1950 to 1959 music
This collection of songs is exactly as the title says. The order of the songs is chronological, starting from 1950 and going to 1959, almost month by month. All the songs have been on the number one spot and oddly enough, sometimes more than once in the same year. You will discover that the first tracks are heavily jazz and chamber music influenced (very crooner and all) and the more and more we go to 1959 the more and more the influence of the new phenomenon of rock and roll, or perhaps I should say, rockabilly rears its head. The quality of the recordings gets also better and louder. Some more that I found out, in the fifties it was very normal that songs stayed number one for weeks on end. In 1951 for example, over the entire year there were only ten number one hits and this was also the case in 1953. (USA Billboard) This has never occurred again after 1953, just because of the start of rock 'n roll and because more groups and artists started to create this kind of music so the diversity of music as well the amount of music that was available, grew. As from 1955, the charts were also more influenced by younger people who bought records and they preferred rock 'n roll instead of the traditional crooners, jazz and chamber music. So I'd like to say: Thank you teenagers of the fifties for doing so because without that, no Elvis, no Beatles, no Rolling Stones, James Brown, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Queen, AC/DC, Pearl Jam or Rihanna... Well nothing is perfect. Enjoy this collection...
This collection of songs is exactly as the title says. The order of the songs is chronological, starting from 1950 and going to 1959, almost month by month. All the songs have been on the number one spot and oddly enough, sometimes more than once in the same year. You will discover that the first tracks are heavily jazz and chamber music influenced (very crooner and all) and the more and more we go to 1959 the more and more the influence of the new phenomenon of rock and roll, or perhaps I should say, rockabilly rears its head. The quality of the recordings gets also better and louder. Some more that I found out, in the fifties it was very normal that songs stayed number one for weeks on end. In 1951 for example, over the entire year there were only ten number one hits and this was also the case in 1953. (USA Billboard) This has never occurred again after 1953, just because of the start of rock 'n roll and because more groups and artists started to create this kind of music so the diversity of music as well the amount of music that was available, grew. As from 1955, the charts were also more influenced by younger people who bought records and they preferred rock 'n roll instead of the traditional crooners, jazz and chamber music. So I'd like to say: Thank you teenagers of the fifties for doing so because without that, no Elvis, no Beatles, no Rolling Stones, James Brown, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Queen, AC/DC, Pearl Jam or Rihanna... Well nothing is perfect. Enjoy this collection...
Andrew Sisters - I can dream can't I / Eileen Barton - If I knew you were coming I'd've baked a cake / Frankie Laine - Mule train / Red Foley - Chattanoogie shoeshine boy / Perry Como - Hoop Dee Doo / Les Paul & Mary Ford - How high the moon / Nat King Cole - Too young / Tony Bennet - Cold, cold heart / Eddy Howard - Sin / Johnny Ray - Cry / Kay Starr - Wheel of fortune / Leroy Anderson - Blue Tango / Percy Faith - Delicado / Jo Stafford - You belong to me / Joni James - Why don't you believe me / Teresa Brewer - 'till I waltz again with you / Eddie Fisher - I'm walking behind you / Patti Page - The doggie in the window / Les Paul & Mary Ford - Vaya con dios Tony Bennet - Rags to riches / Eddie Fisher - Oh my papa / Doris Day - Secret love / Jo Stafford - Make love to me Crew Cuts - Sh - Boom / Chordettes - Mr Sandman / Joan Weber - Let me go lover / Bill hayes - The ballad of Davey Crockett / Bill Haley - Rock around the clock / Four Aces - Love is a many splendored thing / Tenessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen tons / Dean Martin - Memories are made of this / Platters - Great pretender / Les Baxter - Poor people of Paris / Gogi Grant - Wayward wind / Guy Mitchel - Singing the blues / Tab Hunter - Young love / Andy Williams - Butterfly / Debbie Reynolds - Tammy / Jimmie Rodgers - It's all in the game / Conway Twitty - It's only make believe / Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee / Frankie Avalon - Venus / Dave "baby" Cortez - Happy organ / Browns - The three bells / Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife