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HI THIS IS KEVIN COAN...WELCOME TO THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN. I'VE HAD LOTS OF GOOD TIMES AND GREAT MEMORIES PLAYING MUSIC ON THE RADIO FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS.......AND ON THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN...WE'LL BRING BACK SOME MEMORIES FOR YOU ...AS WE COUNT DOWN SOME OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1900'S...AND HEAR FROM THE RECORDING ARTISTS WHO MADE THEM GREAT.....EACH WEEK, WE'LL ZOOM IN ON 3 DIFFERENT YEARS AND PLAY BACK THE TOP SONGS , ALONG WITH A TIMELINE OF EVENTS THAT SHAPED EACH YEAR; ....A LITTLE HISTORY AND A LOT OF MEMORIES!......COMING UP ....WE'LL FOCUS ON 1955, WHEN GAS WAS 23 CENTS A GALLON... 1942 WHEN A LOAF OF BREAD WAS A DIME... and 1968 WHEN A NEW CAR COULD BE YOURS FOR LESS THAN 25-HUNDRED, SO RELAX---WE CAN'T BRING BACK THE COST OF LIVING, BUT THE MUSIC'S A LITTLE EASIER... SO GET READY FOR MEMORIES ON "THE CLASSIC COUNTDOWN"... :30
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ONE OF THE TOP SONGS OF 1955 CAME FROM A native of Bristol, Tennessee, WHO began his career as deejay on a local radio station. HE STUDIED classical music, served in World War II and had two Top Ten hits in 1955 with "Ballad of Davy Crockett" and his biggest success, which spent eight weeks at number one on the pop charts, Bristol, Tennessee's Ernie Ford and "Sixteen Tons,"
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GOOD TIMES & GREAT MEMORIES on the Classics Countdown from Tennessee Ernie Ford with 16 tons...and if you recall the phrase "Bless your little pea-pickin' hearts.", you probably watched his NBC primetime show which aired between between 1956 and 60. Tennessee Ernie Ford joined the ranks of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1990........ ....... Thanks for tuning in, I'm Kevin Coan, and in this segment of the Classics Countdown we're remembering 1955....
OUR NEXT CLASSIC COMES FROM A TORONTO GROUP, WHOSE 4 PART HARMONIES GOT THEM A CONTRACT WITH COLUMBIA RECORDS AS BACKGROOUND SINGERS, NOTABLY BEHIND JOHNNY RAY�S 1951 HIT �CRY�, THEY BROKE OUT ON THEIR OWN IN 1954...AND IN 1955, THE 4 LADS BROUGHT GAVE US THESE �MOMENTS TO REMEMBER�
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Frank Busseri , Bernie Toorish, James Arnold and Connie Codarini - The Four Lads on the Classics Countdown.... Today Highlighting 1955, 1942 and 1968...I�m Kevin Coan and coming up next, the beginning of 22 hit singles from the first pianist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame...When the Classics Countdown continues....
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Gentle Easy Listening arrangements which blurred the boundaries between pop, jazz and classical became the signature sound of our next performer...he began playing piano as a child, but was lured into the boxing ring in high school...after a couple of broken noses...he decided to spend his time working on his piano playing.... and Louis Weertz had his first Number One hit in 1955...beginning a career that would bring him 38 hit albums between 1955 and 1972... he took the stage name Roger Williams, and it all began with Autumn Leaves his first hit in 1955"
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Roger Williams on the Classics Countdown...he was the first piano player to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame...and that was his first big hit in 1955, Autumn Leaves...Roger Williams has the distinction of playing for every President between Harry Truman and Bill Clinton...... Our Next performer is a show business icon...he ran with The Rat Pack...and got his first break in 1946, performing with Jerry Lewis in Atlantic City...from Stuebenville, Ohio...Dino Crochetti, Dean Martini for awhile and finally Dean Martin, and one of the classics from 1955- memories are made of this�
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Good Times and Great Memories with Dean Martin on the classics countdown and a career that spanned the recording industry, television, and motion pictures...Memories are made of this as we make memories of 1955.... Each week on the classics countdown, we focus on three different years...and look back at some of the great music...as we continue our look into 1955, when Dwight Eisenhower was President, the average home price was 22-thousand, and a loaf a bread was 18 cents... The academy award went to Ernest Borgnine for "Marty", also best picture that year...and another song from a motion picture, spent over a month at the top for a vocal group Founded by Navy shipmates Al Alberts and Dave Mahoney, they added Lou Silvestri and Sol Vaccaro, and made a name for themselves in their native Philadelphia...here's their second #1 hit from a movie...1955's "love is a many splendored thing' from the Four Aces"
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THE FOUR ACES ON THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN, WRAPPING UP OUR TRIP BACK TO 1955, AND THEIR NUMBER ONE SONG FROM AUGUST...LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING... EACH WEEK ON THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN WE FOCUS ON THREE YEARS OF GREAT MUSIC...WE�VE HEARD FROM 1955, NOW LET�S FLIP THE CALENDAR AHEAD 13 YEARS...TIMES WERE TURBULENT...WITH VIETNAM, ASSASINATIONS CLAIMING BOTH REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR...AND SENATOR BOBBY KENNEDY...RICHARD NIXON NARROWLY DEFEATED HUBERT HUMPHREY FOR PRESIDENT...AND GEORGE WALLACE RECEIVED 9 MILLION VOTES...ON THE RADIO...THE MOOD OF THE COUNTRY COULD BE FELT IN DION�S, �ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN�
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DION DI MUCCI ON THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN AND A SONG THAT CAPTURED AMERICA�S SORROW IN 1968...ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN...QUITE A CHANGE FOR DION WHO BEGAN THE 60�S AS A �LONELY TEENAGER�, HAD HIS HEART BROKEN BY �RUNAROUND SUE�, AND SANG ABOUT �DONNA,THE PRIMA DONNA�.... 1968 WAS A LIBERATING YEAR FOR DION, WHO WAS ABLE TO KICK A HEROIN HABIT, THAT HE HAD SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER.... COMING UP NEXT, A COMEDY WRITER FOR THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS TV SHOW, WHO HAS ARTWORK ON DISPLAY AT NEW YORKS� MUSEUM OF MODERN ART...WHEN WE CONTINUE WITH 1968 ON THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN�
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I�M KEVIN COAN AND THIS IS THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN...THE YEAR WAS 1968, THE AVERAGE INCOME WAS JUST UNDER 8 THOUSAND DOLLARS...GASOLINE WAS 34 CENTS A GALLON, JACKIE KENNEDY MARRIED ARISTOTLE ONASIS...AND A COMEDY WRITER AND PART TIME FOLK GUITARIST WON THE GRAMMY FOR �BEST INSTRUMENTAL� IN 1968...IT WAS MASON WILLIAMS, AND �CLASSICAL GAS�
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MASON WILLIAMS AND CLASSICAL GAS FROM JULY OF 68...AS A SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY WRITER, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAT PAULSEN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN...AND ANOTHER OF HIS ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS HAS HIS WORK ON PERMANENT DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK---A PICTURE OF A GIANT GREYHOUND BUS.... ---AND IN 1968, TWO FOLKSINGERS WHO GREW UP IN FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK HAD THEIR SONG ON THE SOUNDTRACK OF ONE OF THE 60�S BIGGEST MOTION PICTURES...FROM �THE GRADUATE, PAUL SIMON & ART GARFUNKEL, WITH �MRS ROBINSON�
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GOOD TIMES AND GREAT MEMORIES ON THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN, AND OUR LOOK BACK AT 1968, WITH MRS. ROBINSON FROM SIMON & GARFUNKEL WHO ORIGINALLY PERFORMED TOGETHER IN THE LATE 50�S AS �TOM & JERRY�... I�M KEVIN COAN AND I HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING OUR SHOW... EACH WEEK WE ZOOM IN ON FABULOUS MUSIC FROM 3 SEPERATE YEARS...TODAY, 1955, 1968 AND 1942... AS WE CONTINUE WITH 1968...A FORMER GUITARIST IN ROY ORBISONS BACK UP BAND, IS BEST KNOWN FOR THIS SONG WHICH SPENT 5 WEEKS IN THE NUMBER 1 SPOT, �HONEY� FROM BOBBY GOLDSBORO.
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THERE�S BOBBY GOLDBORO�S BIGGEST SONG OF 1968...�HONEY� ON THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN...THIS IS KEVIN COAN, AND NEXT WE�LL HEAR FROM A CLASSICALLY TRAINED FRENCH MUSICIAN WHO HAD AN INTERNATIONAL HIT---NEXT ON THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN�
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WE�RE RELIVING SOME GREAT MUSIC FROM 1968 ON THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN...AND THIS SONG FROM A MUSICIAN WHO PRIMARILY ARRANGED FOR OTHERS DURING THE 40�S AND 50�S, WAS AN INTERNATIONAL HIT ...AND SPENT 5 WEEKS AT THE NUMBER ONE SPOT IN JANUARY OF �68...THIS IS PAUL MAURIAT AND �LOVE IS BLUE�
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PAUL MAURIAT ON THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN WITH LOVE IS BLUE...AND ALTHOUGH MAURIAT IS BEST KNOWN FOR THAT SONG, HE ALSO WROTE THE MUSIC FOR �I WILL FOLLOW HIM� IN 1963... THANKS FOR TUNING IN, MY NAME IS KEVIN COAN, AND THIS IS THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN WHERE EACH WEEK WE FOCUS ON THREE SEPARATE YEARS AND THE TOP POP MUSIC FROM EACH.......SO FAR, WE�VE HEARD SOME GREAT MUSIC FROM 1968 AND 1955... NOW IT�S BACK TO 1942...FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WAS PRESIDENT, GAS WAS 16 CENTS A GALLON, YOU COULD MAIL A LETTER FOR 3 CENTS, BUT DUE TO THE WAR EFFORT, RATIONING WAS IN EFFECT...JAMES CAGNEY WAS THE YEARS BEST ACTOR FOR �YANKEE DOODLE DANDY�, AND GREER GARSON WAS BEST ACTRESS FOR THE YEARS �BEST PICTURE�, �MRS MINIVER�... AND POPULAR MUSIC HAD BEEN DOMINATED BY THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA SINCE 1939...IN 1942 THAT DOMINATION CONTINUED WITH �DON�T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE�
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THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA ON THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN...AND �DON�T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE�...WE�LL HEAR MORE FROM GLENN MILLER, BUT FIRST A MULTI-TALENTED PERSONALITY, WHO COULDN�T READ A NOTE OF MUSIC...BUT MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF AND HIS BAND WITH A SERIES OF BROADCASTS FROM THE MIRAMAR HOTEL IN SANTA MONICA...AND ENTERTAINED THE TROOPS OVERSEAS WITH MORE THAN 500 USO SHOWS MIXING COMEDY AND SWING... HERE�S KAY KYSER AND �THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER�
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GREAT MEMORIES OF 1942 ON THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN WITH THE KAY KYSER BAND...HIS RADIO SHOW �KAY KYSERS KOLLEGE OF MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE� WAS ON THE AIR FOR 15 YEARS UNTIL 1949. I HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING OUR SHOW...THE CLASSICS COUNTODWN AS WE ZOOM ON ON 1942...AND THE FIRST CELEBRATED BANDLEADER OF THE SWING ERA...BENNY GOODMAN, THE KING OF SWING AND 1942�S �JERSEY BOUNCE�
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They call it that Jersey bounce, A rhythm that really counts... The temperature always mounts...Whenever they play that Jersey Bounce... BENNY GOODMAN on The Classics Countdown as we enjoy some of the great music from 1942... Next... another accomplished reed player who performed in his fathers band at the age of 7, when the Classics Countdown continues�
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IT�S THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN AND WE�RE HEARING SOME OF THE BEST FROM 1942... the war brought changes to the recording industry, but still JIMMY DORSEY was able to chart a couple of Top Ten Hits, including �Tangarine� with Claire Hogan and Kenny Martin�
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SOME OF THE GREATEST MUSIC FROM 1942, THIS HOUR ON THE CLASSICS COUNTDOWN...THE JIMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA WITH TANGARINE... JIMMY SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME WITH HIS BROTHER TOMMY IN THE DORSEY BROTHERS ORCHESTRA... THOUGH SQUABBLING BETWEEN THE BROTHERS GAVE THEM A LOWER PROFILE THAN OTHERS DURING THE SWING ERA.... ESPECIALLY THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA, WHO DOMINATED THE MUSIC OF 1942...THIS TIME WITH �I�VE GOT A GAL IN KALAMAZOO�.
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GREAT MEMORIES OF THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA...AND �I�VE GOT A GAL IN KALAMAZOO� AS WE WRAP UP OUR TRIP BACK TO 1942... WELL THERE YA GO... 1942...1968 AND 1955...OUR GOLDEN YEARS ON THIS WEEKS CLASSIC COUNTDOWN...
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NEXT WEEK, PEGGY LEE, MARVIN HAMLISH, RAY CHARLES, DINAH SHORE...AND MORE AS WE REMEMBER 1948, 1974 AND 1962....
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