The Worst Hit Songs of 1957
The Worst Hit Songs of 1957 I didn't even think I'd do this list. But then I though "eh, what the hell". So I listened through the 1957 Year-End Top 100, which was quite a bit more difficult to find than the 1958 list. The Top 50 is on Wikipedia, linked here , but the bottom half was a chore to find. Still, I was able to do it, and just like with the worst songs of 1958 list, I'll post screenshots of the Year-End at the end of this blogpost. I haven't said this very clearly before, but I kinda just don't like 50s music in general. A lot of it has not held up and sounds either boring, cheap or annoying. Or all three. 1957 thankfully did not have as many novelty songs as 1958 and 1959, but it was still a pretty bad and boring year for the Hot 100. The main trend this year was rockabilly, with doo wop and R&B following closely behind. There were also a lot of cover songs this year. There were literally eight sets of the same song on this YE list. With all...