[78-L] last 78s on Hot 100

Bill McClung bmcclung78 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 21 19:42:03 PDT 2010


The latest 78 I have is Bobby Bland-Duke 318-Lead Me On/Hold Me Tenderly.
Most of the references I've seen list a 1960 release date.   In the April
18, 1960 Billboard it is on the Hot 100 list for the fourth week and it's
touted as a "good buy."  So I think February or March 1960 might be
correct.

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Rockined1 <rockined1 at aol.com> wrote:

> the last I've seen is Buster Brown--JOhn Henry [Fire 10??]  it was After
> Fire 1008 Fannie Mae
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Sent: Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:08 pm
> Subject: Re: [78-L] last 78s on Hot 100
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> he latest regular issue U.S. 78 that I have is Vee-Jay 319 by John Lee
> Hooker
> Boogie Chillun/Tennessee Blues), which was issued (according to Daniels'
> merican 45 & 78 Record Dating Guide) in July 1959.
>
> ary Ginell
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>  Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:35:00 -0400
>  From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>  To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>  Subject: Re: [78-L] last 78s on Hot 100
>
>  Of course Canadian 78s were made far beyond that period, and I've seen
> every
>  one on that list except 9 and 10 (haven't seen 3 either, but you say you
> have
>  it). I've seen none of the 1959 list on Canadian 78s.
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>  dl
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>  On 9/21/2010 9:30 PM, Sean Miller wrote:
>  > I have "Patricia"...
>  >
>  > Sean
>  >
>  >
>  > On Sep 21, 2010, at 9:23 PM, Bill McClung wrote:
>  >
>  >> I'm trying to figure out two things. What was the last 78 to chart in
> the
>  >> top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and what was the last list that was
>  omposed
>  >> of all 78s? I know 45s ruled in 1958-59 but a good number of them were
>  >> also produced on 78s.
>  >>
>  >> I assume only 78s produced in the US made the Billboard list.
>  >>
>  >> The first Hot 100 list appeared on August 4, 1958.
>  >>
>  >> 1. Poor Little Fool/Ricky Nelson/Imperial 5528
>  >> 2. Patricia/Perez Prado/RCA 7245
>  >> 3. Splish Splash/Bobby Darin/Atco 6117-have it
>  >> 4. Hard Headed Woman/Elvis Presley/RCA 7280-have it
>  >> 5. When/Kalin Twins/Decca 30642
>  >> 6. Rebel-'Rouser/Duane Eddy/Jamie 1104-have it
>  >> 7. Yakety Yak/Coasters/Atco 6116-have it
>  >> 8. My True Love/Jack Scott/Carlton 462
>  >> 9. Willie and the Hand Jive/Johnny Otis/Capitol 3966
>  >> 10. Fever/Peggy Lee/Capitol 3998-have it
>  >>
>  >> Can anyone verify that #1,2,5,8,9 appeared on U.S. 78s? This is a
> starting
>  >> place.
>  >>
>  >> And the latest 78 I have is I'm Gonna Get Married/Lloyd
> Price/ABC-Paramount
>  >> 10032.
>  >>
>  >> The October 5, 1959 list includes
>  >>
>  >> 1. Mack the Knife/Bobby Darin/Atco 6147
>  >> 2. Put Your Head on My Shoulder/Paul Anka/ABC-Paramount 10040
>  >> 3. Sleep Walk/Santo& Johnny/Canadian American 103
>  >> 4. ('Til) I Kissed You/Everly Brothers/Cadence 1369
>  >> 5. Three Bells/Browns/RCA 7555
>  >> 6. Teen Beat/Sandy Nelson/Original Sound 5
>  >> 7. I'm Gonna Get Married/Lloyd Price/ABC-Paramount 10032
>  >> 8. Mr. Blue/Fleetwoods/Dolton 5
>  >> 9. Red River Rock/Johnny& the Hurricanes/Warwick 509
>  >> 10. Poison Ivy/Coasters/Atco 6146
>  >>
>  >> Anybody have any of these on 78?
>  >>
>  >> thanks
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