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And another one joins the big band in rock'n'roll heaven.  Fats Domino had 13 R&B top 15s before ever making the pop chart the first time on Cashbox (second on Billboard), but soon made up for it.  In fact, the Hall Of Famer was on the Cashbox chart in two places this week on Time Machine- one of them in the Panel picks!  He kicked off his CB top ten career with Ain't That A Shame, which he took to #2, and added 8 more CB top tens, including I'm Walkin', Walking To New Orleans (his last top ten in June 1960), and of course....

"...I found my thrill..."

...Blueberry Hill!  His Hot 100 career kicked off with I'm Going Home in 1952, and ended in February of 1962 with You Win Again- the first charting #30 on BB, the last #30 on CB.  And this week, you'll get a double dose!  At #117 this week is his up and coming soon-to-be #8 hit, and Panel contestant this week...






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So let's jump right in to the Panel's pick this week, with last week's winner and POTM  Conway Twitty!  Good to see you, sir!

Yeah?  So whut?

Um, well, this is where you...

You got somethin' ta drink up in here?

Uh, I have a little bit of Long Island Ice Tea, but...

Ice Tea?  What the hell is THAT?

It's a mixed drink, you see, and...

Is it one'a those foo-foo drinks, with the umbrella and...

I think we oughtta get to the tunes, if you...

YOU get to the "tunes".  I'm goin' to the bar.  SLAM

Sigh.  Well, maybe the Everlys will win again this week.  Anyway, let me get to the tunes- 12 contestants from 32 stations, so it's building back up now.


Alphabetically, Fats' Be My Guest is at the top of the list.
Then Mr Go-To-The-Bar there was at #21 with Danny Boy.
Billy (Crash) Craddock, an Aussie who turned country in the 70's and scored #1s with Rub It In and Ruby Baby, was a rockabilly singer back then whose only top 40 hit was Don't Destroy Me, which was at #78 this week.
Della Reese's powerful vocal on Don't You Know was at #5.
Cliff Richard and what were then the Drifters (and after our Drifters threatened to sue, became the Shadows) were at #51 with one of his rare cross-ocean hits back then, Living Doll.
Bobby Darin was at the top, for the fifth of seven weeks, with Mack The Knife.
The Fleetwoods were at #3 with Mr Blue.
Johnny Mathis was at #28 with his version of Misty.
Neil Sedaka sat at #42 on his way up with Oh, Carol.
Paul Anka was the CB runner-up with Put Your Head On My Shoulders, which Bobby D. kept out of the top spot for three of those seven weeks.
The Islanders, a group led by Randy Starr, whose main claim to fame was writing Kissin' Cousins for Elvis, were at #29 with The Enchanted Sea.
And finally, we have Jane Morgan who peaked at #39 back at the end of August with With Open Arms. 

Now this was a two-song race, but I don't wanna give you just two to work with just yet.  So let me give you just the top tens this week to choose from.  Vote for Bobby Darin, Paul Anka, The Fleetwoods, or Della Reese.  If you behave, I might cut it down to the big 2 in a bit.

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Debut #1 of two comes in at #10.  The dude- yes, this is a great falsetto vocalist- is named Matt Koenig, but records as the Undercover Dream Lovers.  He/they come in at #10 with:





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So this week, we made it all the way to #4 before we hit the 6D victim this week, and we start the journey there with the question- name something that 3 Dog Night and Blues Image had in common (other than the obvious early 70s pop band stuff)?  One thing would be that both had hits produced by Richard Polodor.  Before he was a producer/engineer, Polodor also got title credit on a tune by himself and drummer Sandy Nelson, Let There Be Drums, which hit #9 in '61.  And Sandy Nelson was the drummer for the Hollywood Argyles on Alley-Oop, went to the same high school as Jan and Dean, and had the six degrees song this week- the #4 Teen Beat.

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And our other debut comes in at #7- and this is one of those songs that... well, you know how I've said that some songs I have no idea if they have a shot at number one when I start them?  Well, this one I can quote a certain comic book thunder god who once said, "Say rather, WHEN..."  With her second trip into the M10, here is Mo Kenney:





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Stat Pack:

Dave "Baby" Cortez and his Happy Organ were at #101 with Piano Shuffle.

Bobby Rydell, best known for Wild One, had the #59 in '59 with We Got Love, which was his first top ten eventually.

For once, the UK and the USA share a #1- Mack The Knife.  Is that a clue?  Well, Mack is one of the big two this week- and the Fleetwoods are the other.  Who claims the 11-8 victory?  Tune in a bit later.

In fact, right after I give you the rest of the M10:

The top of last week is the bottom this week- Squeeze falls 6 to #9 with Innocence In Paradise, and its fellow former #1, Dent and Frankie's Across The Multiverse, slips a similar number to #8.  That's a couple of good 8-week runs!

Next comes the "up one notch to..." gang:  Nothing But Thieves at #6 with Broken Machine, Darius Rucker to #5 with Don't, and Molly Rankin and Alvvays to #4 with Your Type.

The Derevolutions slam up 6 to #3 with Something Good.

Last week's two-week number one, Ducktails and Light A Candle, slip to #2.

And that means the new number one- for as long as they can hold the Derevs and Mo off...

...Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Walls (No. 3)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the Panel pick, next week's POTM, goes to....

...The Fleetwoods and Mr. Blue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And now, before you toddle off, how about that other Fats Domino song on the charts this week... on its way down after peaking at # 9, pausing this week at 78....