song, ""Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"" (No. 1, two weeks: August 11 and 18, 1962); and ""Next Door to an Angel"" (No. 5, 1962). Singles not making the Top 30 during this period included ""Sweet Little You"" (No. 59, 1961) and ""King of Clowns"" (No. 45, 1962). RCA Victor issued four LPs of his works in the United States and Great Britain during this period, and"
"in the US charts at the end of August 1961. Dowell's version also spent three weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart. Other songs by Twomey include the 1961 Elvis Presley single ""Put the Blame on Me"", ""Lend Me Your Comb"" and ""In the Beginning"", as well as songs recorded by Jo Stafford, Doris Day, Carl Smith, Don Cornell, Jill Corey, Eddy Arnold, Eartha Kitt, Caterina Valente, Guy Mitchell, Johnnie Ray, Brian Hyland, Gus Backus, Ray Ellis, Perry Como, Hayley Mills, Earl Grant, The Sandpipers, the Eli Radish Band, Frank Sinatra (""Hey! Jealous Lover""), The Statler Brothers, Leroy"
"included ""I Can't Say Goodbye"", ""Marianne"" and ""My Girl"" (all 1960); ""I Can't Say Goodbye"" was the only charter, spending three weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, peaking at #90. In 1962 the group reappeared on Taurus Records with ""You Were Mine for Awhile"" and ""Blacksmith Blues"" on Hamilton Records; three other singles followed on Taurus, but the group never returned to the charts. They lasted until 1967 before disbanding for good. Adams went on to release some solo singles and had a successful songwriting career, including the hits ""Tossin' and Turnin'"" and ""After the Lovin'"". Adams died on 6"
"The Viscaynes The Viscaynes were a Doo wop group from San Francisco (Vallejo) that released a few singles in the early 1960s. They also had a regional hit with the song ""Yellow Moon"". One of their members Sylvester Stewart, later known as Sly Stone would front the multi-racial group Sly & the Family Stone. They were unique in being one of the very few integrated doo-wop groups of their time. The Viscaynes were a high school group that Sylvester Stewart became a member of. He joined them in or around 1961 when he was 17. The make up of the"