I just joined as well.  Haven't contributed much lately, it's been a busy spring.

Would you consider two foreign singers/songs that reached #1 on Billboard?  Artists may have been popular in other countries, but didn't have follow up success in the US.
"Nel blu, dipinto di blu" - Domenico Modugno 1958
"Sukiyaki" - Kyu Sakamoto 1963

Oh well, I tried to follow the instructions, but it just did not work.  Right clicked on image but nothing prompted, saved to desktop, copied.  Tried to upload but the images I saved to the desktop were grayed out, could not open them in the dialog box.I am using an iMac, so that may be one of the issues.  This is the link:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/take-me-home-country-roads/photos

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Absolutely love "Cara Mia" - Jay and the Americans
Jay Black was incredible.  Even when he was getting up in age, the videos are still worth a look.

Oops, at least one spelling error (#3) 

C'est Si Bon - Conway Twitty released in 1960.  I heard it on WLS

Gosh, I remember that so well.  I donated to Louisiana Public Broadcasting, got the video cassettes, and still have them.  Every four or five years, I'll pull them out and rewatch.  They are about the only VC's that get any use.  I guess I should get them transferred to DVD's. 
A regular on my viewing schedule is Rock & Roll Graffiti, three volume VC, but 7 DVD's with much more stuff, plus 2 more with general backstage coverage.  I'll put these on once a year!  This session was over a couple of days in Nashville in early 1999 or late 1998.  (references to the 40th anniversary February 3. 1959).  

Even though it was not at the end of his career, Rodger Kay at WDJO Cincinnati played Ricky Nelson's "That's All" every Sunday afternoon at the end of his show.  This would have been sometime around 2008-2013 or so maybe

Apologies for being so late to the party.  Hope y'all had a very Merry Christmas!
I'm pretty much stuck in the late fifties and early sixties:
1)  Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
2)  Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
3) A Not So Merry Christmas - Bobby Vee

Shep and the Limelights "Daddy's Home".  At the end of the song, Shep sings "I'm not a thousand miles away".  This was a dig at his original group, the Heartbeats, and their song "A Thousand Miles Away".  

The lyrics for House of Blue  Lights contain the phrases:
There's fryers and broilers and Detroit barbecue ribs
But the treat of the treats 
Is when they serve you all those fine eight beats
But I always heard the last three words as: FINE AGED BEEF.
You can imagine what my favorite protein is....
 

Wow!  What a lineup!  Wish there was a way, but as always, November is a busy month.

We spent the weekend for our summer Mardi Gras Krewe event in the Quarter.  Ran into many attendees of the Dr. John memorial service which was held earlier.  What a celebration of life!  Walked past Cosimo Matassa's Studio.  So much history there!  I read the article this morning of Dave Bartholomew's passing.  I;m sure there will be.another large acknowledgement of one of the great musical forces of the era.  The article is in:  theadvocate.com  I'll be able to post links soon.     

I don't recall my first 45 purchase, but remember my first LP in late 1963 or 1964 .  It was an oldies compilation which included Marv Johnson's "You've Got What It Takes", and I think the Demensions "Over the Rainbow"  I almost bought the WLS oldies compilation instead, which may have had the "Silver Dollar Survey" in it's title.  It was a long time ago!

I began paying attention and listening to Top 40 radio in late '59.  I heard Santo & Johnny's "Tear Drop" first, and then  "Sleep Walk" as a featured "Oldie" on WLS Chicago probably in the summer of 1960.  Always preferred "Tear Drop".  I'd been exposed to Rock & Roll much earlier, have a sister who is seven years older than me.