Charting the Music of the Fifties -- Volume 2

What is the number twelve popular single of 1955-1959? "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin. The recording represented a shift in style for Darin. The number 12 R&B single is "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry, one of several landmark hits for him. How about the number 12 country single? "City Lights" by Ray Price, who shared living quarters with Hank Williams during the early 1950s, and who eventually inherited his band. How about the number 12 pop album? The soundtrack to "The King & I," starring Yul Brynner, with Marni Nixon's voice dubbed in for costar Deborah Kerr. The number 12 summertime single is "Learnin' the Blues" by Frank Sinatra, who produced an average of three hit albums a year during the last half of the 1950s. The book features compilations of the top singles and albums in the music genres of Pop, R&B and Country, along with Children's, Christmas, Classical, Jazz, and Film Soundtracks. There are numerous short biographies on top artists and composers, indexes to artists and titles, and an extensive bibliography.