The 50s music thread

[BigSwede]

I thought that we can not leave out this decade.
So if anybody else likes rockabilly,country & western,rhythm´n´blues or jazz feel free to respond.
Elvis Presley:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Qo1eaWF8c
Little Richard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBTakXapwiE
Jerry Lee Lewis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQMYtUB2Y_k
Chuck Berry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0YUA3yTUss
Fats Domino:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OG3uPULQRs

 

[Patrick_S]

Link Wray, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley are my favourites.

 

[BVBV]

After '56 it became listenable, on both sides of The Pond.

 

[Jagger69]

Elvis, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis....these giants of rock 'n' roll built the foundation of popular music that endures yet today.

 

[DukeLaCrosse]

smiley lewis-i hear you knockin'

 

[dick van cock]

Ray Charles - Hallelujah, I Love Her So

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf0X7QuK4LI&feature=related

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q96ylFiQK_I

David Seville - Witch Doctor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ctvt4MucN8

Bo Diddley - Hey, Bo Diddley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBAJXyF1HVc

Tom Lehrer - We All Will Go Together When We Go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv6mPgtay6E

 

[meesterperfect]

I like 50's music What a great time it must have been to be alive.
Buddy Holly stands out the most for me. I believe his death in Dec. 1959 changed the future of music to this day.
Always wondered what kind of stuff he would have created had he lived through the 60's.




Dion and the Belmonts - Runaround Sue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3ZqUxnbYXY

 

[DukeLaCrosse]

I like 50's music What a great time it must have been to be alive.
Buddy Holly stands out the most for me. I believe his death in Dec. 1959 changed the future of music to this day.
Always wondered what kind of stuff he would have created had he lived through the 60's.




Dion and the Belmonts - Runaround Sue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3ZqUxnbYXY

great time to be alive? no porn, very hard to get laid. chicks looking plain with short curly hair that made them look old. 3 TV channels with crap like howdy doody. i would die of boredom in the 50s

 

[member006]

Wheel of Fortune/ Kay Starr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzEFAfh6WdU&feature=related

Song is from 1952 but I think vid is 60's. Still a bit hot for the era.

LL

 

[BigSwede]

Carl Perkins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is4lWYGM6rM
Eddie Cochran:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTpxJC4AAJ0
Gene Vincent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDU9FP5_B2M
Johnny Burnette:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHFvst_fKkM
Johnny Caroll:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSZmmoi5JQk

 

[sputnikgirl]

Bobby Darin - Dream Lover

Tommy Roe - Sweet Pea

The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream + Cathy's Clown

The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie

Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose (1954)

 

[dick van cock]

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1xSt7iganA

Eartha Kitt - C'est si bon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5WVkl_f7_E

the Four Lads - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiyI-iyWhKQ

Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3y28-5NPVc

Mahalia Jackson - Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPZuWzZvoYQ

 

[Friday on my mind]

Sputnik your gonna make me feel like I lost 10 years lol.I remember when sweet pea by Tommy Roe came out and I am not old enough to remember the 50s lol.Its a great song but belongs in the 60s thread(1966 it was released).


I Feel Like Saying A Beatnik Poem 1950's B Movie Style(notice Jackie Coogan,uncle fester on piano)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVOXxDV5BdI

Billy Lee Riley - Red Hot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hVXf2MIsuU

Carl Perkins - Boppin' The Blues // Sun 78 RPM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yINTIlkc70M

CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4IA7DR1jK0

elvis ready teddy 1956(good quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxg4wsFyPGA&feature=related

 

[gunslingingbird]

Charles Mingus - Gunslinging Bird (I would've gone with Haitian Fight Song, but I went with Gunslinging Bird for obvious reasons )
Miles Davis - So What?
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Dizzy Gillespie - Salt Peanuts
Thelonious Monk - 'Round Midnight
Modern Jazz Quartet - Django
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine
Bill Evans - Autumn Leaves

 

[YMIHERE]

Rocket 88 (Original Version) - Ike Turner/Jackie Brenston
(Considered the first rock and roll song recorded)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbfnh1oVTk0



Rock Around The Clock / Bill Haley & His Comets
(The first big seller for rock and roll opened the floodgates)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8kpVUoUHUo



Chuck Berry – Maybelline
(First Chuck Berry song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RAfxiyMKAk



Ritchie Valens-La bamba
(First and last rock hit in Spanish)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nVHaw-xYKA



The Chords - Sh-Boom
(Very early rock hit)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SBgQezOF8kY

 

[Friday on my mind]

eddie cochran - nervous breakdown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn984u4hos

Buddy Holly-Maybe Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhKa8Rn-Hvg

Elvis Presley Milton Berle Show 3 Apr 1956: Heartbreak Hotel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saJw_7APQ8E

Elvis Presley Milton Berle Show 5 Jun 1956: Hound Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5JALwwaASg&feature=related

Eddie Cochran - Sweet Little Sixteen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckfReOHJing

 

[BrooksAct]

Wanda Jackson - Hard Headed Woman
Wanda Jackson - I Gotta Know
Janis Martin - Ooby Dooby

 

[Friday on my mind]

Bob Luman - This is the Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7SW8z4AdgQ&feature=related

Bob Luman & the Shadows - The Creep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7YkjWcXIoY&feature=related

Ricky Nelson Rockabilly - 3 songs featuring James Burton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSeFxLjQ890&feature=related

 

[dick van cock]

Pat Boone owned the Fifties! :banger:

These guys are the most prominent Pat Boone epigones:


Bo Diddley - Mona

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v92fk0RqgB0

Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K91Qj870HHk

Ray Charles - Mess Around

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8PaiNfJidc

Louis Armstrong - A Kiss to Build a Dream On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sgMjyy7G6w&feature=related

Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LNt5J0Cesc

 

[phopho]

Yeah sweat pea rules!

Buddy Holly, Hank Williams FTW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeKHtrvN5mI