best songs from the 50's and early 60's

[Zoomerang96]

hey losers.

i've gone through three stages of my "musical life".

the first of which was loving classical music. my aunt got me hooked when i was about 10 with simple beethoven and bach.

a few years later i found myself listening to "oldies". by oldies, i mean early beetles, the right. bros., etc. (the third stage, for anyone who cares, is the current one)

i was at this "thing" on the weekend, and a really classic song from that era came on and i liked it a lot. i remember hearing that song all the time when i used to listen to an oldies station that no longer exists.

your job is to tell me all the best songs from this period in time, and maybe i'll see the name of it.

even if i don't, there's so many good ones out there that i can't go wrong. i need to download some good stuff here.

and wasn't music back then just grand? it was all so POP! most of it, while relatively simple almost never sounded forced.

anyway, give me song titles and artists of some of the biggest songs to come out at this time.

thanks.

 

[MrBrau1]

I made this mix one weekend. All 50's.

Enjoy.

1. Great Balls Of Fire / Jerry Lee Lewis
2. That'll Be The Day / Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3. Long Tall Sally / Little Richard
4. Oh, What A Dream / Johnny Cash
5. Wake Up Little Susie / The Everly Brothers
6. Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha / Sam Cooke
7. (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock / Bill Haley & The Comets
8. Blueberry Hill / Fats Domino
9. My Boy Elvis / Janis Martin
10.Blue Suede Shoes / Carl Perkins
11.Shake, Rattle And Roll / Elvis Presley
12.Red Hot / Billy Lee Riley
13.Tutti Frutti / Little Richard
14.Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache / Warren Smith
15.The Great Pretender / The Platters 16.Rockhouse / Roy Orbison
17.Come On Let's Go / Richie Valens
18.Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On / Jerry Lee Lewis
19.Sweet Little Rock 'n Roller / Chuck Berry
20.Hound Dog / Elvis Presley
21.Walk The Line / Johnny Cash
22.C'mon Everybody / Eddie Cochrane
23.Claudette / The Everly Brothers
24.Oh Boy / Buddy Holly & The Crickets

 

[IWasBored]

that stuff (plus all "eras" of the beatles) is pretty much all i listened to until i was 14. unfortunatly, i draw a big blank whenever i try to think of favorite songs. i suppose i could raid my computer for the names of things on the few cds i've bought while trying to hearken back to my oldies days, but i'm lazy. at the same time, though, i'm tempted to put together a playlist that follows mrbrau's list out of the stuff i have (and then go download the rest).


maybe you heard be bop a lua.

 

[Zoomerang96]

nice list there.

but none of those songs are "the" song i'm looking for...

maybe it came out in the sixties? i doubt it though, it just doesn't have that feel.

i'm really fighting an uphill battle here if i can't name the group, i can't remember the song, i can't remember what it sounds like, and i certainly don't remember any of the words.

although, i think there might be a lot of "do do do's" or something in there. maybe that helps.

 

[Zoomerang96]

be bop a lua!

how does that go? give me details!

 

[IWasBored]

uh...

i could try singing it for you, but i don't know how well that would work.

here's some copy-&-pasted lyrics

Well
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby
Be-bop a lula
I don't mean maybe
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby
Be-bop a lula
I don't mean maybe
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby doll my baby doll my baby doll

Well she's the gal in the red blue jeans
She's the queen of all the teens
She's the one that I know
She's the one that loves me so

Be-bop a lula
She's my baby
Be-bop a lula
I don't mean maybe
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby doll my baby doll my baby doll

Let's rock!

Well now she's the one that's got that beat
She's the one with the flyin' feet
She's the one that bops around the store
She's the one that gets more more more

Be-bop a lula
She's my baby
Be-bop a lula
I don't mean maybe
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby doll my baby doll my baby doll

Let's rock again now!

Well
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby
Be-bop a lula
I don't mean maybe
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby
Be-bop a lula
I don't mean maybe
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby doll my baby doll my baby doll

 

[MrBrau1]

Gene Vincent:

Be-bopa-lu-la, she's-my-ba-by.

Be-bopa-lu-la, I-don't-mean-may-be.

That's all I remember

 

[MrBrau1]

uh...

i could try singing it for you, but i don't know how well that would work.

here's some copy-&-pasted lyrics

Well
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby
Be-bop a lula
I don't mean maybe
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby
Be-bop a lula
I don't mean maybe
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby doll my baby doll my baby doll

Well she's the gal in the red blue jeans
She's the queen of all the teens
She's the one that I know
She's the one that loves me so

Be-bop a lula
She's my baby
Be-bop a lula
I don't mean maybe
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby doll my baby doll my baby doll

Let's rock!

Well now she's the one that's got that beat
She's the one with the flyin' feet
She's the one that bops around the store
She's the one that gets more more more

Be-bop a lula
She's my baby
Be-bop a lula
I don't mean maybe
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby doll my baby doll my baby doll

Let's rock again now!

Well
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby
Be-bop a lula
I don't mean maybe
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby
Be-bop a lula
I don't mean maybe
Be-bop a lula
She's my baby doll my baby doll my baby doll

Bada Bing, Bada Boom

 

[IWasBored]

Gene Vincent:

Be-bopa-lu-la, she's-my-ba-by.

Be-bopa-lu-la, I-don't-mean-may-be.

That's all I remember

that's like 3/4 of the song. over and over. i recently bought some sort of gene vincent greatest hits cd. everything sounds like that. it's repetitive as hell, yet it's great.

 

[MrBrau1]

Does he do "One Eyed, One Horned, Flying Purple People Eater"?

 

[IWasBored]

not on my cd, no. did he record it? i have no idea...i used to hate that song as a kid.

 

[Popmartijn]

The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron

Pop music doesn't get any better than this.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

I like Buddy Holly a lot. Some nice Buddy Holly songs:

Everyday
That'll Be The Day
Peggy Sue
Not Fade Away

 

[typhoon]

Hank Williams, "Lost Highway."

 

[IWasBored]

The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron

Pop music doesn't get any better than this.

haha, nice. i don't think i ever knew who did that song. that's the thing i hate about oldies and classic rock stations, or at least the ones i've listened to. they never tell you who you've heard because they assume you're listening for nostalgia purposes and know everything

 

[jcool]

phil spector stuff
Be my baby the Ronettes

 

[IWasBored]

I like Buddy Holly a lot. ...

me too. and apparently so does my little brother (he's also been listening to chuck berry quite a bit i've been told ). reminds me i forgot to steal back my cd from him when i was home last weekend.

 

[yimou]

phil spector stuff
Be my baby the Ronettes

definitely one of my favorites

 

[~LadyLemon~]

oops, double post.

 

[~LadyLemon~]

I like Buddy Holly a lot. Some nice Buddy Holly songs:

Everyday
That'll Be The Day
Peggy Sue
Not Fade Away

I love Buddy Holly. Maybe Baby is another favorite

 

[Aardvark747]

Many Billy Fury tunes do it for me, especially 'Im lost without you' and 'A thousand stars'.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

I love Buddy Holly. Maybe Baby is another favorite

yeah it's all good...

I should go listen to him later or something.

hey and what about Elvis? Sure, it's a bit obvious, but he had tons of good songs.

 

[Zoomerang96]

i think it was 'run around sue'.

i'm not sure though. after listening to it a few times, sure it's a great song, but i'm not convinced this is the one i was hearing.

you have to also remember i was slightly un-sober at the time, so who knows.

what are sexy songs women sang back in the day? man, those were good times (or so i believe them to be). give me sexy good songs by ladies from the 50s!

yeah!!

 

[carrieluvv]

don't they have oldies radio stations in canada ?


i must say i thought it was fucking sexy as hell the way you started this post with "hey losers "
that made me spring a leak

hmmm...i dont know any good 50's bitches and hos---maybe..the uh...who was diana ross with?

 

[Zoomerang96]

you are way too cool for skool, dudeTTE.

 

[elevatedmole]

haha, nice. i don't think i ever knew who did that song. that's the thing i hate about oldies and classic rock stations, or at least the ones i've listened to. they never tell you who you've heard because they assume you're listening for nostalgia purposes and know everything

Sooo damn true.

 

[IWasBored]

...who was diana ross with?

the supremes, i think.

 

[fah]

Female singers from the 50's

Patsy Cline
Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughan

I want to mention Petula Clark, but I wont

 

[u2_girlie_2002]

oh what a great post!

I'm a huge 60s girl group fan: The Shirelles, The Exciters, The Shangri-las, The Supremes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, loads...I also love Motown

there's a ton of fun music from the 50s and 60s, there really is. I think that's another reason why my fave show is American Dreams...I just hope it comes back for another season.