[Gay State Conservative]

I love a lot of the stuff released in the 50s.The 50s and 60s,combined,are the best era for many different kinds of music.Pop,rock,easy listening,instrumentals,folk...thanks to my amazing library system and CD burners I have a collection of over 5,000 songs on CD...98% of which are from the 50s and 60s.

[Bonemaker]

[Jim W N]

Let’s see, in 1958 I was ten. I think the Everly Brothers and Ricky Nelson were my favorites back then.

[Gay State Conservative]

Theme From "A Summer Place"

[Fiji Hill]

Now who wants to waltz and minuet?
Two hundred years ago, you bet!
But this is 1958,
And I want to dance right up to date!

Tom Foolery--The Monotones (1958)

[carikadon]

I loved growing up in the 50’s. I hear from the younger generations how they wished they could have grown up in those times. Cherry Coke, Drive in Theaters, Spin the bottle, great music, God, Family and Country mattered and innocence was bliss.

[1066AD]

Buddy Holly

[PeachyKeen]

Wow! Fantastic! I was 5 in 1958. I remember most but not all of these songs. Thank You!

[pookie18]

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

[Verginius Rufus]

1959 wasn't bad either.

"Charlie Brown" by the Coasters.
"El Paso" by Marty Robbins.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

I’m not sure if 1958 applies but Kay Starr and Teresa Brewer were two greats from that era.

[Grimmy]

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.

[Fiji Hill]

Some of my favorites from 1958

• Snap, Crackle & Pop--The Supremes

• The Birdland--The Starlighters (a group from Washington, DC featuring a very young Van McCoy)

• When the Boys Talk About the Girls--Valerie Carr

• High School Dance--The El Pollos

• Something Awful--The Five Blue Notes (another group from DC)

• Oo-Wee--The Interludes (a group from Boston)

• Padre--Toni Arden

• Ne Ne Na Na Na Na Nu Nu--Dickie Doo & the Don'ts

  Rock and Ree-Azole--The Bobbettes

  Bong Bong--Vince Castro & the Tonettes

[Fiji Hill]

Sadly, there's a dizzy Lizzie, supposedly from the Cowboy State, who has been in the news recently.

Dizzy, Miss Lizzie--Larry Williams (1958)

[Buttons12]

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.

[Fiji Hill]

In 1958, lyricists often created songs by stringing together song titles. Believe It Or Not, released by Don Covay, a rising star who would shine in the sixties, contains the following titles or references:.

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

[Fiji Hill]

Songs about clothing were popular in 1958.

Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes--Bobby Freeman

Short Shorts--The Royal Teens

Sack Dress--The Beavers

Sack Dresses--The Sad Sacks

No Chemise, Please--Gerry Granahan

Black Knee Socks--Tommy Palm & His Rockers

[the OlLine Rebel]

I love that!

I’m hoping to do another music survey. But I have to figure how I can do it this time. I’d like to use those polling sites to help.

I’m also thinking of starting with the ‘50s this time, because it’s the oldest and I want max participation. Can’t let too much more time pass by or we’ll lose our most likely participants!

[Lisbon1940]

Who’s Sorry Now? was written by Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmer.

[faucetman]

My father used to mock this song by claiming the lyric “Gee Whiz” was actually “Cheez Whiz”.