| Subject: Re: A DOUBLE SIDED HIT FOR HOLLY |
Author:
Mark R. Deaver
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Date Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 00:02:37
In reply to:
Mike C
's message, "Re: A DOUBLE SIDED HIT FOR HOLLY" on Mon May 12, 2008 00:13:23
Your post reminded me of something I remember from 1962. Back on KFWB, they were playing "Having A Party" by Sam Cooke as the "A" side, which charted Top 40, and also playing the "B" side, the bluesier "Bring It On Home To Me", which hadn't charted as yet. One day one of the KFWB "Seven Swingin' Gentlemen" deejays said that (soon-to-be recording star) Jackie DeShannon went out and bought several thousand copies of "Bring It On Home To Me" in order to chart it as the "A" side. I don't know if that was a contemporary urban legend, but it does demonstrate how records were listed separately according to side, depending upon how many of a given side were asked for at retail outlets.
There were exceptions to this practice, as I remember in 1960 when KFWB listed one of their hits in this fashion:
"Lucille"/"So Sad"-the Everly Brothers.
Usually though they would chart separately. I remember one week in late 1958 when KFWB had "Donna" by Ritchie Valens at #1 and "La Bamba" was *7.
Apart from Elvis, artists with the most double-siders in the 50s, early 60s era were Rick Nelson, the Everly Brothers, and Brenda Lee.
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