THURSDAY BACKTRACK: Music and news from 60 years ago - week ending 23 September 1961
At #6 this week, ‘Michael Row The Boat’ by The Highwaymen (and also at #7, by Lonnie Donegan!)
Also 18 September: ‘For the first time, troops from North Vietnam seized control of a provincial capital in South Vietnam, capturing Phuoc Vinh in a predawn attack, only 55 miles from Saigon. The ARVN recaptured the city the next day, but not before the Governor of the Phuoc Thanh province was publicly beheaded, along with the top military officers, and the government buildings burned.’
Image taken from Michigan Daily, 1961-09-19
Flag of the West Indies Federation |
19 September: ‘Voters in Jamaica elected to withdraw from the West Indies Federation by a margin of 251,776 to 216,371. With Jamaicans comprising more than half (56%) of population and a majority of its income, the result was the end of the Federation, and, eventually, 12 independent nations.’
Image from a French account of the pirate station in Algiers, ‘Radio France’ |
21 September: the OAS bombs the television station in Algiers just before President De Gaulle is about to broadcast; the rebel leader Raoul Salan then transmits ‘a speech on the same frequency, taunting de Gaulle and calling for demonstrations against the separation of Algeria from French rule.’
1 |
Johnny Remember Me |
John Leyton |
Top Rank |
2
|
Kon-Tiki |
The Shadows |
Columbia |
3 |
Wild In The Country / I Feel So Bad |
Elvis Presley |
RCA |
4 |
You Don’t Know |
Helen Shapiro |
Columbia |
5 |
Reach For The Stars / Climb Every Mountain |
Shirley Bassey |
Columbia |
6 |
Michael Row The Boat |
The Highwaymen |
HMV |
7 |
Michael Row The Boat / Lumbered |
Lonnie Donegan |
Pye |
8 |
Jealousy |
Billy Fury |
Decca |
9 |
Cupid |
Sam Cooke |
RCA |
10 |
Get Lost |
Eden Kane |
Decca |
11 |
Ain’t Gonna Wash For A Week |
The Brook Brothers |
Pye |
12 |
That’s My Home |
Acker Bilk |
Columbia |
13 |
Together |
Connie Francis |
MGM |
14 |
Well I Ask You |
Eden Kane |
Decca |
15 |
Hats Off To Larry |
Del Shannon |
London |
16 |
You’ll Answer To Me |
Cleo Laine |
Fontana |
17 |
Romeo |
Petula Clark |
Pye |
18 |
How Many Tears |
Bobby Vee |
London |
19 |
Halfway To Paradise |
Billy Fury |
Decca |
20 |
Sea Of Heartbreak |
Don Gibson |
RCA |
Source: http://theylaughedatnoah.blogspot.com/2021/09/thursday-backtrack-music-and-news-from_01712838244.html
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