Before we begin this week’s survey, don’t forget to vote for your favorite summer songs. You can pick your 10 favorite songs once a day now through May 20 here. Now here’s the Top Ten @ 10 for May 16, 1959 as played by Alan Seltzer on “The Grooveyard”:
#10 “The Battle of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton
#9 “Turn Me Loose” by Fabian
#8 “Pink Shoelaces” by Dodie Stevens
#7 “Only You” by Franck Pourcel’s French Fiddles
#6 “Quiet Village” by Martin Denny
#5 “The Happy Organ” by Dave “Baby” Cortez
#4 “Dream Lover” by Bobby Darin
#3 “Kookie Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)” by Edd Byrnes and Connie Stevens
#2 “Kansas City” by Wilbert Harrison
and #1 “A Teenager in Love” by Dion and the Belmonts
Don’t forget to vote for your favorite summer songs here. You can vote once daily now through Memorial Day. Updates to the standings are posted on Twitter @GrooveyardWCWP. You can also receive the Top Ten @ 10 in your Inbox each week by putting your e-mail address in the “Follow” section on the upper-right hand section of this page. As always, your song requests, comments, suggestions and Vodka Rosemary Lemonade recipes are welcome. Just Tweet us or fill in the form below. And join us each week on. . .
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