Classic 50's Songs [Archive]

Strike For The South

03-01-2009, 20:53

My Favorite Decade. Simply because we didn't have to share Rock N Roll with anyone else~;)

Buddy Holly-Peggy Sue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSpKeBI-zx0)

Elvis Presley-Heartbreak Hotel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Qo1eaWF8c)

Johnny Cash-Folsom Prison Blues. My hometown gets a reference! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_faH4hFwB0)

Chuck Berry-Johnny B Goode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Bd5-APPBw)

Little Richard-Good Golly Miss Molly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPmaVT-P5Ds)

Jerry Lee Lewis-Great Balls of Fire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IjgZGhHrYY)

Quietus

03-02-2009, 00:31

"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57tK6aQS_H0)" - The Platters

"Wooly Bully" - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs. The best version is blocked off in Youtube.

"One Way Ticket To The Blues (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xcWw9aktOw)" - Neil Sedaka

"A Big Hunk O' Love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sk1cSzZBqU)" - Elvis Presley

"Swanee River Rock" - Ray Charles. Good cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFAU8h_yHEo).

naut

03-02-2009, 04:42

A Kiss To Build a Dream On (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y6EMMhDCGo) - Louis Armstrong

I of the Storm

03-02-2009, 15:18

Frank Sinatra - Love and a marriage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Y8yDvATOs) :laugh4:

Reverend Joe

03-03-2009, 03:23

Jerry Lee Lewis-Great Balls of Fire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IjgZGhHrYY)

This is literally the first song I remember listening to. My parents used to play it on a "greatest hits" LP when I was about 3, and I would completely freak out to it. I still listen to that same LP.

Geezer57

03-03-2009, 18:47

Maybe not classic, my favorites from that period are the "novelty" songs:
The Purple People Eater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_People_Eater)
Witch Doctor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_Doctor_(song))
Yakety Yak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakety_Yak)
The Battle of New Orleans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_New_Orleans)
(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(How_Much_Is)_That_Doggie_in_the_Window%3F)
and similar ilk.

Not from the 50's, but the best of the bunch has to be Spike Jones' Der Fuehrer's Face (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Fuehrer%27s_Face). That one is classic. :laugh4:

Lemur

03-03-2009, 18:56

Peggy Lee—Fever (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYxoAJ3Boyc) (this recording is from the '60s, but the song was a hit in the '50s)