On this date in 1955 {Feb. 26th} "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" entered Billboard's Best Sellers chart; on March 26th it would peaked at #1 {for 5 weeks} and spent 20 weeks in the Top 100...
Ranked 6th on Billboard's Year-End Hot 30 Singles of 1955 chart...
Four other versions charted in 1955; Fess Parker {#5 & the original}, 'Tennessee' Ernie Ford {#5}, Walter Schumann {#14}, and Mac Wiseman {#10 on Billboard's Country chart}
I wonder if Disney will mind my new lyrics for the tune. "Dexter Texter" may raise awareness about a serious safety problem, those who text while driving.
Born to be distracted as you can see.
Talked up a storm when he was only three.
Raised on the boob tube, watchin' comedy.
Made up his mind to live dangerously.
Dexter, Dexter Texter, texted his life away!
More can be seen at the gridlocksmith blog (Sorry, utube won't allow url's here.) Will Disney permit radio spots- this music + new words?
A #1 hit for Bill Hayes on the Top 40 charts. It would finish at #6 for the year 1955. Fess Parker and Tennessee Ernie Ford also finished the year with this hit. It would probably be the only time 3 different artists had the same hit to finish at the end of the year. But the biggest event was July 9. That was the day that Bill Haley and His Comets hit #1 with Rock Around the Clock, signifying the start of the Rock Era.
I was being scalped by sister mary Judith in the 5th grade as she was pulling the hair out of my head as i was trying to duck her left Hook as this rose to number 1
Bill Hayes was a frequent performer -- along with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca -- on "Your Show of Shows" in the early days of television. This song topped the national pop music charts for five weeks in 1955, breaking a string of 10 consecutive weeks at No. 1 for the McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely."
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shadowhuggerD 2 weeks ago
On this date in 1955 {Feb. 26th} "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" entered Billboard's Best Sellers chart; on March 26th it would peaked at #1 {for 5 weeks} and spent 20 weeks in the Top 100...
Ranked 6th on Billboard's Year-End Hot 30 Singles of 1955 chart...
Four other versions charted in 1955; Fess Parker {#5 & the original}, 'Tennessee' Ernie Ford {#5}, Walter Schumann {#14}, and Mac Wiseman {#10 on Billboard's Country chart}
sauquoit13456 2 weeks ago
...and I always wanted a coonskin cap
darel6719 1 month ago
I love it... Reminds of of the old south
vTHExUNKNOWENv 1 month ago
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I wonder if Disney will mind my new lyrics for the tune. "Dexter Texter" may raise awareness about a serious safety problem, those who text while driving.
Born to be distracted as you can see.
Talked up a storm when he was only three.
Raised on the boob tube, watchin' comedy.
Made up his mind to live dangerously.
Dexter, Dexter Texter, texted his life away!
More can be seen at the gridlocksmith blog (Sorry, utube won't allow url's here.) Will Disney permit radio spots- this music + new words?
gridlocksmith 2 months ago
This song replaced mr. sandman because they were both in Back to the Future. Duh.
packardcaribien 3 months ago
I dont fully understand how this song replaced mr. sandman at #1 in 1956..
TheRandomVloggger 4 months ago
How many ears has Davy Crockett?
Two?
No, three. A left ear, a right ear and a wild front ear.
1950s playground lore.
skimbleshank7 5 months ago 5
USA Music. Apple Pie Coke a Cola Mickey Mouse and Elvis Presley
sunrecords56 6 months ago 2
A #1 hit for Bill Hayes on the Top 40 charts. It would finish at #6 for the year 1955. Fess Parker and Tennessee Ernie Ford also finished the year with this hit. It would probably be the only time 3 different artists had the same hit to finish at the end of the year. But the biggest event was July 9. That was the day that Bill Haley and His Comets hit #1 with Rock Around the Clock, signifying the start of the Rock Era.
mkl62 6 months ago
I was being scalped by sister mary Judith in the 5th grade as she was pulling the hair out of my head as i was trying to duck her left Hook as this rose to number 1
sunrecords56 8 months ago
@sunrecords56 You,too?
Alikah1 1 month ago
@Alikah1 Me too.
sunrecords56 1 month ago
Bill Hayes was a frequent performer -- along with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca -- on "Your Show of Shows" in the early days of television. This song topped the national pop music charts for five weeks in 1955, breaking a string of 10 consecutive weeks at No. 1 for the McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely."
vandywilliam 10 months ago
In 1956, I think, we use to sing the song: Born on a table top, in Tenn. the bloodiest mess you ever did see, raised on potato chips and P.O.P.
zeak62 10 months ago