Posted on 01/18/2021 8:03:07 AM PST by SmokingJoe
My own favorite from that year was from The Everly Brothers, “All I Have To Do Is Dream”
(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...
Elvis was an Army tanker stationed in occupied Germany.
The Del Vikings were Air Force vets as was Johnny Cash.
And there were many others from that era and earlier.
Wow! Fantastic! I was 5 in 1958. I remember most but not all of these songs. Thank You!
Maybe that's why we're having this thread. Darkness and the Left are quickly engulfing the world.
Nah...pure heart-lifting upbeat romance and there were no “Volares” then! Love it when he slips into Italian.😀
That song and...
Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1z4JfxFb6c
were both often on my parent’s record play when I was a youngster.
Some from 1958:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysKhbaLyIFw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGwa2tw7Vws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epCN0f7FTIY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rohOrdhTlug
which was originally this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYEbMGOnNcA
"Charlie Brown" by the Coasters.
"El Paso" by Marty Robbins.
I’m not sure if 1958 applies but Kay Starr and Teresa Brewer were two greats from that era.
Peter Gunn Theme by Henry Mancini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIKSQT-oXfc
Another fav of my parents that was often played in the house when I was a tiny tot.
Rock and Ree-Azole--The Bobbettes
Bong Bong--Vince Castro & the Tonettes
Lol
Dizzy, Miss Lizzie--Larry Williams (1958)
“Why use CDs? You can fit hundreds of thousands of songs on a USB stick.”
Read his post.
My parents are boomers. They never stopped playing tunes from the 50s and 60s, and telling me they wish I had been there to share the times with them. You can pass on the music but not much more.
Went to my mom’s childhood home, drove around. “Where are all the trees? It looks like a back street in Bayonne!”
Dad says if given a choice of going to Heaven or any Saturday in 1959, he’d pick the latter.
Indeed, what I’ve seen in home movies looks like a paradise compared to today’s landscape, and everyone smiles like they’re at the winner’s circle.
And then there’s the air of freedom and the love for America, the optimism. I do wish I’d come along sooner.
As Wordsworth noted, nothing can bring back the hour of splendor.
I did read it, and didn’t understand why hundreds of CDs is a better system than a single datastore, hence the question.
1. Peggy Sue—Buddy Holly & the Crickets
2. Chantilly Lace—The Big Bopper
3. At the Hop –Danny & the Juniors
4. Hula Hoop—Theresa Brewer
5. Bertha Lou—Clint Miller
6. Tutti Frutti—Pat Boone
7. Sack Dress—The Beavers
8. Carol—Chuck Berry
9. Good Golly, Miss Molly—Little Richard
10. Do the Bop—Danny & the Juniors
11. Yakety Yak—The Coasters
12. Pretty Baby—Little Richard
13. Maybe—The Chantels
14. Slop Time—The Shirelles
15. Bird Dog—The Everly Brothers
16. Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu—Domenico Modugno
17. The Purple People Eater—Sheb Wooley
18. Long Tall Sally—Pat Boone
19. Witch Doctor---David Seville
20. Rockin’ Robin—Bobby Day & the Satellites
21. The Stroll—The Diamonds
22. Jenny Lee—Jan & Arnie
23. Oh, My Soul—Little Richard
24. Mighty, Mighty Man—Bobby Darin
25. Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes—Bobby Freeman
26. Dizzy, Miss Lizzie—Larry Williams
27. Topsy II—Cozy Cole
28. A Red Cadillac & a Black Mustache—Warren Smith
29. Sleep—Waring’s Pennsylvanians
30. Beep Beep—The Playmates
31. Splish Splash—Bobby Darin
“I did read it, and didn’t understand why hundreds of CDs is a better system than a single datastore, hence the question.”
1. He didn’t say that.
2. He stated his use of CD burners
3. Now reread his post!
Hula Hoop--Teresa Brewer (1958)
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