"Teen Angel" #1 2/13/1960

Yes, another record where someone dies. This teen tragedy or "death dirge" from one-hit wonder Mark Dinning was so morbid a lot of radio stations wouldn't play the single, yet it still reached #1 in February 1960. It was banned by the BBC, and was also on the soundtrack of "American Graffiti." Three of his sisters formed a successful singing group in the 1940's (sister Jean wrote this song with her then-husband) and his nephew Dean was the bass player for 90's band Toad the Wet Sprocket.