BEST NUMBER 2 HIT, 1955-1959? (Part 3)

[NightTrain]

Poll question: BEST NUMBER 2 HIT, 1955-1959? (Part 3)

Here we go with another round of runner-up hits from rock 'n' roll's first half-decade. Have fun, y'all!

[Whitacre D_WI]

1. "A Fool Such as I"

May be Elvis' best post-Sun record.

"Dream Lover" takes the second slot.

[acmavm]

2. This one was hard. Had to go with Elvis but Darrin was fantastic.

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[NightTrain]

3. And here's what kept those songs from hitting #1!

DONNA - "Stagger Lee," Lloyd Price

CHARLIE BROWN - "Venus," Frankie Avalon :puke:

A FOOL SUCH AS I - "Come Softly To Me," The Fleetwoods

SORRY (I RAN ALL THE WAY HOME) - "The Happy Organ," Dave "Baby" Cortez and "Kansas City," Wilbert Harrison

DREAM LOVER - "The Battle of New Orleans," Johnny Horton

PERSONALITY - "The Battle of New Orleans," Johnny Horton

THERE GOES MY BABY - "A Big Hunk O' Love," Elvis Presley

SEA OF LOVE - "The Three Bells," The Browns :puke:

DON'T YOU KNOW - "Mack The Knife," Bobby Darin

HANDY MAN - "Theme From A Summer Place," Percy Faith :puke:

[TahitiNut]

12. Another example of the low teenage purchasing power.

Virtually every #2 was favored by people of my age over the #1's that were preferred by the "older" folks. The only (almost) exceptions to this were "The Battle of New Orleans" (which was good afternoon-in-the-basement "air guitar" mime material) and "Come Softly To Me" (which was popular at dances).

If us teenagers in the 50's had the pocket money of teenagers today, all those #2's would've been chart-toppers.

"Summer Place" was seen as a somewhat avant garde movie in those days as the repressions of the Eisenhower/McCarthy years was really wearing thin ... so the music was evocative to the early 20-somethings.

[dorktv]

13. Hey! I like Theme From a Summer Place.

[NightTrain]

4. Went for the Drifters myself...

...mainly because "There Goes My Baby" was one of the earliest examples of soul music. :bounce:

[TahitiNut]

14. Yes, indeed. I thought it was awesome ... both then and now.

That one tops the list for sure.

[NightTrain]

5. Kickin' it

n/t

[liberalhistorian]

6. Hi, honey!

:hi: :loveya:

Course, I'm partial to Sea of Love, myself, for obvious reasons!

[NightTrain]

7. Can you believe our big weekend is only five days off?

God, I can't wait!!! :bounce: :loveya:

[liberalhistorian]

8. Me either!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Better stock up on that Vitamin B, lol!

[camero]

9. Why is everybody always pickin on me?

Charlie Brown. He's a clown. That Charlie Brown.

[Kahuna]

10. Fe fe fi fi fo fo fum.. I smell smoke in the auditorium..

CHARLIE BROWN!

[flamingyouth]

11. There Goes My Baby

One of my all-time favorites

[Gildor Inglorion]

15. HAD to go with Charlie Brown

"Why's Everybody Always Pickin' on Me?"