I just updated the "Bruce's Choice" record for each year. They are located at the bottom of each year's Top 100 Songs list.

Here are the new ones with Youtube links where applicable:

1950 - Hey--Spo-De-O-Dee - Wild Bill Moore

1951 - She's Dynamite - Tampa Red



1952 - Oh, Oh, Oh, Baby - Checkers



1953 - Jungle Juice - Sticks McGhee

1954 - Let's Make Up - Spaniels



1955 - Don't Think I Will - Young Jessie



1956 - Down At Big Mamma's House - Rex Hale

1957 - Henpecked Daddy - Ralph Johnson



1958 - Sixteen Cats - Joey Micheals



1959 - I Need Your Love - Gay Poppers

1960 - Let's Do The Cha-Cha - Magnificents



1961 - Sweet Jelly Roll - Jessie Hill

1962 - Little Jewel of The Vieux Carre - Joe Barry



1963 - Gonna Make It Alone - Ronnie Dio & Prophets

1964 - He's Just A Playboy - Drifters

1965 - A Little Piece Of Leather - Donnie Elbert



1966 - Harmonica Man (From London Town) - Torquays

1967 - Greasy Spoon - Rufus Thomas



1968 - Man's Temptation - Mike Bloomfield / Al Kooper



1969 - What Am I Gonna Do Without You - Chuck Jackson

... this is actually pretty good and an interesting list .... a little surprising with a Dio tune ... Take care

.. an interesting tune from 1953 that saw numerous reworks in the years to come ...

Dio added an n to the end of his name and was a pretty good Dion immitator in those days.

My favorite from Nix is this one from '52.

... unless I missed it, unfortunately it doesn`t appear to be on youtube .... Take care

... and one of the son`s born from Just Can`t Say...

By the way, I have a copy of the original 78 hanging on my wall, but I prefer the flip side. which was the A side. The side you like is "Just Can't Stay," not "Just Can't Say."

Sabre 104 - Willie Nix - All By Yourself / Just Can't Stay - 1953

The band consisted of Nix on drums, Eddie Taylor on guitar, Sunnyland Slim on piano, and Snooky Pryor on harmonica.

Excellent, I was wondering that every so often and hadn`t given it much thought for awhile .... I had posted a copy of a photo of the record on ddd some time back .. if you search the Internet there is reference after reference of Just Can`t Say by Willie Nix and the same with Just Can`t Stay by Willie Nix ..... other than a single of interest to some, does it have greater collector value ... Take care

Both the 45 and the 78 are in the price guide for about $750.

Just confirmed that "Hanky Panky" by the Shondells is actually from 1964, not 1963. I sent Lew the changes. "Catch A Wave" by the Beach Boys was added to the 1963 list at #120, and "People Say" was dropped from the 1964 list.

Bruce, I noticed you didn't include "Apache" on the 1960 list and wanted to make sure it's not an oversight. The original British version by The Shadows was #1 on the UK Singles Chart for five weeks. It was The Shadows' first hit single without Cliff Richard and has a lot of lasting acclaim (don't think you consider that though). In the US Jørgen Ingmann's cover version (also released in 1960 according to RYM) made #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the Billboard R&B chart. The song became an instrumental rock standard in the US and UK, was covered numerous times and a cover version by The Incredible Bongo Band even became somewhat influential on hip-hop, having been sampled in a number of songs.