US #1s of 1957

I don't care if the rest of the song is a little bit hokey, anyone who wants to argue against those two big fuckoff guitar chords that run throughout the verses of "Jailhouse Rock" is a bigger fool than I.

(all) Shook up, for beieng effortless...

I'm torn between the Everlys and Sam Cooke but I think I'm gonna vote Cooke.

i have never heard any of these songs! (apart from that osmotic kind of way that you hear standards like 'all shook up', i know how it goes but i don't think i've ever listened properly to the original.) actually i don't know who any of those people are except elvis.

I'm voting Everlys because Cooke has songs I like more than "You Send Me."

lex, have you seriously heard of Sam Cooke? A Change Is Gonna Come? Wonderful World? Cupid?

Oops, I mean "have you seriously never heard…"

Cupid is one of the greatest vocal performances in pop music ever recorded.

that's what utube's for maybe?

"All Shook Up" just edging out Cooke, Everly's and "Jailhouse Rawk."

xxxxp

LEX HEAR U SOME SAM COOKE RIGHT NOW

no never heard/heard of sam cooke...will youuuutuuube when have time

Mum used to play a tonne of Everly Brothers when I was a kid, still hold a soft spot for "Wake Up Little Susie". S'no "Cathy's Clown" but what is?

lucky brat.

I voted Everlys. I love a bit of Elvis and Sam Cooke but these are not my faves by them.

Lex, listen to Sam Cooke. He's amazing. And whoever said "Cupid" is one of the best vocal performances is OTM!

Lex, you missed the words "RIGHT NOW"

This is too early, really. But "You Send Me" is great. It was actually the early soul singers who, to a larger extent than the rockers, managed to stretch beyond the boring and overused 12 bar blues.

While we wait for other developments on this thread, here's a picture of Tab Hunter:

http://romancatholicblog.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/16/tab_hunter_roddy_mcdowall.jpg

Is that Roddy McDowall?

Yep. Just two bros, broing out.

http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/gfx/articles/934/934_6244_6410.jpg

Girls. Right.

"Yeah, the girls were out, so we're calling you..."

I'm with Rev: "Jailhouse Rock."

Tammy

wiki trivia of the day: Warner Bros Records was established for the purpose of releasing Tab Hunter recordings

There's a good book about the history of WB Records called Exploding by Stan Cornyn that's worth reading if you're into that kind of historical stuff, Rev (or anyone): http://www.amazon.com/Exploding-Highs-Heroes-Hustlers-Warner/dp/0380814773/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225801759&sr=8-1

Elvis Presley, "All Shook Up"
The Everly Brothers, "Wake Up Little Susie"
Elvis Presley, "Jailhouse Rock"
Sam Cooke, "You Send Me"

blargh this is harder than it looks

I'm not much of an Elvis fan, but I had to go w/ "Jailhouse Rock." Strong field.

I picked Sam Cooke over the Everly Bros, but "Jailhouse Rock" does, in fact, rock.

everly broz

All Shook Up

I'm voting for Tab Hunter because Young Love, in spite of being a cheesefest, is a lovely melody and beautifully sung.

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"All Shook Up." And seconding that Stan Cornyn book, which is hilarious.

I'm torn between the Everlys and Sam Cooke but I think I'm gonna vote Cooke.

Ditto. There are Cooke songs I like more than "You Send Me," but I don't know if any of them made #1, so he gets my vote here just in case. But damn, those acoustic power chords in "Little Susie"...

Elvis Presley, "All Shook Up"

I listen to that more tahn any other Elvis song

Yikes: I don't like a single one of these songs.

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challops

"Teddy Bear" is the weakest of the three Elvis tracks in my estimation, but I'm surprised it didn't at least pick up a vote or two.

1957 = a great year if only cause I was conceived and born then (snuck out just a couple days before new years). can't imagine my parents were uh 'inspired' by any of these songs, though.

no never heard/heard of sam cooke...will youuuutuuube when have time

― lex pretend, Tuesday, November 4, 2008 4:48 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

And this guy is paid to write about R&B for a major national newspaper. Amazing.

wowza

If I voted, I was too drunk to remember, but I better have voted for Wake Up Little Susie.