"The Weavers included an arrangement in ""The Weavers' Song Book"", published in 1960. Similarly, Seeger included it in his 1961 songbook, ""American Favorite Ballads,"" with an attribution to Saletan. The American folk quintet the Highwaymen had a #1 hit in 1961 on both the pop and easy listening charts in the U.S. with their version (under the simpler title of ""Michael""), first recorded and released in 1960; this recording also went to #1 in the United Kingdom. ""Billboard"" ranked the record as the No. 3 song of 1961. The Highwaymen version that went to #1 on the Billboard charts had"
"albums in the 1960s. In the U.S., the song was popularized by The Highwaymen, of ""Michael Row the Boat Ashore"" fame, who recorded it on their 1962 album ""Encore"" (United Artists UAL 3225, mono and UAS 6225, stereo). Building on their success, the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy hit the Irish and British pop charts with the song in 1973. In 1990 The Dubliners re-recorded the song with The Pogues with a faster rocky version charting at No.4 in Ireland and No.63 in the UK. The American metal band Metallica brought it to a wider rock audience in 1998 by"
"Lonnie Donegan Anthony James Donegan (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002), known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the ""King of Skiffle"", who influenced 1960s British pop musicians. Born in Scotland and raised in England from the age of 1, the ""British Hit Singles & Albums"" lists him as ""Britain's most successful and influential recording artist before The Beatles"". Donegan had 31 UK Top 30 single hits, 24 being successive and three at number one. He was the first British male singer with two US Top 10 hits. Donegan received an"
"who would graduate in 1962 with the university’s first degree in ethnomusicology, was the quintet's arranger and lead singer. In 1959, United Artists released his arrangement of the African-American work song ""Michael, Row the Boat Ashore"", first collected by folklorist Guy Carawan. The recording reached #1 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart on 4-11 September 1961 under the abbreviated title of ""Michael"", earning the quintet a gold record. The single also reached #1 in the UK and #4 in Germany. Later members were Gil Robbins (father of actor Tim Robbins), who joined in 1962 when Steve Trott entered Harvard"
"Cogan with ""Dreamboat"". Many successful songs were the product of movies, including number ones for Doris Day in 1954 with ""Secret Love"" from ""Calamity Jane"" and for Frank Sinatra with the title song from ""Three Coins in the Fountain"". A notable British musical genre of the mid-1950s was skiffle, which was developed primarily by jazz musicians copying American folk and country blues songs such as those of Lead Belly in a deliberately rough and lively style emulating jug bands. The most prominent exponent was Lonnie Donegan, whose version of ""Rock Island Line"" was a major hit in 1956. The success"
"met Paul McCartney. Donegan went on to successes such as ""Cumberland Gap"" and ""Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)"", his biggest hit in the U.S., on Dot. He turned to music hall style with ""My Old Man's a Dustman"" which was not well received by skiffle fans and unsuccessful in America on Atlantic in 1960. But it reached number one in the UK. Donegan's group had a flexible line-up, but was generally Denny Wright or Les Bennetts (of Les Hobeaux and Days of Skiffle, led by singer Dave George), playing lead guitar and singing harmony,"
"your boat, Hallelujah, Everybody try a chance, Hallelujah Everybody try a chance, Hallelujah Oh just let me try my chance, Hallelujah Oh just let me try my chance, Hallelujah</poem> The version of ""Michael, Row the Boat Ashore"" that is widely known today was adapted by Boston folksinger and teacher Tony Saletan, who taught it to Pete Seeger in 1954. Saletan, however, never recorded it. Seeger taught it to the Weavers, who performed it at their 1955 reunion concert. One of the earliest recordings of the song is by folksinger Bob Gibson, who included it on his 1957 ""Carnegie Concert"" album."
"10, peaking at #5. Later that same year, Ernest Tubb and Red Foley had a #1 country music record with the song, and the Alexander Brothers, Dennis Day and Jo Stafford released versions which made the Best Seller chart, peaking at #26, #17 and #9 respectively. Moon Mullican had a number 5 country hit with it in 1950, and a version by Paul Gayten and his Orchestra reached number 6 on the ""Billboard"" R&B chart in the same year. On the ""Cash Box"" chart, where all available versions were combined in the standings, the song reached a peak position of"
"not. Lonnie Donegan reached #6 in the UK Singles Chart with his cover version in 1961. Harry Belafonte recorded a popular version of it for his 1962 ""Midnight Special"" album. Pete Seeger included it in his ""Children's Concert at Town Hall"" in 1963. The Lennon Sisters recorded a version which was later featured as a bonus track from their album ""The Lennon Sisters Sing Great Hits"". Trini Lopez had a minor hit with it in 1964. The Israeli-French singer Rika Zaraï also recorded a French version under the title ""Michaël"" in 1964. The African-American gospel/folk duo Joe & Eddie recorded"
"10, 1945 for Decca Records reached No.8 in the Billboard charts. The song was quickly covered by The Pied Pipers (Capitol 225), Les Brown (with the band vocalist Doris Day, Columbia 36875) and Tommy Dorsey (RCA Victor 20-1728). who all reached the Billboard charts with their versions. <br> It was subsequently covered by George Olsen (Majestic), Peggy Lee, Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker (on ""Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1""), Barbara Lea (1957), June Christy (1960), Rosemary Clooney (1961), Joe Williams (1961), Mel Tormé and George Shearing (Concord Jazz CCD-4471), Michael Feinstein (for his album ""Pure Imagination"" 1992), Rebecca Kilgore (""The"
"Much Is That) Doggie in the Window,"" and ""Old Cape Cod."" Frankie Laine's 1949 hits, ""That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)"" and ""Mule Train,"" were still riding high on the charts when the decade began. He continued to score with such hits as: ""Georgia On My Mind,"" ""Cry of the Wild Goose,"" ""Jezebel,"" ""Rose, Rose, I Love You,"" ""Jealousy (Jalousie),"" ""High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me),"" ""I Believe,"" ""Granada,"" ""Moonlight Gambler,"" and ""Rawhide."" Johnnie Ray had a long run of hits in the early half of the decade, often backed by The Four Lads, including: ""Cry,"""
"adapted traditional African-American couplets in place of the original verses."" During the summer of 1954, Saletan taught ""Michael Row the Boat Ashore"" to Pete Seeger, who later sang it with the Weavers, one of the most important singing groups leading the American folk music revival of the 1950s to mid-1960s. Saletan's adaptation was included in the Village's 1956 songbook, ""Songs of Work."" A single based on Saletan's version was released in 1960 by the American folk quintet the Highwaymen under the abbreviated title, ""Michael"", and reached #1 on the U.S. and British hit parades in September 1961. Joe Hickerson, co-founder"
"the ""Deep South"" of Brighton and finds an ""obscure folk song hidden at the top of the American hit parade"", re-records it and reaches number one in the UK. ""NME"" – June 1956 Most of the above records were accredited to Lonnie Donegan; except, as follows: † Billed as the Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group ‡ Billed as Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group ¶ Billed as Lonnie Donegan meets Miki & Griff with the Lonnie Donegan Group ↑ Billed as Lonnie Donegan and his Group ↓ Billed as Lonnie Donegan and Wally Stott's Orchestra ♠ Billed as Miki and Griff"
"Instrumental versions were done by Ray Conniff His Orchestra and Chorus, Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, Richard Clayderman, Django Reinhardt. English lyrics, unrelated to the French lyrics, were later written by Jack Lawrence and entitled ""Beyond the Sea"". The English version has been recorded by many artists, including Benny Goodman, Mantovani, Roger Williams and Gisele MacKenzie, but Bobby Darin's version released in 1959 is the best known by many, reaching #6 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The song reached the top 40 twice prior to the Darin version (Goodman's version in 1948, Williams's in 1955). More recent versions include"
"""Leader of the Pack,"" need hardly be outlined here. Patti Page kicked things off with what would become the decade's biggest hit, ""Tennessee Waltz"". Her other hits from this period included: ""Mister and Mississippi"", ""Mockin' Bird Hill"", ""Detour"", ""(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window"", and ""Old Cape Cod"". Frankie Laine's 1949 hits, ""That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)"" and ""Mule Train"", were still riding high on the charts when the decade began. He continued to score with such hits as: ""Georgia on My Mind"", ""Cry of the Wild Goose"", ""Jezebel"", ""Rose, Rose, I Love"
"number one on the US Hot 100. All were preceded by British jazz musician Kenny Ball peaking at #2 on 17 March 1962 on the Hot 100 with the instrumental ""Midnight in Moscow"". Some observers have noted that US teenagers were growing tired of singles-oriented pop acts like Fabian. The Mods and Rockers, two youth ""gangs"" in mid-1960s Britain, also had an impact in British Invasion music. Bands with a Mod aesthetic became the most popular, but bands able to balance both (e.g. the Beatles) were also successful. In October 1963, the first newspaper articles about the frenzy in England"
"10 hit with ""Everybody"", which reached US number 3 and UK number 9, and ""The Folk Singer"" (number 4 UK) written by Merle Kilgore was also popular. Following a more successful tour of the United Kingdom by his friend Roy Orbison, Roe toured there and then moved to England where he lived for several years. In 1964, Roe recorded a song written by Buzz Cason entitled, ""Diane From Manchester Square."" It was a story in song about a girl called Diane, who worked in an upstairs office at EMI House, when it was based in London's Manchester Square. Sales of"
"country music. Lonnie Donegan discovered the duo and had them record with Pye Records; in addition to singing with Donegan on his self-titled release, they also released several singles which enjoyed chart success in Britain. They toured America in 1964, including performances at the Grand Ole Opry, though they never really broke into the US market. They continued to tour into the 1970s; Barbara (born 22 June 1920) died on 20 April 1989; Emyr (born 9 May 1923) died on 24 September 1995. Miki & Griff Miki & Griff were a British country music duo, who had several hit singles"
"massive wave of chart success that would continue until the Beatles broke up in 1970. On 4 April 1964, the Beatles held the top 5 positions on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart, the only time to date that any act has accomplished this. During the next two years, Peter and Gordon, The Animals, Manfred Mann, Petula Clark, Freddie and the Dreamers, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Herman's Hermits, The Rolling Stones, The Troggs, and Donovan would have one or more number one singles in the US. Other acts that were part of the ""invasion"" included The Who, The Kinks,"
"French singer Michel Fugain had a hit in 1967. The song also charted big in the Netherlands, reaching #2, after which the Franck Pourcel Orchestra had a minor hit with an instrumental version of the song, bearing the original French song title. In the US Nick DeCaro and his orchestra charted with his instrumental version, released as the B-side of the single ""Caroline, No"" in late 1968, peaking at #71 in the Cash Box Top 100 in early 1969. Rowles had another Top 20 hit in the UK with ""Hush . . . Not a Word to Mary"", also in"
"Who"" lead singer Burton Cummings emerged as a popular solo artist in soft rock. Also notable is folk rocker Gordon Lightfoot's ""The Wreck of the ""Edmund Fitzgerald"""", a song written in commemoration of the sinking of the bulk carrier SS ""Edmund Fitzgerald"" on Lake Superior on 10 November 1975. The incident is the most famous disaster in the history of Great Lakes shipping. The single reached #2 on the Billboard pop charts in November 1976, making it Lightfoot's second most successful (in terms of chart position) single, with ""Sundown"" having reached number one in 1974. Another of this period's most"
"doo-wop version was recorded by Sonny Til and the Orioles in 1952. Later rocked-up hit versions were recorded by Chuck Willis (as ""C.C. Rider,"" a number one R&B hit and a number 12 pop hit in 1957) and LaVern Baker (number nine R&B and number 34 pop in 1963). Ella Fitzgerald recorded the song for her album ""These Are the Blues"" (1963) with Wild Bill Davis on organ and Ray Brown on bass. Other popular performances were recorded by Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels (as part of the medley ""Jenny Take a Ride!"", number 10 US pop in 1965)"
"proved popular and in July 1954 he recorded a fast version of Leadbelly's ""Rock Island Line"", featuring a washboard but not a tea-chest bass, with ""John Henry"" on the B-side. It was a hit in 1956 (which also later inspired the creation of a full album, ""An Englishman Sings American Folk Songs"", released in America on the Mercury label in the early 1960s), but, because it was a band recording, Donegan made no money beyond his session fee. It was the first debut record to go gold in the UK, and it reached the Top Ten in the United States."
"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"
"Bobby Darin's version released in late 1959 is the best known by many, reaching No. 6 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, No. 15 on the US R&B Chart, and No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart. in early 1960. Before Bobby Darin's, two recordings reached the Top 40 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Benny Goodman's version charted in 1948, and was featured in the Cary Grant/Betsy Drake romantic comedy ""Every Girl Should Be Married"". Roger Williams' recording reached No. 37 in 1955. Deana Martin recorded ""Beyond the Sea"" in 2013. The song was released on her album, ""Destination Moon"", in"
"was exciting but because he didn't have a record being played on the radio, that may have been his only Legion appearance that year. Encouraged by friends Dorsey and Johnny Burnette, he persevered in the music business and in late 1959, he made his first recording using the name Donnie Brooks. Called ""Li'l Sweetheart,"" it received a lukewarm reception, but his March 1960 hit single, ""Mission Bell"" on Era Records demonstrated a quality voice in an upbeat song that peaked at No. 7 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. His follow-up, ""Doll House""/""Round Robin"" (a double-sided hit single with a"
"in April 1964 saw them, uniquely, hold the top 5 positions on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart simultaneously. During the next two years, Peter and Gordon, The Animals, Manfred Mann, Petula Clark, Freddie and the Dreamers, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Herman’s Hermits, The Rolling Stones, The Troggs, and Donovan would have one or more number one singles. Other acts that were part of the invasion included The Dave Clark Five, Tom Jones, The Kinks and The Who At this point most of the British Invasion bands did not distinguish their rock 'n' roll or blues based music from"
"on 10 format and called ""The Best Of Sellers"", the second was released in 1957, being called ""Songs for Swinging Sellers"" (a spoof on Frank Sinatra's LP ""Songs for Swingin' Lovers!""). As he had worked with Sellers, he also came to know Spike Milligan, with whom he became a firm friend, and best man at Milligan's second marriage: ""I loved ""The Goon Show"", and issued an album of it on my label Parlophone, which is how I got to know Spike."" The album was ""Bridge on the River Wye"". It was a spoof of the film ""The Bridge on the"
"1945 with ""Sentimental Journey"". Dean Martin had a #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit with ""Everybody Loves Somebody"" in 1964. The O'Jays had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Love Train"" in 1972. The Ohio Players had 2 #1 Hot 100 hits, including the funk song ""Love Rollercoaster"" in 1976. Wild Cherry had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Play That Funky Music"" also in 1976. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Tha Crossroads"" in 1996. John Legend had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""All of Me"" in 2014. Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods had a #1"
"the Bluesbreakers, the Big Three, Eddie Cochran, Bobby Darin, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Nancy Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Trini Lopez, Roy Orbison, Bo Diddley, Johnny Cash and June Carter, Rare Earth and The Ronettes all put their own style on the song. Checkmates, Ltd. released a version of the song as part of a medley on their 1967 debut album, ""Live! At Caesar's Palace"". Jerry Lee Lewis found particular success with his rendition in 1961, which peaked at number 30 and spent eight weeks on the charts. Charles noticed, later writing ""I saw that many of the stations which had"
"the No. 15 ""Doggin' Around"", the No. 1 pop ballad ""Night"", another million-seller, and ""Baby Workout"", another Top 10 hit (No. 5), which he composed with The Midnighters member Alonzo Tucker. His songwriting alliance with Tucker also turned out other songs, including ""No Pity (In The Naked City)"" and ""I'm So Lonely."" Top 10 hits continued with ""Alone At Last"" (No. 8 in 1960) and ""My Empty Arms"" (No. 9 in 1961). Also in 1961, Wilson recorded a tribute album to Al Jolson, ""Nowstalgia ... You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet"", which included the only album liner notes he ever wrote:"
"with the Lonnie Donegan Group Jeremy Price, ""Lonnie Donegan, Rock Island Line » et la corne d’abondance"", ""Volume!"", n° 7-2, Nantes, Éditions Mélanie Seteun, 2010. Lonnie Donegan Anthony James Donegan (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002), known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the ""King of Skiffle"", who influenced 1960s British pop musicians. Born in Scotland and raised in England from the age of 1, the ""British Hit Singles & Albums"" lists him as ""Britain's most successful and influential recording artist before The Beatles"". Donegan had 31 UK Top 30 single"
"comes thru with a great vocal on a rockin' novelty, with some solid chorus and ork [orchestra a.k.a. swing band] backing. Tune builds all the way. Platter could catch a lot of change."" However, it did not appear on the charts of the nation's most popular R&B songs, such as those compiled by ""Billboard"". Although Bradshaw had five other records that reached the R&B top ten, ""The Train Kept A-Rollin'"" remains his best-known recording and continues to be popular with Shag dancers (a type of swing dance) on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. In 1956, Johnny Burnette and the Rock and"