JOHNNY O'NEILL - White Silver Sands (1959) Live TV "Town Hall Party" (Remastered)

50s Country and Western Music from TV Broadcast : "Town Hall Party" February 14, 1959, "White Silver Sands" is a popular song. The words and music were written in 1957 by Charles G. "Red" Matthews, although partial authorship is also claimed by Gladys Reinhart.
The song was a hit for Don Rondo in the summer of 1957, and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Charts.
An uptempo number, it was Rondo's second hit, and a contrast to the ballads he had recorded up to that point.
Bill Black's Combo version reached number 9 in 1960 in the Billboard Pop Chart and number 1 on the R&B chart.
Sonny James' version reached number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart (1972)
Also Singing By : Dave Gardner (OJ Records Inc.- 1957)
Owen Bradley Quintet (Decca - 1957)
Don Lang And His Frantic Five (His Master's Voice UK - 1957)
The Basil Kirchin Band (Parlophone UK - 1957)
Jimmy Jackson (Columbia UK - 1957)
The Lennon Sisters (Brunswick USA - 1958)
The Four Preps (Capitol - 1958)
Bourvil ( as : "Et Ta Sœur" Pathé France - 1958)
Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours (Decca - 1960)
Chet Atkins (RCA Victor - 1960)
Pat Boone (Dot - 1960)
The Ventures (Dolton - 1961)
Floyd Cramer (RCA Victor - 1964) and many others...
Columbia Records released a Town Hall Party LP album in 1958, featuring many of the regular cast members of the series.
That same year, however, brought changes to the program.
NBC radio had discontinued carrying the Saturday night shows, and rising union scale rates made it impossible for Wagnon to keep the huge cast of recording artists on the Compton stage week after week.
The band was made smaller and many regular cast members departed in 1958.
Billy Mize and Cliff Crofford, talented vocalists/instrumentalists/composers, joined the much smaller cast as band members and soloists.
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So great cover by Johnny. Also i love his hit "Pick another baby"

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