9) The Platters – “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”

 In 1959, the Hot 100 was still in transition between the easy listening and light jazz that had dominated the charts since the 1940s and the rock-based music that would become the pop of the ’60s and beyond.  Tommy Edwards had already scored a #1 in 1958 by adding a few rock and roll touches to his 1951 [...]

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