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Updated May 23, 2013 Early Rock in the 1950s (Best Songs) Gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me _________________ 50 Top Hits of rock and roll Music videos Hear the songs See the videos FREE Check the list below This was a time of great big convertibles cruising around town with the top down and the rock-and-roll cranked up high. Guys wore Levi's and T-shirts, sometimes with a pack of cigarettes rolled up in one of the sleeves. A black leather jacket was the cover of choice, and the popular hair style was the DA (for duck's rear end) where a guy's somewhat-long hair was combed back on both sides of his head so that from the back it looked like a duck's whatever. I kid you not. Think Fonzie on the TV show Happy Days. Elvis was the patron saint of the day, and our older brothers emulated all that. Girls were perky in their mid-thigh skirts, love-charm jewelry and hair pulled back into a pony tail (they had much more polite names for their styles than the guys) or their hair was puffed out a bit and and teased into roundish shapes like Jackie Kennedy would wear. Their models were innocent girls like Sandra Dee or bad girls like Marilyn Monroe. All of this was captured in the much-later movie Grease with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. They were the generation before us. At the time, we were too young to go out and get into trouble like they could, but we could sit at home, listen to the music, and imagine it. In the 1960s, this was still familiar music to young kids, though we would eventually grow up with our own sounds. Those were the early days of rock and roll. Quote source: Sanford Holst boomerslife.org
More Hits Top Hit Number 1. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry 2. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 3. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets 4. Tutti-Frutti - Little Richard 5. Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis 6. What'd I Say - Ray Charles 7. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran 8. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley 9. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard 10. That'll Be the Day - Buddy Holly & the Crickets 11. Maybellene - Chuck Berry 12. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 13. Shake, Rattle and Roll - Joe Turner 14. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins 15. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley 16. Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers 17. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis 18. Earth Angel - Penguins 19. Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers 20. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard 21. Be-Bop-a-Lula - Gene Vincent & the Bluecaps 22. School Day - Chuck Berry 23. Rock and Roll Music - Chuck Berry 24. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly 25. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price 26. Lucile - Little Richard 27. Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry 28. In the Still of the Nite - Five Satins 29. I Only Have Eyes for You - Flamingos 30. For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler & the Famous Flames 31. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino 32. Please, Please, Please - James Brown & the Famour Flames 33. Sh-Boom - Chords 34. Money Honey - Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter 35. I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two 36. Fever - Little Willie John 37. The Great Pretender - Platters 38. Ain't It a Shame - Fats Domino 39. That's All Right - Elvis Presley with Scotty and Bill 40. Your Cheatin' Heart - Hank Williams 41. Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry 42. The Train Kept a-Rollin - Johnny Burnette Trio 43. Come Go with Me - Del Vikings 44. Let the Good TImes Roll - Shirley & Lee 45. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley 46. Rip It Up - Little Richard 47. Rocking Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu - Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns 48. Yakety Yak - Coasters 49. All Shook Up - Elvis Presley 50. You Send Me - Sam Cooke _________________________ 1950s rock and roll, the best songs and greatest music hits |
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__________________________________________________________ Comments: Thank you for posting this list! Made my day, and my playlist a lot better. Johnny B. Goode rocks! -- Shelley S, Monterey, CA Thank you for making me smile today! I am a Social Studies teacher and was preparing lesson plans when I came across your site! The music links are great and I will be using them with my students. As a Boomer (1963), I have to admit that I loved living during those times. I look back now at all I managed to absorb from our culture, even as one so young. What an amazing time in history too! Thanks again! I really enjoyed it! -- Sandy S, Big Rapids, MI __________________________________________________________ You can post a comment for this article, or for anything on our website. Just click here . |
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