Our Top Ten, '58-'63
Updated
02/07/2021
There were so many memorable songs, movies and TV shows
when we were growing up. You're sure to remember these.
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SONGS OF OUR TIME |
1958 Top Ten
1.
Volare - Domenico Modugno
2. All I Have to Do is Dream - Everyly Brothers
3. Don't - Elvis Presley
4. Witch Doctor - David Seville
5. Patricia - Perez Prado
6. Sail Along Silvery Moon - Billy Vaughn
7. Catch a Falling Star - Perry Como
8. Tequila - The Champs
9. All in the Game - Tommy Edwards
10. Return to Me - Dean Martin
1959
Top Ten
1.
Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin
2. Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
3. Venus - Frankie Avalon
4. Come Softly To Me - The Fleetwoods
5. Personality - Lloyd Price
6. Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price
7. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters
8. The Three Bells - The Browns
9. El Paso - Marty Robbins
10. Sleep Walk - Santo & Johnny
1960
Top Ten
1.
Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
2. It's Now or Never - Elvis Presley
3. Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley
4. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
5. Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
6. Save the Last Dance for Me - The Drifters
7. I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee
8. Stuck on You - Elvis Presley
9. Running Bear - Johnny Preston
10. Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles
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1961 Top Ten
1.
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
2. Moon River - Andy Williams
3. Crazy - Patsy Cline
4. At Last - Etta James
5. Tossin'
& Turnin - Bobby Lewis
6. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
7. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
8. Blue Moon - Marcels
9. Calcutta - Lawrence Welk
10. Take Good Care of My Baby - Bobby Vee
1962
Top Ten
1. Stranger on the Shore - Acker Bilk
2. I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles
3. Mashed Potato Time - Dee Dee Sharp
4. Roses Are Red - Bobby Vinton
5. The Stripper - David Rose
6. Johnny Angel - Shelly Fabres
7. The Loco-Motion - Little Eva
8. Let me In - The Sensations
9. The Twist - Chubby Checker
10. Soldier Boy - The Shirelles
1963 Top Ten
1. Sugar Shack - The Fireballs
2. Surfin' USA - The Beach Boys
3. End of the World - SKeeter Davis
4. Rhythm of the Rain - The Cascades
5. He's So Fine - The Chiffons
6. Blue Velvet - Bobby Venton
7. Hey Paula - Paul & Paula
8. Fingertips - Little Stevie Wonder
9. Washington Square - The Village Stompers
10. It's All Right - The Impressions
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MOVIES OF OUR TIME |
1958 Top Ten
1.
South Pacific
2. Auntie Mame
3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
4. No Time for Sergeants
5. Gigi
6. The Vikings
7. Vertigo
8. The Young Lions
9. Some Came Running
10. The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
1959 Top Ten
1.
Ben Hur
2. Sleeping Beauty
3. North by Northwest
4. Some Like it Hot
5. Pillow Talk
6. Imitation of Life
7. Suddenly Last Summer
8. The Nun's Story
9. Rio Bravo
10. Anatomy of a Murder
1960 Top Ten
1.
Spartacus
2. Psycho
3. Exodus
4. Swiss Family Robinson
5. The Alamo
6. The Apartment
7. Butterfield 8
8. Oceans Eleven
9. Please Don't Eat the Daisies
10. From the Terrace
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1961 Top Ten
1.
West Side Story
2. The Guns of Navarone
3. El Cid
4. The Absent-Minded Professor
5. The Parent Trap
6. La Dolce Vita
7. Lover Come Back
8. King of Kings
9. 101 Dalmations
10. Lover Come Back
1962 Top Ten
1.
Lawrence of Arabia
2. The Longest Day
3. In Search of the Castaways
4. That Touch of Mink
5. Music Man
6. Mutiny on the Bounty
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
8. Hatari
9. Gypsy
10. Bon Voyage!
1963 Top Ten
1.
Cleopatra
2. How the West Was Won
3. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
4. Tom Jones
5. Irma la Douce
6. The Sword in the Stone
7. Son of Flubber
8. The Birds
9. Doctor No.
10. The V.I.P.s
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TV SHOWS OF OUR TIME |
1958 Top Ten
1.
I Love Lucy
2. The Ed Sullivan Show
3. General Electric Theatre
4. The $64,000 Question
5. December Bride
6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7. I've Got A Secret
8. Gunsmoke
9. The Perry Como Show
10. The Jack Benny Show
1959 Top Ten
1.
Gunsmoke
2. The Danny Thomas Show
3. Tales of Wells Fargo
4. Have Gun, Will Travel
5. I've Got a Secret
6. Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp
7. The General Electric Theatre
8. The Restless Gun
9. December Bride
10. You Bet Your Life
1960 Top Ten
1.
Gunsmoke
2. Wagon Train
3. Have Gun Will Travel
4. The Rifleman
5. The Danny Thomas Show
6. Maverick
7. Tales of Wells Fargo
8. The Real McCoys
9. I've Got A Secret
10. The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp |
1961 Top Ten
1.
Gunsmoke
2. Wagon Train
3. Have Gun Will Travel
4. The Danny Thomas Show
5. The Red Skelton Show
6. Father Knows Best
7. 77 Sunset Strip
8. The Price Is Right
9. Wanted: Dead Or Alive
10. Perry Mason
1962 Top Ten
1.
Wagon Train
2. Bonanza
3. Gunsmoke
4. Hazel
5. Perry Mason
6. The Red Skelton Show
7. The Andy Griffith Show
8. The Danny Thomas Show
9. Dr. Kildare
10. Candid Camera
1963 Top Ten
1.
The Hillbillies
2. Bonanza
3. The Dick Van Dyke Show
4. The Lucille Ball Show
5. The Andy Griffith Show
6. Petticoat Junction
7. The Danny Thomas Show
8. The Red Skelton Show
9. Perry Mason
10. The Donna Reed Show |
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