Favorite Songs from the 1950's

[Philo-Publius]

Certainly not the best decade of music, but it produced a lot of building blocks of what was to come.

 

[Jackonfire]

Yeah the 50's provided a good foundation for what was to come

 

[Jackonfire]

Some say this was the 1st Rock -N- Roll song, From 1951.

One thing I love about that early R-N-R is the use of that dirty sax in place of a lead guitar.

 

[Jackonfire]

The Killer



Seriously. Jerry Lee was a rock - n- roll outlaw

 

[Jackonfire]

 

[Leonard Haid]

This jazz song was definitely the one that planted the jazz seed in my head. From 1959:

 

[Philo-Publius]

This was a good tribute to 50's music...

 

[Moth Man]

I have always loved this song

 

[Warehouse]

 

[Satanical Eve]

Screamin' Jay Hawkins recorded this in 1956 and he doesn't remember it one bit. "The producer brought in ribs and chicken and got everybody drunk, and we came out with this weird version ... I don't even remember making the record. Before, I was just a normal blues singer. I was just Jay Hawkins. It all sort of just fell in place. I found out I could do more destroying a song and screaming it to death"

 

[CO68]

I'd go with something like:

25. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
24. The Crickets - Not Fade Away
23. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
22. The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream
21. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
20. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
19. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You
18. Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
17. Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
16. Doris Day - Que Sera, Sera
15. Buddy Holly - Rave On
14. Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
13. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You
12. The Penguins - Earth Angel
11. Sam Cooke - You Send Me
10. The Del-Vikings - Come Go with Me
9. Phil Phillips - Sea of Love
8. The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night
7. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
6. Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line
5. Dion & the Belmonts - I Wonder Why
4. The Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom
3. Chuck Berry - Rock and Roll Music
2. The Platters - Only You (And You Alone)
1. The Platters - The Great Pretender

 

[Philo-Publius]

Screamin' Jay Hawkins recorded this in 1956 and he doesn't remember it one bit. "The producer brought in ribs and chicken and got everybody drunk, and we came out with this weird version ... I don't even remember making the record. Before, I was just a normal blues singer. I was just Jay Hawkins. It all sort of just fell in place. I found out I could do more destroying a song and screaming it to death"

Just about anything by Johnny Cash is a winner.

 

[Deleted member 405583]

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Spoiler: I was one. Love the song though.

 

[Belaya Smert]

hands down number 1
*Technically summer of 1960