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He who "put the bomp", Barry Mann (Imberman) and wife Cynthia Weil composed one ton of hits including "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" and here Barry gives his version. Musician, composer Gene Pitney's single in July of 1965 hit the top thirty from

Minstrel show performer Emmitt Miller recorded "Anytime" (Lawson) in 1924. Grand Ole Opry member Eddy Arnold was once managed by the infamous Col. Tom Parker before the Colonel discovered Elvis Presley. Eddy had a number one country hit and a top forty

Sonny Curtis of The Crickets (Sonny, Jerry Allison, Glen Hardin and Joe Mauldin) composed "I Fought the Law". Originally the group were backing Buddy Holly instrumentally while "The Picks" (John and Bill Pickering, Bob Lapham) provided the vocal

Texas radio personality Slim Willet (Winston Lee Moore) often sang on stage with his group "The Hired Hands" was the first to record his composition of "Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes" in 1952. Once vocalist with the Ted Weems Orchestra, Perry

Emmy winner for a children's television show Doye O'Dell was first to record "Blue Christmas" (Johnson - Hayes) as a single in 1948. The Elvis Presley November release in the 1957 E.P. "Elvis' Christmas Album" was just in time for the holiday season