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1* Kansas City, Wilb'ert Harrison
2# Kookie Kookie, Edward Bymes ’" *' '
3# Only You, Frank Poutbel ; '
4. Quiet Village,- Martin Denny
5* Sorry, I Ran All The Way Home, ImpalaS
6. The Happy Organ, Baby Cortez ' ••
7. Pink Shoelaces, Dbdie Stevens ' ;
8. Dream Lover, Bobby/tarin ‘-r
9* A Teenager In Love, The Belmonts
10* Battle'Of New Orleans, -Johnny Horton -
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A Man who used to write about music has
turned to playing it# Charles "* ’’Chuck*" y *
Minogue—»Who used to write the n0n The * ' • * *
Record” column for United Press Interna
tional, has grown a board, taken out "a
cord in the musicians union, and formed. •’ ‘' *
his own combo# The Chuck Minogue Combo*1 . “ ’
with Minogue on drums, is the relief '_***
group in several Chicago nitespots# "**
Fred Astair, belieing the nold dad”niok
name he hung on himself, let hi sf famous
dancing feet do the celebrating after his ' ’
stunning sweep of nine television ”Etomy” t4‘
awards. ”A, great night for old dad” crack
ed the skinny Astaire when he accepted ■
one of the awards given him by the Acad- ,
emy of Television Arts and Sciences. He
will be 60 Sunday# *
Astaire, whose sophisticated dances
brought him stardom on Broadway and*mo
tion pictures, won eaoh award for which .
he had been nominated, including host
actor of 1958 in a single performance.
Other ’’Emmy” winners—Julie Harris, Jack
Benny, Peter Gunn, Dinah ‘Shore,Liavetfiok,'
Gun smoke, & Perry Mason.
In case you missed it, ”Nel Blu Di Pinto . .. -
Di Blu" was named top record of 1958 at
the first annual ’’Grammy1’ awards dinner
of the National Academy of Recording Art
and Soienoos. ”Peter Gunn” was named
album of the year. Ella Fitzgerald’s
”Irving Berlin Song Book” was selected
as the best female vocal performance.
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