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Post by SUVFan on Jun 16, 2020 11:42:39 GMT -5
Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb -- Connie Stevens and Edd Byrnes -- 1959 I was just looking for information on the late '50s/early 60s TV show, 77 Sunset Strip and learned that one of it's co-stars, Edd Byrnes, who played the teen aged heart throb "Kookie", passed away on January 8th at the age of 87. The linked obit reveals that JFK's vanity deprived Byrnes of the leading role in PT 109. Byrnes was better known to me for his role in the 1978 movie musical Grease, in which he played Frank Fontaine, an apparent play on Dick Clark's role on American Bandstand. It's a bit of a stretch to call it a song, but here's a clip of Bryne's appearance on the Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show on April 04, 1959 with Connie Stevens performing their, err, hit that would peak at #4 on the Billboard 100 the following month:
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Post by jusrme on Jun 17, 2020 22:00:32 GMT -5
1959: Bobby Sox To Stockings ~ Frankie Avalon
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 19, 2020 22:29:50 GMT -5
1953: Your Cheatin' Heart ~ Hank Williams
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Post by jusrme on Jun 21, 2020 21:02:07 GMT -5
1951: The Thing ~ Phil Harris
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 25, 2020 13:42:20 GMT -5
1954: Blue Monday ~ Smiley Lewis
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Post by ampinoy13 on Jun 25, 2020 16:59:35 GMT -5
That Old Black Magic - Sammy Davis, Jr. (1955)
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 26, 2020 16:49:01 GMT -5
1956: Hound Dog ~ Elvis Presley
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 2, 2020 14:07:57 GMT -5
1957: Fools Fall In Love ~ Drifters
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Post by ampinoy13 on Jul 2, 2020 16:49:50 GMT -5
Botch-A-Me - Rosemary Clooney (1952)
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 4, 2020 15:37:29 GMT -5
1958: Chantilly Lace ~ Big Bopper
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Post by jusrme on Jul 11, 2020 20:18:12 GMT -5
1951: Be My Love ~ Mario Lanza
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 12, 2020 13:36:57 GMT -5
1959: Venus ~ Frankie Avalon
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Post by ampinoy13 on Jul 13, 2020 14:00:38 GMT -5
Crying In The Chapel - June Valli (1953)
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Post by jusrme on Jul 17, 2020 11:43:43 GMT -5
1957: Butterfly ~ Charlie Gracie
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 18, 2020 18:16:01 GMT -5
1950: Shotgun Boogie ~ Tennessee Ernie Ford
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