TOP FIFTY SONGS FOR WEEK  ENDING OCT. 20/57


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WAKE UP LITTLE SUSY
JAILHOUSE  ROCK
MR.  FIRE  EYES
FASCINATION
JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME

HONEYCOMB
HULA  LOVE
TAMMY
AND THAT REMINDS ME
LIPS  OF  WINE

REMEMBER YOU'RE MINE
MOONLIGHT  SWIM
DIANA
CHANCES  ARE
AROUND THE WORLD

PLAYTHING
JUST  HOME
I  LOVE  YOU  BABY
MELODIE D'AMOUR
IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ISLAND

BON  VOYAGE
THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES...SAYONARA
THE  KINGDOM OF LOVE
WELCOME  MAT
CHICAGO

THINK OF ALL THE NICE THINGS HE'S DONE
THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE
I NEVER HAD THE BLUES
SWINGIN'  SWEETHEARTS
GOOD  EVENING  FRIENDS

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO BE LOVED
I'M  FOLLOWING  YOU
PLEASE  DON'T  BLAME  ME
I KEEP  RUNNING AWAY FROM YOU

IT'S  NOT  FOR ME TO SAY
A FERRYBOAT CALLED  MINERVA
A  FALLEN  STAR
JUNE  NIGHT
SUMMER  HOLIDAY

SHANGRI  LA
BUILD YOUR LOVE ON A STRONG  FOUNDATION
GONNA  FIND ME A BLUEBIRD
WEDDING  RING....I STILL BELONG TO YOU
FORGOTTEN  DREAMS

ROCKIN'  SHOES....TAMMY
SOFT  SANDS
A  LOVELY  NIGHT
WHERE IS  CINDERELLA
CAYA  COCO
EVERLY  BROS.
ELVIS  PRESLEY
BONNIE  GUITAR
JANE  MORGAN
THE CHORDETTES

JIMMIE  ROGERS
BUDDY  KNOX
DEBBIE  REYNOLDS
DELLA  REESE
ANDY WILLIAMS

PAT  BOONE
TONY PERKINS
PAUL  ANKA
JOHNNY  MATHIS
VICTOR  YOUNG  ORK..INSTR

NICK  TODD
PERRY  COMO
PAUL  ANKA
THE  AMES  BROS.
TONY  BENNETT

JANICE  HARPER
EDDIE  FISHER
THE FOUR  VOICES
KATHY  BARR
FRANK SINATRA

BETTY  MADIGAN
CINDY AND LINDY
GEORGIA  GIBBS
WINTERHALTER  ORK...INSTR
J. RAY & F. LAINE

VIC  DAMONE
GOGI  GRANT
THE  BLENDERS
MARTY  ROBBINS
MERV  GRIFFIN

JOHNNY  MATHIS
DON  CHERRY
THE  HILLTOPPERS
JIMMY  DORSEY ORK & CHO
JACK  ZIMMERMAN ORK...INSTR

THE FOUR  COINS
JOHNNY  RAY
JOYCE HAHN
RUSS  HAMILTON
LEROY  ANDERSON ORK...INSTR

THE  AMES  BROS.
OSCAR  PETERSON
BETTY  MADIGAN
BUDDY  BREGMAN ORK..INSTR
LOU  BUSCH








Notes and Corrections:
- This retyped chart is formatted in a similar manner as the original typed chart and duplicates most of the typing idiosyncrasies and misspellings found on the original.


CKWX TOP FIFTY
VANCOUVER TOP 40 RADIO EDITION
©2019


Red Robinson's
CKWX
Teen Canteen Survey
The Top Songs
of the original Top Fifty

Countdown air date: Oct. 19, 1957
Vancouver Sun: Oct. 25, 1957



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TITLE & ARTIST
Jailhouse Rock
          -Elvis Presley
Treat Me Nice
          -Elvis Presley
Wake Up Little Susie
          -Everly Brothers
Be-Bop Baby
          -Ricky Nelson
Keep A-Knockin'
          -Little Richard
Hot Rod
          -The Stripes
Alone
          -Shepherd Sisters
Wait and See
          -Fats Domino
Hot Rod
          -Billy Riley
Peggy Sue
          -Buddy Holly


RED'S RECORD RACK
Satellites Launch
High-Flying disc

By RED ROBINSON
(Vancouver Sun Oct. 25, 1957)
   A few weeks ago I predicted that soon a recording group would call themselves the Satellites.
   Well, it's happened.
   They are quite a down to earth group led by a fella called Bobby Day.
   They record on Class records in the States and Regency in Canada.
   The song they have put out is called "Little Bitty Pretty One."
   By all indications it should climb as high as Sputnik.

YouTube
Little Bitty Pretty One
Bobby Day & the Satellites



   Elvis Presley's previous background boys, Scotty Moore and Bill Black, decided to call it quits with "The King Sideburns Show."  So Elvis hired guitarist Hank Garland to back him up.
   Scotty and Bill then asked if they could rejoin Elvis.  He said 'nix, nix."
   A group of local boys now recording for London-Aragon have made it big.
   Their first release, "Hot Rod," is now the No. 6 song in the Vancouver area.
   They call themselves the Stripes and they are travelling to Seattle this week to visit all the disc jockeys in the area.

YouTube
Hot Rod - The Stripes
-No. 6 on Red's chart


   Elvis Presley is going to release a Christmas LP.
   The orders in three days exceeded 200,000.  According to RCA Victor, this is the greatest advance album order in the history of the company.