“Washington Square” by The Village Stompers climbed to #2 on the US #Billboard #Hot100 for the week ending November 23, 1963… kept from #1 by Dale & Grace’s “I’m Leaving It Up to You.” #TheVillageStompers #OneHitWondered #MusicSky

By 1967, as musical tastes shifted, The Village Stompers disbanded… leaving "Washington Square" as an enduring ‘60s instrumental classic of the pre-Beatles era. #TheVillageStompers #MikeDouglas #OneHitWondered #MusicSky

The Village Stompers continued recording their mixture of Dixieland, folk & pop material. Follow-up singles such as “From Russia with Love” (#81) & “Fiddler on the Roof” (#97) charted the #Hot100 but completely missed the US #Billboard #Top40 chart. #TheVillageStompers #OneHitWondered #MusicSky

The Village Stompers’ banjo-heavy mixture of folk melody and Dixieland brass helped create the unique Folk-Dixie sound, perfectly matching that early-’60s fascination with Greenwich Village. #TheVillageStompers #GreenwichVillage #OneHitWondered