"S.O.S" by ABBA is the only palindrome Top 40 hit. You can spell the title and the recording act both forwards and backwards -- and come up with the same thing.

Will

If you play S.O.S. backward you will learn that Paul is dead.

If you play some country songs backwards .........
you get your house back,
your dog back,
your truck back .....

If memory serves me correctly, Roy's first sidekick was "Gabby" Hayes ....
'Happy Trails...'
t.

Tony...
Sorry 'bout that, I was refering to the TV series.
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/roy-rogers.htm

[This message has been edited by Leon (edited 11-10-2003).]

Here are a few more nuggets of information you never knew you needed!


Despite producing some of the best remembered songs of the rock and roll era, the only Grammy Award that Phil Spector ever won was for "Best Sound Effects" on the 1964 Ronettes hit, "Walking In The Rain".

Bobby Vee once kicked Robert Zimmerman out of his band because he thought he had no future as a musician. Zimmerman would go on o have a career as a folksinger, calling himself Bob Dylan.

The song "Happy Birthday" was written by American sisters Patty and Mildred Hill in 1893 when they were school teachers in Louisville, Kentucky. The verse was originally intended as a classroom greeting entitled "Good Morning To All". The lyrics were copyrighted in 1935, 11 years before Patty's death, and the ownership has swapped hands in multi-million dollar deals ever since. The copyright is currently owned by Warner Communications who bought the rights for $28 million in 1985 and is scheduled to expire in 2021.

White Christmas by Bing Crosby has sold over 40 million copies...yet took only 18 minutes to record.

At age 47, the Rolling Stones' bassist, Bill Wyman, began a relationship with 13-year old Mandy Smith, with her mother's blessing. Six years later, they were married, but the union only lasted seventeen months. Not long after, Bill's 30-year-old son Stephen married Mandy's mother, age 46. That made Stephen a stepfather to his former stepmother, Mandy.

The shortest number one song of the rock and roll era is Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs' 1960 hit, "Stay" at only 1:37.

Will

Here ya' be:
http://keybplayer.tripod.com/The_Zodiacs_-_Stay.mp3

Stay was a huge #1 song for Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. It was Number One the weeks of October 17 AND 24, 1960. (In the UK "Stay" went to number 14 in 1961.)

Recorded on Herald Records

(Stay)
A-a-a-a-ah, just a little bit longer
(Please)
Please, please, please, please
Tell me you're going to

Now, how your daddy don't mind
And your mommy don't mind
If we have another dance
Yeah, just one more
One more time

Oh, won't you stay
Just a little bit longer
Please let me hear
You say that you will
Say you will

Won't you press your sweet lips
To mine
Won't you say you love me
All of the time

(Stay)
Just a little bit longer
(Please)
Please, please, please, please
Tell me you're going to

Come on, come on, come on and ... yey-yey-yeh
Come on, come on, come on and stay-yey-yey-yeh
Come on, come on, come on and stay, woops!
Come on, come on, come on and stay...
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Notice that the song I posted has a 1:35 running time. I've noticed other Music sites list the running time at 1:39. Who's right???

Best regards,
Mike