A Canteeen ping from the (I hope) better late than never department:
To give a historical perspective regarding how different Top 10 music was before rock 'n' roll, this song by Phil Harris (the guy who sings some of the stuff in Disney's
The Jungle Book) was supposedly the #1 hit in 1950. I wasn't around yet to personally witness when it hit #1 (like Rush Limbaugh, I was born in 1951), but I remember listening to the song on 78 RPM records. So much for the intro, here's the song:
Phil Harris - The Thing