FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops: 1950s-The Birth Of Rock'n'Roll - June 21, 2025

For the best troops and vets in world! | Kathy in Alaska

[Songcraft]

La Bamba - Ritchie Valens

[luvie]

USAF Concert Band~Armed Forces Medley

WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!



Some Serious Fireworks!
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[fidelis]

Big Joe Turner "Shake Rattle and Roll"

[Fiji Hill]

In the early months of 1958, we were fighting flu germs as Sputnik and Explorer satellites circled the earth.

Satellite Fever & the Asiatic Flu--Paul Perryman (1958)

[Songcraft]

Let The Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee

[Fiji Hill]

I have found references to 25 song titles in the lyrics of this song.

Follow the Rock--The Bay Bops (1958)

There are references to about 30 song titles in the lyrics of this tune.

Believe it or Not--Don Covay (1958)

[Songcraft]

Only You, And You Alone - The Platters

[luvie]

THE FABULOUS FIFTIES--
Al Hibbler~Unchained Melody

[Fiji Hill]

My favorite tune by this group, which had a string of hits in the following decade.

Could It Be You?--The Four Tops (1956)

[Songcraft]

I Got A Woman - Ray Charles

[luvie]

W H!!
#50...Songcraft!
Snagged the big 'un!

[luvie]

THE FABULOUS FIFTIES--
Big Bopper~Chantilly Lace

[Fiji Hill]

This is the first song I remember hearing on the radio.

The Happy Wanderer (1954)

[luvie]

THE FABULOUS FIFTIES--
Bill Purcell~Our Winter Love

[Songcraft]

Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan

[Songcraft]

I've been searchin' for that one!    😎

      Searchin' - The Coasters

[Fiji Hill]

More dog songs. I got these two when they first came out. In 2025 I heard them for the first time since the 1950s.

The Doggie in the Window--Anne Lloyd (1953)

Three Little Puppies--Anne Lloyd (1953)

[Fiji Hill]

A group from Boston, where they do the stomp and stroll!

Oo-Wee--The Interludes (1958)

[Fiji Hill]

Rock and Roll Is Spreading--Plaz Adams (1958)

[Huskrrrr]

Thanks, Kathy! I love walking after midnight.