Hit Parade: The B-Sides Edition
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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The Beach Boys' Greatest Album of All Time
From August through October 1956, Elvis's two-sided single command of the Billboard charts. In 1956, there was no all-encompassing Hot 100, but rather separate charts tracking bestsellers and stores. So popular was this TV version that, when the single was pressed in the summer of 1956, the single cover featured a still of Elvis singing to his new canine friend. And it listed Hound Dog more prominently than Don't Be Cruel.
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