1954 Top Ten: Hearts of Stone (#6)

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Hi from Birmingham, Alabama! I’m late from my normal posting time, but I am on central time. Pokey LaFarge sang of the joys of central time, and I believe him. But this is about 1954, and another great song that’s now 70 years old. Here’s today’s selection. #6: Hearts of Stone - Fontane Sisters I first heard this song by Red Foley, the country singer. The John Fogerty did it in his post-CCR recording under the name the Blue Ridge Rangers. But the song goes back to a west coast doo-wop group called the Jewels. Two members of that group wrote the song. With each cover it got a little faster, until we arrived at this bouncy version by the Fontane Sisters, the pride of New Milford, New Jersey. This definitely puts a “rock” feel in it (not to the extent that Fogerty’s 1973 version did, but still, consider the time). This was the Fontane Sisters’ biggest hit, and it remains a classic of the year that rock and roll began to stir. Hearts of Stone Written by Eddie Ray and Rudy Jackson Recorded by the Fontane Sisters Released as a single, 1954 Although you love them: