OK, not a lot of us are going to remember the 50's well - but I bet there's a lot of us grew up with a lot of 50's music playing on the radio.
Elvis - Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel, All Shook Up
Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock, Shake Rattle and Roll
Chuck Berry - Maybelline, School Days, Little Queenie, Memphis Tennessee
Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day, Peggy Sue, Not Fade Away, Oh Boy, Rave On
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire, hole Lotta Shakin' goin' On, High School Confidential
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill, Ain't That A Shame, Blue Monday
Everly Bros - All I Have To Do Is Dream, Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, Bird Dog
Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Only You, the Great Pretender
Little Richard - I Hear You Knockin', Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally
There's just a few off the top of my head - anyone else love the old 50's rock'n'roll?
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
Oh yeah, I always have!
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Yeah, grew up listening to it. Great stuff
A :-)
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Yup. Sock hops at the town hall.
Denny
Hey Vic, you forgot Johnny B. Goode.
I'd also add under Chuck Berry No Money Down. I love that one!
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Yeah!
Love that 50's stuff.
More Chuck Berry to remember:
Sweet Little Sixteen, Roll Over Beethoven, Oh Carol.
Don't foget Eddie Cockran too:
20 Flight Rock, Summertime Blues
and more Buddy Holly:
Well Alright, Heartbeat, I Fought The Law
Chris
The guitar is all right John but you'll never make a living out of it! (John Lennon's Aunt Mimi)
I listen to that all the time. I love playing it too. I seem to gravitate towards those years for country and blues too.
One I've been doing lately is Hank Williams' I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Oh yeah,
Bo Diddley, "Bo Diddley"
Be excellent to each other & party on dudes!
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I was born in mid-1958, so I don't really remember...
But I always liked The Everly Brothers.
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Even thoiugh I was born in the '60s, I know and enjoy most of the songs that you guys have listed.
I'm a little surprised that they aren't al in the ESD yet.
Another from that era that I love, and want to learn to play, is Hot Rod Lincoln.(though, I'd probably do the Asleep at the Wheel version, rather than the '50s version)
I wrapped a newspaper ’round my head
So I looked like I was deep
I love listening to the songs from the 50s. Very clean unadulterated rock and roll.
Shall we include 'Be Bop a Lula' too ?
Combining my leaky memory with Google, these are some of the songs that I remember from the 50's (not including the things already listed - well, mostly):
All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
April Love - Pat Boone
At the Hop - Danny & The Juniors
Ballad Of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes
Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers
Catch A Falling Star - Perry Como
El Paso - Marty Robbins
He's Got the Whole World (In His Hands) - Laurie London
Heartaches By the Number - Guy Mitchell
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin
Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) - Domenico Modugno
Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
Sleep Walk - Santo & Johnny
Tequila - The Champs
That'll Be the Day - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
The Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) - The Chipmunks
The Doggie in the Window - Patti Page
The Great Pretender - The Platters
The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
The Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
The Third Man Theme - Anton Karas
The Witch Doctor - David Seville
This Ole House - Rosemary Clooney
Three Coins In the Fountain - The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
To Know Him, Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears
Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
Unchained Melody - Les Baxter and His Orchestra & Chorus
Vaya Con Dios - Les Paul & Mary Ford
Venus - Frankie Avalon
Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
Yakety Yak - The Coasters
You Send Me - Sam Cooke
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I have the original Decca 45...'Indian Love Call'.
hey greybeard...I like your play list. all those songs are familiar to me.
in the sixties Green Onions by Booker T and the MGs was my favorite.
Impressive list there, GB.
I love the version of 'Be Bop a Lula' done by Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis together.
