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This week in 1957, Sugar Ray Robinson regained his middleweight title for the fourth time, defeating Gene Fulmer; Alan Freed hosted “Rock n’ Roll Show,” a first primetime network special on rock music; Iron Liege won The Kentucky Derby; and an Indiana singer had his first charted song, which would stick on the charts for 52 weeks!

According to Lawton Williams, the idea for Bobby Helms’ 1957 No. 1 “Fraulein” had nothing to do with Germany. Lawton says the song was actually written about a “Texas fraulein.”

Lawton commented, “I was engaged for five years to a little blond...