Fantastic Oldies Game!

[Those RRRRs]

The Trade Winds were a duo who originally recorded with 'The Videls' but in 1965 they had a one hit wonder called "New York's A Lonely Town."

 

[ErieDJGuy]

And, just a couple years earlier, Bobby Vinton scored a hit with his tale of being "Mr. Lonely"

 

[Don62]

"Lonely Boy" was a big hit by Paul Anka in the late '50s.

"I'm just a lonely boy. Sad and blue.
I'm all alone, with nothing to do...
All I want is someone to love."

Dick Bartley used to play this song often. In stereo, to boot.
Does he even touch the late 50s/ early 60s anymore?

 

[AlexBrowne]

In addition to his successful performing career, Paul Anka wrote the lyrics to "My Way," "She's A Lady" for Tom Jones, and the theme for The Tonight Show when it was hosted by Johnny Carson.

 

[Those RRRRs]

The Tonight show with Johnny Carson is not te be confused with "Tonight" (Could Be The Night), a 1961 hit for Virgil Johnson and The Velvets, who also had a great version of "That Lucky Old Sun."

 

[amfmsw]

The VELVETS were discovered by Roy Orbison and put on his Monument Label

 

[Those RRRRs]

Roy Orbison was best known for "Oh Pretty Woman", but my favorite tune by him was "Mean Woman Blues!"

 

[Don62]

Roy Orbison was best known for "Oh Pretty Woman", but my favorite tune by him was "Mean Woman Blues!"

Orbison wrote that song specifically for Elvis to record. The King, of course, turned it down.
However, Elvis had a "woman" song of his own - Hard Headed Woman, from 1959.

 

[AlexBrowne]

Carole King was known for co-writing hits with her husband Jerry Goffin, and recording the top 25 single "It Might As Well Rain Until September" in 1962, but she became a household name nine years later with her successful album "Tapestry" and the number one song from it, "It's Too Late."

 

[Those RRRRs]

The Poni-Tails from the Cleveland area scored a top ten record in 1958 with "Born Too Late" on the ABC Paramount label.

 

[AZJoe]

"ITS TOO LATE To Turn Back Now", was a huge #2 smash hit for the Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose in 71

 

[Those RRRRs]

Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon scored a big hit in '62 with "Palisades Park" but a year earlier he had a minor hit called "Transistor Sister."

 

[Don62]

This is a great game. I'm going with a double=header here.

"ITS TOO LATE To Turn Back Now", was a huge #2 smash hit for the Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose in 71

Ricky Nelson had one heck of a rocker called "It's Late" from 1958.

Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon scored a big hit in '62 with "Palisades Park" but a year earlier he had a minor hit called "Transistor Sister."

The Small Faces had "Itchycoo Park" in 1967.

 

[AlexBrowne]

The R&B group The Undisputed Truth had only one Top 40 hit: "Smiling Faces Sometimes."

 

[Those RRRRs]

Glad you like the game. I think it's pretty cool too.

Smiling Faces? Gotta go with:

Smiling Faces are double the pleasure when Lou Christie (who originally sang with The Classics) sings "Two Faces Have I."

 

[AlexBrowne]

"Yellow River," by the group Christie was considered British bubblegum rock, but the words, about a soldier coming home from war, resonated with many American listeners who longed for an end to the Vietnam War.

 

[Those RRRRs]

Brian Hyland and Del Shannon formed their own production company in 1970, but who could forget Brian's first record, "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini?!"

 

[AlexBrowne]

The first and biggest hit by Del Shannon, "Runaway," had a distinctive sounding instrumental break thanks to Max Crook's use of his musitron, a miniature custom-built keyboard.

 

[Those RRRRs]

The Dell Vikings were formed in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and recorded on the Dot Label their two biggest hits called "Come Go With Me" and "Whispering Bells," but in 1957, they renamed themselves the Del Vikings and recorded records on the Mercury Label.

 

[Don62]

The Dell Vikings were formed in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and recorded on the Dot Label their two biggest hits called "Come Go With Me" and "Whispering Bells," but in 1957, they renamed themselves the Del Vikings and recorded records on the Mercury Label.

Ritchie Valens had a hit with "Come On Let's Go." in the late 1950s.