[78-L] 1950s big band (was Frosty)

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Mon Jan 11 09:40:07 PST 2010


Right, I forgot about Prado. Calcutta wasn't in the fifties and I won't get 
into the debate about Lawrence Welk.

dl

RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
> From: "David Lennick" >
>> Nobody's saying they weren't popular, only that there were virtually no 
>> big
>> band hit singles after 1954. And I think we've listed the two exceptions.
>>
> CHERRY PINK by Perez Prado was the #1 hit of all 1955, and the #2 hit of the 
> decade.  And how about Lawrence Welk's #1 in 1961, CALCUTTA?
> RayK 
> 



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