Ray's Song Pick of the Day from 1 December 2008

Tease for Monday 1 December
Tonight a US#1(3) from 1 December 1958 and a MONSTER HIT in N.Z from a Los Angeles trio that included Phil Spector

Tease for Tuesday 2 December
Tonight, the 9th million seller for this artist. It was No 3 in the US Top 100 with 22 weeks in from 1 December 1956 and No. 13 with 12 weeks in the UK Top 30 from December 1956, plus it was a HUGE HIT in N. Z.

Tease for Wednesday 3 December
Tonight, a US#4, 22 weeks in Top 100 from 3 December 1955, UK#6 from February 1956. Said to have been the first arrangement by Ray Conniff for the Columbia label. Our artist was a vocalist with the Jan Barber band in the late forties before becoming a professional golfer for a while before getting back into singing in the early fifties. Big Hit in N.Z

Tease for Thursday 4 December
Tonight, a UK#1(3) from 4 December 1959 for this blond moody singer, from BBC TV's 'Drumbeat' was born June 1940. Taken into the Parlophone studios and (despite an uninspiring track record to date) produced one of the pop classics of the pre-Beatles era. The last line of this song also gave him the catch phrase "Wish you wanted my love, bay-bee" MONSTER HIT in N.Z

Tease for Friday 5 December
Tonight, a US#1(2) from 7 December 1974 by Jamaican born singer who was raised in California. This song was recorded in ten minutes flat, sold nearly ten million copies worldwide and was No. 1 in the UK and US as well as NZ, not bad for a song intended as a B-side. UK#1(3) from 21 September and NZ#1(3) from 21 November 1974.

And the songs;
Monday, The Teddy Bears – To Know Him Is To Love Him
Tuesday, Frankie Laine – Moonlight Gambler
Wednesday, Don Cherry – Band Of Gold
Thursday, Adam Faith - What Do You Want
Friday, Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting