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My Favorite Decade. Simply because we didn't have to share Rock N Roll with anyone else~;)
Buddy Holly-Peggy Sue
Elvis Presley-Heartbreak Hotel
Johnny Cash-Folsom Prison Blues. My hometown gets a reference!
Chuck Berry-Johnny B Goode
Little Richard-Good Golly Miss Molly
Jerry Lee Lewis-Great Balls of Fire
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" - The Platters
"Wooly Bully" - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs. The best version is blocked off in Youtube.
"One Way Ticket To The Blues" - Neil Sedaka
"A Big Hunk O' Love" - Elvis Presley
"Swanee River Rock" - Ray Charles. Good cover.
A Kiss To Build a Dream On - Louis Armstrong
Frank Sinatra - Love and a marriage :laugh4:
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strike For The South
Maybe not classic, my favorites from that period are the "novelty" songs:
The Purple People Eater
Witch Doctor
Yakety Yak
The Battle of New Orleans
(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?
and similar ilk.
Not from the 50's, but the best of the bunch has to be Spike Jones' Der Fuehrer's Face. That one is classic. :laugh4:
Peggy Lee—Fever (this recording is from the '60s, but the song was a hit in the '50s)