pretty little aNgel eyes - curtis lee

Pretty Little Angel Eyes
(Written by C. Lee / T. Boyce)


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Lyrics:
Pretty little angel eyes,
Pretty little angel eyes,
Pretty little angel, pretty little angel,
Pretty little, pretty little, pretty little angel
Ooooo-oo, pretty, pretty, pretty little angel eyes...

Angel eyes, I really love you so.
Angel eyes, I'll never let you go
Because I love you, my darlin' angel eyes.
(Pretty, pretty, pretty little angel eyes.)

Angel eyes, you are so good to me.
And when I'm in your arms you be so heavenly.
You know I love you, my darlin' angel eyes.
(Angel eyes, bom-bom-bom-bom)

I know you were sent from heaven above,
You rule my life with your wonderful love.
I know we'll be happy
For eternity,
'Cause I know-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow
That our love is really real.

(Pretty, pretty,pretty)
(Angel eyes) Angel eyes, I really love you so.
Angel eyes, I'll never let you go.
Because I love you,
My darlin' angel eyes.
(Pretty, pretty, pretty little angel eyes)

Singers:

Curtis Lee (billboard hot 100) 1961

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let's twist agaiN - chubby checker

Let's Twist Again



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Lyrics:
Come on everybody!
Clap your hands!
All you looking good!

I'm gonna sing my song
It won't take long!
We're gonna do the twist
And it goes like this:

Come on let's twist again,
Like we did last summer!
Yeaaah, let's twist again,
Like we did last year!

Do you remember when,
Things were really hummin',
Yeaaaah, let's twist again,
Twistin' time is here!

Heeee, and round and round and up and down we go again!
Oh, baby, make me know you love me so,
And then:

Twist again,
Like we did last summer,
Come on, let's twist again,
Like we did last year!

TWIST! YO!

Who's that, flyin up there?
Is it a bird? No
Is it a plane? No
 Is it the twister? YEAH!

Do you remember when, things were really hummin',
Come on, let's twist again,
Twistin' time is here

Heeee, and round and round and up and down we go again!
Oh, baby, make me know, you love me so!
And then:
Come on, twist again, like we did last summer,
Let's twist again, like we did last year!

Come on, let's twist again,
Twistin' time is here!

Singers:

Chubby Checker (billboard hot 100) 1961

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together - coNNie fraNcis

Together 
(De Sylva, Brown and Henderson)



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Lyrics:

We strolled the lane together
Laughed at the rain together,
Sang love's refrain together
And we'd both pretend it would never end
But one day we cried together
Cast love aside together
You're gone from me,
But in my memory
We always will be together.

Oh darlin' the memory
Of all the happy moments we shared together
Will always remain in my heart
The picnics at the park,
The boat rides on the lake,
The way we danced all night,
The warmth of your kiss,
The way you held me tight
Are all part of a tender love
I'll never, never forget.

You're gone from me
But in my memory,
Darlin', wherever you are,
We'll always be.... together.

Singers:

Connie Francis (billboard hot 100, billboard adult contemporary) 1961

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dum dum - breNda lee

Dum Dum

(J.DeShannon / S.Sheeley)

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Lyrics:

Dum dum, a-diddly dum oh ! Ho-ho !
Dum dum, a-diddly dum Oh ! Yeah !
Dum dum, a-diddly dum;

The music's sweet, the lights are low,
The playing is soft on the radio,
Your ma's in the kitchen, your pa's next door,
I wanna love you just a little bit more;
Singin' dum dum, a-diddly dum, Ah, hah !
Dum dum, a-diddly dum;
Sing it out, dum dum, a-diddly dum;

Come on, baby, don't you be so shy,
You know that I love you, let me tell you why,
You've got a heart, I know that it's true,
I couldn't love you any more than I do;
Singin' dum dum, a-diddly dum, Oh ! Yeah !
Dum dum, a-diddly dum, One more time !
Dum dum, a-diddly dum;

Ah ! I want you with me all of the time,
Tell me you love me and you'll be mine,
There's so many things that we could do,
So say the words and make my dreams come true;
Singin' dum dum, a-diddly dum, Ah, hah !
Dum dum, a-diddly dum, Sing it out !
Dum dum, a-diddly dum;
Dum dum, diddly dum, sing it out !
Dum dum, diddly dum, I can't hear you !
Dum dum, diddly dum, Oh ! Yeah !
Dum dum....

Singers:

Brenda Lee (billboard hot 100) 1961

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i like it like that (part-1) - chris keNNer

I Like It Like That
(Chris Kenner / Allen Toussaint)


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Lyrics:
Come on (Come on, let me show you where it's at)
Come on (Come on, let me show you where it's at)
Come on (Come on, let me show you where it's at)
The name of the place is (I like it like that)

Come on (Come on, let me show you where it's at)
come on (Come on, let me show you where it's at)
I wanna show you (Come on, let me show you where it's at)
The name of the place is (I like it like that)

They got a little place across the track
The name of the place is I like it like that
Now You take Sally and I'll take Sue
And we're gonna rock away all of our blues

Now The last time I was down, I lost my shoes
They had some cat shoutin' the blues
The people was yellin' out for more
And all they kept sayin' was "Go, man, go!"

Come on

Singers:

1. Chris Kenner (billboard hot 100) March 1961 2. The Nashville Teens June 1964 3. The Dave Clark Five (billboard hot 100) June 1965 4. The Ventures 1965 5. Sandy Nelson 1965 6. Don Bryant 1965 7. The Kingsmen 1965 8. Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels 1966 9. Brinsley Schwarz September 1972 10. Loggins & Messina 1975 11. Jerry Lee Lewis April 1979 12. Sugar Beats October 13, 1997 13. The Catalinas November 17, 1998 14. Pete Lancaster and The Upsetters June 13, 2001 15. Professor John 2002
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daNce oN little girl - paul aNka

Dance On Little Girl

Written by Paul Anka


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Lyrics:

Dance dance on little girl
In the arms of someone new
As you dance as you twirl
My heart dances with you

Dance dance on little girl
But tell me, what I've done wrong?
Why should he hold you tight
While they're playing our song?

I am watching you
Oh! No, no it cannot be
While I'm watching you
I'm wishing hoping it for me

Dance dance on little girl
Tell me why did we part?
Dance dance on little girl
Dance out of my heart

I am watching you
No, no it cannot be
While I'm watching you
I'm wishing hoping it for me

Dance dance on little girl
Tell me why did we part?
Dance dance on little girl
Dance out of my heart

Oh! Look at you, there you go go go
Oh! Yes you know, that you're wrong wrong wrong
Because you know you gone gone gone
Yes you know that you gone gone gone, right out of my heart

Singers:

Paul Anka (billboard hot 100) 1961

hats off to larry - del shaNNoN

Hats Off To Larry


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Lyrics:
Once I had a pretty girl
Her name it doesn't matter
She went away with another guy
Now he won't even look at her

Hats off to Larry
He broke your heart
Just like you broke mine when you
Said we must part
He told you lies, now it's
Your turn to cry-cry-cry
Now that Larry said goodbye to you

I know this may sound strange
I want you back, I think you'll change
But there's one more thing
I gotta say

Hats off to Larry
It may sound cruel
But you laughed at me when you
Said we were through
You told me lies, now it's
Your turn to cry-cry-cry
Now that Larry said goodbye to you

Singers:

Del Shannon (billboard hot 100) 1961

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those oldies but goodies - little caesar & romaNs

Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You)
(Paul Politti / Nick Curinga)


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Lyrics:
Those oldies but goodies reminds me of you
The songs of the past bring back memories of you
I always remember the first night we met
The songs they were playing I never will forget

I always will treasure them so close to my heart
They always will haunt me although we're apart
Each time that I hear them a tear's bound to fall
For I love those memories that I, I-I recall

Those oldies but goodies reminds me of you
The songs of the past bring back memories of you
Forever they will haunt me but what can I do?

Those oldies but goodies reminds me of ...... you
(Oldies but goodies reminds me of you)

SPOKEN: "Yes, dear, they are playin' our songs.
And they will always remain our songs.
And each time you hear them,
I hope you, too, will cherish the wonderful memories
that our love once knew.
For these songs are just a symbol of the love that I had for you."

Singers:

Little Caesar & The Romans (billboard hot 100) 1961

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tossiN aNd turNiN - bobby lewis

Tossin' And Turnin'
(Ritchie Adams / René Malou)


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Lyrics:
Baby, Baby,
You did something to me...

I couldn't sleep at all last night
Just a thinking of you..
Baby things weren't right
Well I was tossin and turning
Turning and tossin
Toss and turn all night..

I kicked the blankets on the floor,
Turned my pillow upside down...
I never never did before..
Because I was tossin and turning
Turning and tossin
Toss and turn all night..

Jumped out of bed..
Turned on the light,
Pulled down the shade
Went to the kitchen for a bite..

Rolled up the shade,
Turned off the light,
I jumped back into bed
It was the middle of the night...

The clock downstairs was striking 4
Couldn't get you off my mind...
I heard the milkman at the door..
Cause I was tossin and turning
Turning and tossin
Toss and turn all night..

Singers:

Bobby Lewis (billboard hot 100) 1961

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quarter to three - gary us boNds

Quarter to Three


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Lyrics:
Don't you know that I danced,
I danced till a quarter to three
With the help, last night, of Daddy G.
He was swingin on the sax like a nobody could
And I was dancin' all over the room.
Oh, don't you know the people were dancin' like they were mad,
it was the swingin'est band they had, ever had.
It was the swingin'est song that could ever be,
It was a night with Daddy G.

Let me tell you now,
I never had it so good
Yeah and I know you never could
Until you get hip with that jive
And take a band like the Church Street Five.
Oh don't you know that I danced,
I danced till a quarter to three
With the help last night of Daddy G.
Everybody was as happy as they could be
And they were swingin with Daddy G.
Blow Daddy! 

Singers:

Gary "U.S." Bonds (billboard hot 100) 1961

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every beat of my heart - gladys kNight & pips

Every Beat Of My Heart


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Lyrics:
With every beat of my heart
There's a beat for you
In every toast of wine
There's a toast for you, oh, yes, it is

In all of my, my conversation
Your my, my inspiration
And everything I do
I do for you

Although we're, we're so far apart
My, my love is true, so true, true
In every, in every, every beat of my heart
There's a beat for you

(With every beat of my heart)
Heart

Singers:

Gladys Knight & The Pips (billboard hot 100) 1961

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the writiNg oN the wall - adam wade

The Writing On The Wall

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Lyrics:

The love light's gone from your eyes
You're telling me little white lies
It seems you're not at home
Each time I call
(Each time you call)

I guess that I'd be a fool
Not to know your heart's grown cruel
I see the writing on
The wall (on the wall)

It's not too hard to
Read between the lines, dear
So plain to see love
Didn't conquer all

Its not too hard
To recognize the signs, dear
I see the writing on the wall
(Writing on the wall)

Friends say, this won't be the end
You'll want my love again
But my heart knows
Better than them all
(Better than them all)

This time I feel it's goodbye
Excuse me if I cry
But I see the writing
On the wall (on the wall)

It's not too hard to
Read between the lines, dear
It's plain to see love
Didn't conquer all

It's not too hard
To recognize the signs, dear
I see the writing on the wall
I see the writing on the wall

Singers:

Adam Wade (billboard hot 100, billboard adult contemporary) 1961

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raiNdrops - dee clark

Raindrops


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Lyrics:
Oh raindrops so many raindrops
It feels like raindrops falling from my eye, eyes
Falling from my eyes

Since my love has left me
I'm so all alone
I would bring her back to me
But I don't know where she's gone
I don't know where she's gone

It must be a cloud in my head
Rain keeps falling from my eye, eyes
Oh no it can't be tears
For a man ain't supposed to cry

So it must be raindrops so many raindrops
It feels like raindrops falling from my eye, eyes
Falling from my eyes

It keeps falling, falling from my eyes
Woo-oo-oo it keeps falling from my eyes

Singers:

Dee Clark (billboard hot 100) 1961

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moody river - pat booNe

Moody River
Written by: Chase Webster (also known as Gary D. Bruce)


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Lyrics:

(Moody river, moody river)

Moody river, more deadly than the vainest knife
Moody river, your muddy water took my baby's life

Last Saturday evenin' came to the old oak tree
It stands beside the river where you were to meet me
On the ground your glove I found
With a note addressed to me
It read "Dear love, I've done you wrong"
"Now I must set you free"
"No longer can I live with this hurt and this sin"
"I just couldn't tell you that guy was just a friend"

I looked into the muddy water and what could I see?
I saw a lonely, lonely face just lookin' back at me
Tears in his eyes and a prayer on his lips
And the glove of his lost love at his fingertips

Singers:
1 Chase Webster 1961 2  John Barry 1961 3 Pat Boone (billboard hot 100, billboard adult contemporary) 1961 4  Johnny Burnette 1962 5  Kitty Wells 1962 6  Eddy Arnold January 1963 7  Johnny Rivers 1964 8  Frank Sinatra November 1968 9  Lloyd Green 1969 10  Doc Watson 1975 11  Johnny Legend 1998 12  Miss Lauren Marie 2006 13  Haunted George 2007 14  John Fogerty September 11, 2009

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moody river - chase webster

Moody River
Written by: Chase Webster (also known as Gary D. Bruce)


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Lyrics:

(Moody river, moody river)

Moody river, more deadly than the vainest knife
Moody river, your muddy water took my baby's life

Last Saturday evenin' came to the old oak tree
It stands beside the river where you were to meet me
On the ground your glove I found
With a note addressed to me
It read "Dear love, I've done you wrong"
"Now I must set you free"
"No longer can I live with this hurt and this sin"
"I just couldn't tell you that guy was just a friend"

I looked into the muddy water and what could I see?
I saw a lonely, lonely face just lookin' back at me
Tears in his eyes and a prayer on his lips
And the glove of his lost love at his fingertips

Singers:
1 Chase Webster 1961 2  John Barry 1961 3 Pat Boone (billboard hot 100) 1961 4  Johnny Burnette 1962 5  Kitty Wells 1962 6  Eddy Arnold January 1963 7  Johnny Rivers 1964 8  Frank Sinatra November 1968 9  Lloyd Green 1969 10  Doc Watson 1975 11  Johnny Legend 1998 12  Miss Lauren Marie 2006 13  Haunted George 2007 14  John Fogerty September 11, 2009

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staNd by me - beN e kiNg

Stand By Me
(Ben E. King / Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller)


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Lyrics:
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No I won't be afraid, no I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

So darling, darling, stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand, Stand by me, stand by me

If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
And the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

And darling, darling, stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand now, Stand by me, stand by me

Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand now
Oh stand, stand by me, stand by me

Singers:

Ben E. King (billboard hot 100) 1961

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tragedy - fleetwoods

Tragedy

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Lyrics:
Wind and storm
Gone's the sun
From the stars
My dark has come
You've gone from me, whoa, whoa,
Tragedy

Oh, come back (come back)
Have me here (right here)
Hold me love (my love)
Be sincere
You've gone from me, whoa, whoa,
Tragedy

Like smoke (like smoke)
From a fire (from a fire)
Our love (of love) whoa oh oh whoa
Our dreams (our dreams)
Have all gone (all gone)
Above (above) whoa oh oh whoa
Blown by wind
Kissed by the snow
All that's left is the dark below

You've gone from me, whoa, whoa, tragedy
Whoa, whoa, whoa tragedy

Singers:

The Fleetwoods (billboard hot 100) 1961

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i feel so bad - chuck willis

I Feel So Bad
(Chuck Willis)


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Lyrics:
Feel so bad
Feel like a ball game on a rainy day
Feel so bad
Feel like a ball game on a rainy day
Yes, I got my rain check
Shake my head and walk away

Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo, people that's the way I feel
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo, people that's the way I feel
Sometimes I think I won't
Then again I think I will

Sometimes I wanta stay here
Then again I wanta leave
'Times I wanta leave here
Then again I wanta stay
Yes, I got my train fare
Pack my grip and ride away

Singers:

Chuck Willis - 1953
Elvis Presley (billboard hot 100) 1961
Little Milton - 1966
Otis Rush - 1969
Led Zeppelin - 1970
Ray Charles - 1971
Cactus - 1971
Foghat - 1973
Gregg Allman - 1974
Jimmy Dawkins - 1976
Delbert McClinton - 1981
Sunnyland Slim Blues Band - 1985
Al Jones Blues Band - 1995
Big Dave & The Ultrasonics - 1996

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