Classic 50's Songs
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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
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My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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"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.
Bob Marley | Burning Spear | Robots In Disguise | Esperanza Spalding
Sue Denim (Robots In Disguise) | Sue Denim (2)
"Can you explain why blue looks blue?" - Francis Crick
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A Kiss To Build a Dream On - Louis Armstrong
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Last edited by I of the Storm; 03-02-2009 at 15:18.
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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.Originally Posted by Strike For The South
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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.
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Peggy Lee—Fever (this recording is from the '60s, but the song was a hit in the '50s)
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