Dorsey Burnette

Dorsey Burnette died of a massive coronary in Canoga Park, California and is buried with his brother Johnny in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
. He is best known for his prolific writing talents, including songs recorded by then teen idol Ricky Nelson. You can add to this the fact that 5 of their records during this period were double-sided hits, with 3 of them in a row! Actually, as far as vocal groups go, the Clovers, Dominoes, Drifters, and Midnighters pretty much had the charts tied up during this period. He played bass in his younger brother Johnny Burnette's rockabilly group, and as a solo artist had a few significant hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s such as Tall Oak Tree, Big Rock Candy Mountain and Hey Little One. It’s true that “Sixty Minute Man,” “Honey Love,” and “Work With Me Annie” were bigger hits than any Clovers tune, but “Don’t You Know I Love You,” “Fool, Fool, Fool,” and “Lovey Dovey,” were each on the charts for over 20 weeks. Dorsey Burnette (December 28, 1932 - August 19, 1979) was an early Rockabilly singer in Memphis, Tennessee. And what about the Clovers? In the first 5 years of their existence, they had 17 R&B hits, for a total of 191 weeks on the charts.

Even the Orioles, who were no longer a force to be reckoned with by this time, had had only 62 weeks of chart hits in their first 5 years. The Ravens had had a dismal 34. However, in their first 5 years, they placed only 7 songs on the charts for a total of 69 weeks (although “Work With Me Annie” was there for 26 of them). Using that method, there were 15 charted songs, for a grand total of 124 weeks; this includes 23 weeks for “Honey Love.”) The only other group that had any similar impact during this period was the Midnighters. (However, since the Drifters weren’t formed until May 1953, let’s bend the rules a bit and compute totals for the first 5 years of their existence.

The Drifters had 10 songs, for a total of 107 weeks. (This really should be computed by assigning points for how long a record stays at which position on the charts, but the following is a reasonable approximation.) The Dominoes, who started at almost the exact same time as the Clovers, managed to place 11 tunes on the R&B charts from 1951 to 1955; the combined time on the charts was 103 weeks (including 30 weeks for “Sixty Minute Man”). One measure of popularity is how long a record remains on the charts. In fact, the Clovers were the most popular group between 1951 and 1955.

They continually played the theater circuits, and were in demand to appear in the package shows which toured the country. In addition, the Clovers were also one of the most popular live acts during the early to mid 50s. Not only were they favorites of record buyers, but also of their peers. Jive). Extremely successful in the early- and mid-50s, the Clovers placed 21 tunes on the R&B charts, 19 of them in the top 10.

One of the most enduringly popular R&B groups has been the “Mighty Clovers” (as they were tagged by Dr. Please format this article according to the guidelines laid out at Wikipedia:How to edit a page, then remove this notice. This article needs to be wikified.