With Just A Hint Of Mayhem

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Rolling Back The Years With Mayhem – 1962 August 15, 2024

Filed under: Rolling Back The Years — justwilliam1959 @ 11:25 pm
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This is the fourth in what I am sure will be a very long-running series, just like my long-running life, so far at least! I have decided to look at the most popular songs from every year that I have existed. There will be some artistic licence on my part as I will always seek to include at least a few of my favourites from each year. The format will be a top ten for each year and will cover the music and songs I grew up with, came of age with, and achieved my greatest success alongside music that comforted me in bad times. This fourth top ten goes back to my 3rd birthday year, 1962. I don’t remember actually hearing these songs back in 1962, but I have listened to them many times over the years. I have focused on the UK charts and this time the US bestseller does feature in my list. It is “Stranger On The Shore” by Acker Bilk. My Mum’s favourite singer Elvis Presley is in the top ten at number 7. The Tornados’ “Telstar” is at number one, this is one of my favourite tunes ever! Did you know that Matt Bellamy off of Muse was in the Tornados? So was possibly the greatest session drummer in history, Clem Cattini. So here is the fourth Rolling Back The Years With Mayhem Chart, for 1962. I reckon this is the best rolling back the year’s top ten so far! Please get on board the Time Machine now, it will be a rough journey so bring a sick bag! If you are too chicken to enter the Time Machine, click here for the playlist! The chart for 1963 will follow soon. The chart listing is below!

1 Telstar – The Tornados
2 Let’s Twist Again – Chubby Checker
3 Stranger On The Shore – Acker Bilk
4 Nut Rocker – B Bumble & The Stingers
5 Let’s Dance – Chris Montez
6 The Loco-Motion – Little Eva
7 Return To Sender – Elvis Presley
8 It Might As Well Rain Until September – Carole King
9 Sherry – The Four Seasons
10 The Wanderer – Dion

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On This Day Chubby Checker Stopped A Pecker Checker And The Pistols Got Vicious! February 15, 2024

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On February 15th, 1977 bass player Glen Matlock was fired by the Sex Pistols to be replaced by John Beverly a.k.a. Sid Vicious.

On the same day in 2013, music legend and still going strong at 82 years old Chubby Checker took out a huge, $500,000 lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard for including an app on its phones and tablets that was not only named after the then 71-year-old musician but measured a man’s manhood based on his shoe size. Incidentally, I am a UK size 11 and probably proof that there is no link between shoe size and manhood measurement! Checker (a.k.a. Ernest Evans) settled the case the following year. HP denied liability in agreeing to settle with the singer but did agree not to make future use of his stage name, likeness, or related trademarks.

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“My daddy is sleepin’ and mama ain’t around” January 13, 2014

Filed under: Trivia — justwilliam1959 @ 11:23 pm
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chubbychecker_1960Songs returning to the top of the UK singles charts on separate chart runs is not an uncommon occurrence. Often after a death; “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “My Sweet Lord“. However in the USA it has only happened once to my knowledge. That was a feat achieved in 1960 and 1962. The song was originally by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, although their version only made it to number 28 in the US chart in 1959 and even that was as a B-Side to “Teardrops On Your Letter”

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“You should see my, my little sis” February 15, 2013

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Apparently there is now an App you can use to measure penis size. It comes from Hewlett-Packard and it’s called Chubby Checker. Unsurprisingly the real Chubby Checker is a little upset and he is suing them for $500m for causing irreparable damage to his reputation. Click here to read the story on the BBC website. Personally I can’t see why a tape measure isn’t good enough can you?

Wow has Chubby checked the Checker Pecker? If so then wow, it's either huge or he is a real braggart!

Wow has Chubby checked the Checker Pecker? If so then wow, it’s either huge or he is a real braggart!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8XBsNa8EwQ

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“My hopes, my dreams come true, my one and only you” December 9, 2010

Filed under: Christmas,Trivia — justwilliam1959 @ 12:00 am
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That has to be a syrup, right?

December 9th is where we are, almost into double figures! Todays little chocolate delight (well ok chocolate substitute then) behind the cardboard on my UK Christmas Number Ones Advent Calendar is the song that was number one in the UK on the day I was born and was also the UK Christmas number one at Christmas 1958. For those of you that are curious I was born on Thursday January 1st 1959 and as I said this very song was the UK number one. It is Conway Twitty‘s “It’s Only Make Believe”. Considering what might have been number one when I was born I have never been too disappointed with this. What was number one the day you were born?

This is me with my Grandfather mere weeks after Conway Twitty held the UK number one spot!

Conway was born Harold Lloyd Jenkins in 1933, he died aged just 59 in 1993. He was turned on to rock n roll after hearing Elvis Presley’s “Mystery Train“. He made his way to Sun Studios in Memphis and actually recorded with head honcho Sam Phillips. Twitty resided near Nashville and built his own country music entertainment complex, as many country stars seem to do, his was called in a mildly amusing kind of way, Twitty City.

Conway on stage with Loretta Lynn. Any man who can openly wear a suit like that can only deserve our admiration and respect!

Chubby Checker teaches Conway Twitty and Dick Clark how to do the Twist

As with many big hits the song started out as a B Side to “I’ll Try” but radio stations just flipped the disc and played “It’s Only Make Believe” instead, which just goes to prove what poor judgement record companies often have! The song has been covered by many acts including Billy Fury, Glen Campbell, Gary Glitter and the Misfits. Twitty also rerecorded it as a duet with Loretta Lynn in 1970. You can check out the original and some of those covers below.

Incredibly you can actually purchase a Conway Twitty tribute pistol. It includes 5 portraits of him etched into the 24 carat gold!