Recently I had the desire to know what the most popular songs of all time were based on a formula I had created to follow the Billboard charts (#1 = 10 points; #2 = 9 points; ...; ...; ...; #10 = 1 point), so I went back to the very first week of the Billboard charts (week of August 9, 1958) and slowly moved forward. Now I have a whole lot of Excel files with a whole lot of information that I want to share with the world. So each week on this newly formed blog, I will release a new list with a new top ten list from a different year, starting with 1958 and moving forward year by year. To start off, let's dive into the most popular songs of 1958. Remember, these are all statistically based and not my personal opinion of favorite songs. Also, I only looked at the top 10 each week because doing the whole chart each week would be really time consuming. Maybe one day I'll do the whole chart, but not now. Sure, there are many ways you could rank songs from the past and while this may not be the absolute perfect way to do it, it's the way I've chosen for now, so I hope you enjoy!
10- "Poor Little Fool" - Ricky Nelson
9- "Topsy II" - Cozy Cole
8- "To Know Him, is to Love Him" - The Teddy Bears
7- "Rock-in Robin" - Bobby Day
6- "Little Star" - The Elegants
5- "It's Only Make Believe" - Conway Twitty
4- "Tom Dooley" - The Kingston Trio
3- "Bird Dog" - The Everly Brothers
2- "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" - Domencio Modungo
1- "It's All in the Game" - Tommy Edwards
Click here to see the top songs of 1959
Adam, you do me proud as a friend. We'll talk more when I hear more of these in your iTunes...
ReplyDeleteI do have a lot of 60's songs on my iTunes
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