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Eugene Church · 01-10-2023, 09:14 PM

MY LIFE IN 1959
EC's Hopin' Life is Devine in '59

EC is making $78 a month in the USAF, which is not exactly a heavenly salary, but I do have a fine assignment at the US Army Language School studying to be a Russian Language Specialist... so life is fairly tolerable... military life is not bad... just routine and semi-monotonous... they take care of your basic needs... one great benefit is they make you into an independent person that can take care of yourself... this a good thing every young person needs this...however, the military didn't take care of me like my Mama did... they didn't spoil me... my Mama did.

Yep, I miss my Mama... it will be good to get back home in two years or so.

1959 is a great year for pop and rock music... not so good for traditional country music... it was not a very good year for the country traditionalists... but lots of the rockabilly guys did well on the country charts... Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Everly Brothers and Johnny Horton... The Battle of New Orleans was a huge hit, pop and country... it's still #1 on the pop chart and country chart, so I need to find something else to play for all of you guys and dolls, cats and frats, buckaroos and you little darlin's, too.

Here's one of my all-time favorite pop songs... a do-wop classic... Hushabye by the Mystics... sadly, 'twas the only hit they ever had.

https://www.google.com/search?q=hush...id:d9h0GDBURzU

Pickin's are sparse on the country side of the tracks (pun intended)... the best of the lot that ain't rockabilly is Heartaches by the Numbers by the Cherokee Cowboy Ray Price... his version never crossed over to the pop charts... way, way too country... twangy country... the type of country music pop people don't like... and just so you know, Guy Mitchell took the song to #1 late in the year on the Billboard pop chart... it was a pop version and one of Mitchell's biggest hits ever... it went to #1 on the pop charts in December '59... Mitchell's biggest hit was another country song Singing the Blues, which was #1 for 10 consecutive weeks on the Billboard pop chart in 1956.

Here's the great Ray Price singing a country classic for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plsrmXJFuLk

01-10-2023, 09:14 PM	#1113
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,944	MY LIFE IN 1959 EC's Hopin' Life is Devine in '59 EC is making $78 a month in the USAF, which is not exactly a heavenly salary, but I do have a fine assignment at the US Army Language School studying to be a Russian Language Specialist... so life is fairly tolerable... military life is not bad... just routine and semi-monotonous... they take care of your basic needs... one great benefit is they make you into an independent person that can take care of yourself... this a good thing every young person needs this...however, the military didn't take care of me like my Mama did... they didn't spoil me... my Mama did. Yep, I miss my Mama... it will be good to get back home in two years or so. 1959 is a great year for pop and rock music... not so good for traditional country music... it was not a very good year for the country traditionalists... but lots of the rockabilly guys did well on the country charts... Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Everly Brothers and Johnny Horton... The Battle of New Orleans was a huge hit, pop and country... it's still #1 on the pop chart and country chart, so I need to find something else to play for all of you guys and dolls, cats and frats, buckaroos and you little darlin's, too. Here's one of my all-time favorite pop songs... a do-wop classic... Hushabye by the Mystics... sadly, 'twas the only hit they ever had. https://www.google.com/search?q=hush...id:d9h0GDBURzU Pickin's are sparse on the country side of the tracks (pun intended)... the best of the lot that ain't rockabilly is Heartaches by the Numbers by the Cherokee Cowboy Ray Price... his version never crossed over to the pop charts... way, way too country... twangy country... the type of country music pop people don't like... and just so you know, Guy Mitchell took the song to #1 late in the year on the Billboard pop chart... it was a pop version and one of Mitchell's biggest hits ever... it went to #1 on the pop charts in December '59... Mitchell's biggest hit was another country song Singing the Blues, which was #1 for 10 consecutive weeks on the Billboard pop chart in 1956. Here's the great Ray Price singing a country classic for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plsrmXJFuLk Last edited by Eugene Church; 01-12-2023 at 11:23 AM.