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Four songs later Antoine ("Fats") Domino Jr. had shown for the 97th time, in a grueling succession of one-night stands, why his reputation rivals that of Elvis Presley with rock 'n' roll fans. Leaving his audience in a happy lather, rock-solid Fats (215 lbs., 5 ft. 7 in.) trucked offstage to his dressing room...
...Comets with their very big "Rock Around the Clock," a song which caused major riots from Boise to Berlin. However the Comets, like most of those achieving popular music stardom, turned out to be somewhat of a flash in the pan, and yielded to such people as Fats Domino and Elvis Presley...
Tunes of this type predominate in the top ten, including Fats Domino's "Blue Monday", Ivory Joe Hunter's "Since I Met You", and Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues". There are, though, some nice ballads moving up: Pat Boone's "Don't Forbid Me", Johnny Mathis's "Wonderful, Wonderful" and George Hamilton IV's "Only One Love." Hamilton, who next to Elvis is the most interesting young singer around, is sure to have a hit as big as his first "A Rose and a Baby Ruth...
Formlessness, informality and a sincere respect for the sponsor's product have long been part of the Garroway formula. Masquerading in a misty domino of entertainment that only partly concealed its real intent, much of what passed across the nation's television screens last week was also devoted to selling some sort of product, tangible or intangible. At least three of the top shows of the week, Disneyland, Warner Brothers Presents, and the M-G-M Parade were blatant commercials from beginning to end, designed only to lure viewers away from their telesets and into the nearest movie...
...LAMB CHOP. In Los Angeles, a beer ad urged: DON'T GO TO WAIST DRINK REGAL PALE. In New York. Minneapolis and five other cities, Stouffer's restaurants offered special low-calorie lunches; the Pennsylvania Railroad had a 470-calorie "Streamliner" on its dining-car menus. Domino Sugar asked a "diet-conscious public to recognize that three teaspoons of sugar actually contain fewer calories than half a grapefruit . . . or an apple ... or even three small tomatoes...