TOP FIFTY SONGS FOR WEEK ENDING JAN. 11/58


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RAUNCHY                                 ERNIE FREEMAN
MY SPECIAL ANGEL                        BOBBY HELMS
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE                     JERRY LEE LEWIS
PUT A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW               FOUR LADS
KISSES SWEETER THAN WINE                JIMMIE RODGERS

OH BOY                                  CRICKETS
MELODIE D'AMOUR                         AMES BROS.
PEGGY SUE                               BUDDY HOLLY
LIECHTENSTEINER POLKA                   WILL GLAHE ORK & CHO
JAILHOUSE ROCK                          ELVIS PRESLEY

THE REMAINING SONG LISTINGS FOR THIS CHART ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THIS TOP TEN WAS SOURCED FROM THE VANCOUVER PROVINCE DATED JAN. 10, 1958 WHERE IT WAS LISTED AS THE CKWX TOP TEN OF DEEJAY BILL DAVIS.  THESE WEEKLY "TOPS TENS" WERE  IN TURN BEING SOURCED FROM THE "STATION" PLAYLISTS AT THIS TIME.



RED'S RECORD RACK
Mathis to Remain On Musical Scene


By RED ROBINSON

(Vancouver Sun Jan. 17, 1958)
   Young Johnny Mathis makes his first appearance in Vancouver tonight.
He will be backed up by the wonderful Hi-Los.  The Hi-Los were recently with Carmen McCrae and Ted Heath.
   Johnny Mathis is still attending Columbia University in New York.  It's sort of coincidental that he should now record for Columbia records.
   Johnny is 21 years old and is destined to remain on the pop music scene for some time.
   In nine short months he has scored with numerous ballads with the initial hit being "Wonderful Wonderful."  Since this he has had other 1,000,000 sellers like "It's Not for Me to Say," "Chances Are," and his current hit song could make it too . . . "Wild Is the Wind."

LITTLE KNOWN
   A little-known fact about Johnny is that he appeared on the screen in a little-known movie called "Lizzie."
   Johnny sang "It's Not for Me to Say" in this show.
   He was voted the most promising new male vocalist of 1957 by the trade magazines.
   He will be heard but not seen in the motion picture "Wild Is the Wind."

OLD THEORY
   Last week Arthur Fiedler* commented in the press in Montreal that he likes rock and roll and feels that it is an important part of our way of life.
   He also said that the people who are yelling that good music is not heard enough are wrong.  He feels that there is a place for everything and that classical or good music sometimes is very boring.
   This is history repeating itself.  Leopold Stokowski** stood up for Frank Sinatra during his days as the idol of the bobby soxers.  Mr. Stokowski said that Frank Sinatra had his place on the American music scene as much as classical music.
   I think both these gentlemen have proven that there is no mass resentment against rock and roll but slight annoyance at the monopoly rock held on the air and in the music stores.

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Notes:
* Arthur Fiedler, conductor of the famous Boston Pops orchestra.
**  Leopold Stokowski, famous conductor notably of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and conductor in the Disney film "Fantasia."
(JB)


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Countdown air date:  Jan. 11/58
Vancouver Sun: Jan. 17/58



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TITLE & ARTIST
I Beg of You
          -Elvis Presley
This Little Girl of Mine
          -Everly Brothers

Great Balls of Fire
          -Jerry Lee Lewis
Stood Up
          -Ricky Nelson

At the Hop
          -Danny and the Juniors
Swinging Daddy
          -Buddy Knox
Mary, Mary Lou
          -Bill Haley & the Comets
Rock the Bop
          -Brenda Lee

Cradle Baby
          -Eddie Cochran

Don't
          -Elvis Presley


RED'S FUTURE HIT PREDICTIONS




Oh Julie
          -The Crescendos
Don't Let Go
          -Roy Hamilton
Lend Me Your Comb
          -Carole Hughes
Sing Boy Sing
          -Tommy Sands
Don't
          -Elvis Presley
Dede Dinah
          -Frankie Avalon
Soda Pop Pop
          -Tommy Sands
Get a Job
          -The Silhouettes
She's Neat
          -Dale Wright
Love Me
          -Buddy Holly