Jessica 6 in 1957

Jessica 6 in 1957

2 August 2011

Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock

7” single (RCA Victor), released on 24 September 1957

#1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in November for 6 weeks

#1 on the UK Singles Chart (1958)

Buddy Holly - Words Of Love

7” single (Coral Records), released on 20 June 1957

Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On

7” single (Sun Records), released in May 1957

#3 on the US Billboard Pop Chart and #1 on the US Billboard R&B and Country charts

#8 on the UK Singles Chart

#61 on Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest songs of all time

Ray Charles - I Got A Woman

From the album Ray Charles (Atlantic Records)

#235 on Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest songs of all time

Robert Mitchum - From A Logical Point Of View

From the album Calypso - is like so (Capitol Records)

Nat King Cole And His Trio - Just You, Just Me

From the album After Midnight: The Complete Session (Capitol Records)

#13 on the US Billboard Pop Albums Chart

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Summertime (from Porgy & Bess)

From the album Porgy and Bess (Verve)

The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 (for recordings of ‘qualitative or historical significance’)

Walter Scharf - Patricia

From the album Dreams by the Dozen - for men only (Jubilee Records)

Patricia is ‘Unfettered, direct, natural, eager. Generous, fearless, a major-leaguer’

Paul Anka - Diana

7” single (ABC Records), released in May 1957

#1 on the US, UK, Australian and Canadian Singles Charts

Little Richard - Lucille

7” single (Speciality records), released in February 1957

#21 on the US Pop Chart

#10 on the UK Singles Chart

Also featured on the Little Richard album (1958)

Mohammed El-Bakkar And His Oriental Ensemble - Ah Ya Zain

From the album Port Said: Music of the Middle East (Audio Fidelity Records)

Martin Denny - Stone God

From the album Exotica (Liberty Records)

The King Sisters with Music by Alvino Rey - My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii

From the album Aloha (Capitol Records)

Harold Hill (Robert Preston) and Townspeople - (Ya Got) Trouble

From the Broadway version of The Music Man

#1 on the US Billboard Album Chart (1958)

1958 Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Album