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Thread #93838 Message #1810003
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
14-Aug-06 - 10:16 PM
Thread Name: Pop Go The 50's
Subject: Pop Go The 50's
Awright, I know this is a folk and blues thread, but I finally put together a lot of my personal favorite recordings of pop music from the 50's. The 50's had a real split personality. Any time Perry Como, Doris Dad, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Little Richard, Pat Boone, Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Penguins and Gogi Grant can share the top 40, you know was truly weird.
I've done sets of several CDs of rhythm and blues, rockabilly, and rock and roll from the era, but I thought it would be fun to pull out some of my favorite pop hits and burn a CD. No, there aren't any Perry Cuts, although at the time I liked him a lot. But, there's Kay Starr, Cuy Mitchell, The Hilltoppers, The Four Tunes and Frankie Lane. No Gogi Grant... sorry, Kendall.
This thread will quickly come and go, as it should. But, I was wondering if there is anyone in the pond here who would like to here some of those cuts again.
I got Hula Love by Buddy Knox.. And House Of Blue Lights by Chuck Miller or Stagolee by Lloyd Price...