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.
Let’s see, in 1958 I was ten. I think the Everly Brothers and Ricky Nelson were my favorites back then.
Tom Foolery--The Monotones (1958)
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.
Buddy Holly
Wow! Fantastic! I was 5 in 1958. I remember most but not all of these songs. Thank You!
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
Dizzy, Miss Lizzie--Larry Williams (1958)
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.
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
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
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!
Who’s Sorry Now? was written by Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmer.
My father used to mock this song by claiming the lyric “Gee Whiz” was actually “Cheez Whiz”.