The group formed in 1955, when 17yearold lead vocalist charles patrick and his brother james patrick teamed with 16yearold first tenor warren davis, 15yearold second. Lyrics and video for the song book of love by the monotones songfacts. The book of love is a rock and roll doowop song, originally by the monotones. On the billboard charts, the book of love peaked at no. Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic pop song now. With cary grant, sophia loren, martha hyer, harry guardino. Sep 15, 2015 the monotones book of love saturday night beechnut show. Original sheet music for this 1958 hit written by phil spector. We sat in the lobby while we waited for someone to show him to the booth, and we were the only ones in the lobby for a good few minutes. Secondly, i have never seen a compilation that so completely misses the mark in terms of the year advertised. Ii love you darlin baby, you know i do but ive got to see this book of love find out why its true oh, i wonder, wonder who. When i fall in love it will be forever off of talking book and realized he had a different but no less valid definition of perfection than the classical music shed been trained on.
House of scandinavia produced and mixed at hip cat studio denmark. With shirley booth, anthony quinn, shirley maclaine, earl holliman. It is loaded with facts on new products and inventions, advances in science and medicine, hit songs and films, popular radio and television programs, broadway plays, famous people, the latest. The book of love lyrics by the monotones lyrics on demand. Fun songs music songs music videos 50s music song lyrics art music clips kinds of music music albums my favorite music.
Top 100 hits of 1958top 100 songs of 1958 music outfitters. Lyrics for book of love by the monotones songfacts. The monotones book of love 0458 argo ricky nelson stood upwaitin in school 0158 imperial ricky nelson believe what you saymy buckets got a hole in it 0458 imperial ricky nelson poor little fool 0758 imperial ricky nelson lonesome town 1158 imperial ricky nelson i got a feeling 1158 imperial. They are considered a onehit wonder, as their only hit. During 19611962, four more top ten hits followed for the shirelles. First of all, cannon boogie was never a hit for ace cannon in 1958 or any other year. A list of the hit albums of 1958 is also available this list has also been compared to the results for north america and europe.
Who wrote the book of love i love you darlin baby, you know i do but ive got to see this book of love find out why its true oh, i wonder, wonder who, mmbadooooh, who who wrote the book of love chapter one says to love her you love her with all your heart chapter two you tell her youre never, never, never, never, never gonna part. There is also a set of monthly tables showing the various number ones on any date during. Hard to find one hit wonder, one hit wonderer of the period, the weirdest one hit wonder, two hit wonder, double hit wonder. That title track was a careermaker for the monotones in 1958. There is a creaselight damage on the bottom portion which is heavier on the rear. More songs from onehit wonders more songs from 1958 book of love. Elvis presley secured the record for most top 10 hits in 1958 with five hit singles. The complete list of true onehit wonders cuepoint medium. The monotones recorded a spate of clever novelties in the late 50searly 60s, the most successful of which was the enduring who wrote the book of love. Louis park, mn book of love was also used as the theme for the newlywed game when paul rodriguez replaced bob eubanks as host in 1988. The monotones were a sixmember black american doowop vocal group in the 1950s.
They are considered a onehit wonder, as their only hit single was the book of love, which peaked at no. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page. All of our heritage of oneoff winners is here between the covers. Indicates that the artist has been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. Collection of your favorite one hit wonders from 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.
I wonder, wonder who, whoooooh, who who wrote the book of love tell me, tell me, tell me oh, who wrote the. Billboard yearend top 50 singles of 1958 wikipedia. Their first big hit of sincerely recorded in 1954 was covered by the mcguire sisters, who had a multimillion selling record. Best books of 1958 score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Her cheating husbands birthday party is approaching and many lines will be crossed after that event. The small record company could not cope with its popularity, and it was reissued on chess records subsidiary argo label in february 1958. The teddy bears to know him is to love him december 1958 this one almost doesnt count, since one of the teddy bears was future convicted seconddegree murderer phil spector. A onehit wonder is an act that has won a position on billboards national pop top 40 just once. This page lists the top songs of 1958 in the source charts. Welcome to the 50, a napster scheme in which we attempt to compile the biggest, best, most historically remarkable songs of every year. The results in this chart are not affiliated with any mainstream or commercial chart and may not reflect charts seen elsewhere. The top 100 1958 lists the 100 most popular hits in the uk singles music charts in 1958. In this instance the five young men hit upon a song based loosely on a pepsodent. Twenty artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1958.
The teddy bears sheet music 1958 to know him is to love. Best books of 1958 81 books meet your next favorite book. And almost exactly six years earlier, save one day, on march 9th, 1958 the. Get a job the silhouettes 1958 little star the elegants 1958 come go with me the dellvikings 1957 duke of earl gene chandler 1962 blue moon the marcels 1961 stay maurice williams and the zodiacs 1960 16 candles the crests 1958 sorry i ran all the way home the impalas 1959 my true story the jive five 1961. Book of lovethe monotonesoriginal song1958 youtube. In 1958, none other than harley earl restyled the car, with 1958only features such as hood louvers and chrome trunk spears as well as a bolder, ninetooth grille. A widower, his three young children, and a bombshell nanny get to know each other better when circumstances have them living together aboard a badly neglected houseboat.
Voices in love became their best performing album to date, as usual on the jockeys chart rather than retail sales and on the week of the 8th of december 1958, it hit no. The monotones who wrote the book of love lyrics genius. For detailed information on how billboard compiled the charts, see the wikipedia article billboard hot 100. Book of love monotones by the monotones record hit remains one of the most famous of all classic uptempo doowop tracks. The monotones book of love saturday night beechnut show. Book of love by the monotones song meaning, lyric interpretation, video. Top 164 books published in 1958 that people have added on goodreads. In september 1957, the monotones recorded the book of love, which was released on the mascot label in december that year. Made with twotone cottonbacked rayon plush, it has a blue head and back and a yellow breast and underbody. Oh, i wonder, wonder who, mmbadooooh, who who wrote the book of love. Remix and additional production at faceless studios, sweden. From a performance standpoint, the corvette really hit its stride in 1957 with the addition of a 4speed manual option, fuel injection and a dual quad 283 engine making over 270 hp.
The monotones were a sixmember american doowop vocal group in the 1950s. Our list of 50 tracks presented here in no particular order, ideally flowing like a timetraveling dj set has been argued over. Wayne jancik the billboard book of onehit wonders was published in 1998. Unfortunately, billboard then made the decision to stop publishing a specific disc jockeys airplay chart and reverted back to the situation as it was before july 1956. But you wont find any of these artists or songs on the 1958 edition of time life. Top 100 hits of 1958top 100 songs of 1958 billboard yearend hot 100 chart for 1958. List of 100 greatest songs from 1958 plus 20 more songs worth mentioning and editors picks for an unheralded great record for the year 1958. Another pop hit and one of the great doo wop ballads was. Michael holliday was one of a number of artists with two topten entries, including the numberone single the story of my life.
This is a list of billboard magazines top 50 pop singles of 1958 position song artist 1 volare nel blu dipinto di blu domenico modugno. Who wrote the book of love tell me, tell me, tell me oh, who wrote the book of love. I was an intern at a college radio station when he came in to do an interview for a book he had written. A housewife is doing her best to keep her family together as its slowly falling apart, a fact shes trying to ignore.