Little Darlin (The Diamonds) tonight you belong to me (Patience & Prudence) come softely to me (The Fleetwoods)put your head on my shoulder (Paul Anka) teach me tonight (McGuire Sisters)love is a many splendored thing (The four Aces).
I want you, I need you I love you (Elvis Presley),
Last year we held a 50year reunion of our PMG Technicans in Training (Qld)workmates. As part of that event one chap put together a list of the songs that were all the go in that year of 1957.
This is the list .. and when I need a shot of nostalga I run through the list trying to recall the melodies & words .. It's amazing how many stick in the memory. Then I put on a CD containing most of them. The Ames Brother- Melodie D'Amour Paul Anka- Diana Harry Belafonte- Banana Boat (Day-O) Harry Belafonte- Jamaica Farewell Harry Belafonte- Mama Look At Bubu Tony Bennett- In The Middle Of An Island/I Am Chuck Berry- School Day Chuck Berry- Rock & Roll Music The Bobbettes- Mr. Lee Bonnie Guitar- Dark Moon Pat Boone- Don't Forbid Me Pat Boone- Why Baby Why Pat Boone- Love Letters In The Sand Pat Boone- Remember You're Mine/There'sA Gold Mine In The Sky Pat Boone-April Love/When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano Jimmy Bowen- I'm Stickin' With You The Coasters- Searchin'/Young Blood Nat 'King' Cole- Send For Me/Personal Possesssion Perry Como- Round And Round Perry Como- Just Born/Ivy Rose Sam Cooke- You Send Me Jill Corey- Love Me To Pieces The Crickets [with Buddy Holly] -That'll Be The Day Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop The Dell-Vikings- Come Go With Me The Dell-Vikings - Whispering Bells The Diamonds- Little Darlin' Fats Domino- Blue Monday Fats Domino- I'm Walkin' Fats Domino- Valley Of Tears/It's You I Love Jimmy Dorsey- So Rare The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie Ernie Freeman- Raunchy Terry Gilkyson & The Easy Riders - Marianne Will Glahe- Liechtensteiner Polka Charlie Gracie- Butterfly Russ Hamilton- Rainbow Thurston Harris- Little Bitty Pretty One Bobby Helms- My Special Angel The Hilltoppers- Marianne Buddy Holly- Peggy Sue
Tab Hunter - Young Love Tab Hunter - Ninety-Nine Ways Ferlin Husky - Gone Sonny James - Young Love Johnnie & Joe - Over The Mountain, Across The Sea Bill Justis - Raunchy Buddy Knox & The Rhythm Orchids - Party Doll Buddy Knox & The Rhythm Orchids - Hula Love Frankie Laine - Moonlight Gambler Steve Lawrence - Party Doll Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire Little Richard - Jenny, Jenny/Miss Ann Little Richard - Keep A Knockin' Johnny Mathis - It's Not For Me To Say Johnny Mathis - Chances Are/The Twelfth Of Never Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange Sal Mineo - Start Movin' (In My Direction) Guy Mitchell - Rock-A-Billy Jane Morgan - Fascination Ricky Nelson - A Teenager's Romance/I'm Walkin' Ricky Nelson - Be-Bop Baby/Have I Told You Lately That I Love You Patti Page - Old Cape Cod Fess Parker - Wringle Wrangle The Platters - I'm Sorry/He's Mine Elvis Presley - Too Much Elvis Presley - All Shook Up Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock Johnnie Ray - You Don't Owe Me A Thing The Rays - Silhouettes Jim Reeves - Four Walls Debbie Reynolds - Tammy Marty Robbins - A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) Jimmie Rodgers - Honeycomb Jimmie Rodgers - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Don Rondo - White Silver Sands Tommy Sands - Teen-Age Crush Frank Sinatra - All The Way/Chicago Gale Storm - Dark Moon Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Lotta Lovin'/Wear My Ring The Tune Weavers - Happy, Happy Birthday Baby Billy Ward & His Dominoes - Stardust Andy Williams - Butterfly Andy Williams - I Like Your Kind Of Love Billy Williams - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter Larry Williams - Short Fat Fannie Larry Williams - Bonie Moronie/You Bug Me, Baby Chuck Willis - C.C. Rider
Cheers .. G
-- Edited by Cupie at 08:44, 2008-10-23
-- Edited by Cupie at 08:47, 2008-10-23
dave06 said
10:05 AM Oct 23, 2008
I too have a collection of c.d.'s that contain all of those and many more besides, havent got many from todays rubbish, bit of ac/dc brings the mood up occasionally
NannyMon said
01:07 PM Oct 23, 2008
Oh I love all those old crooners, especially Elvis, Pat Boone, Nat "king" Cole, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Marty Robbins, Harry Belafonte, and the ladies, Doris Day and Debbie Reynolds. Songs in those days told a story, now I don't understand a word of any of the songs.
drongo & wendy said
03:38 PM Oct 23, 2008
and and not one mention of johnny ray how can this be hehe
Ole Grizzly said
05:54 PM Oct 23, 2008
And I am listening to an album by Jimmy Little at this very moment... An amazing soft and gentle voice with all the character of a genuine Australian. A singer who really never got that opening start because of his heritage. A real pity.
Remembering the 50's songs, (read as a letter from Charlie Brown)
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Last year we held a 50year reunion of our PMG Technicans in Training (Qld)workmates. As part of that event one chap put together a list of the songs that were all the go in that year of 1957.
This is the list .. and when I need a shot of nostalga I run through the list trying to recall the melodies & words .. It's amazing how many stick in the memory. Then I put on a CD containing most of them.
The Ames Brother - Melodie D'Amour
Paul Anka - Diana
Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat (Day-O)
Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell
Harry Belafonte - Mama Look At Bubu
Tony Bennett - In The Middle Of An Island/I Am
Chuck Berry - School Day
Chuck Berry - Rock & Roll Music
The Bobbettes - Mr. Lee
Bonnie Guitar - Dark Moon
Pat Boone - Don't Forbid Me
Pat Boone - Why Baby Why
Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand
Pat Boone - Remember You're Mine/There'sA Gold Mine In The Sky
Pat Boone -April Love/When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
Jimmy Bowen - I'm Stickin' With You
The Coasters - Searchin'/Young Blood
Nat 'King' Cole - Send For Me/Personal Possesssion
Perry Como - Round And Round
Perry Como - Just Born/Ivy Rose
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
Jill Corey - Love Me To Pieces
The Crickets [with Buddy Holly] -That'll Be The Day
Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop
The Dell-Vikings - Come Go With Me
The Dell-Vikings - Whispering Bells
The Diamonds - Little Darlin'
Fats Domino - Blue Monday
Fats Domino - I'm Walkin'
Fats Domino - Valley Of Tears/It's You I Love
Jimmy Dorsey - So Rare
The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
Ernie Freeman - Raunchy
Terry Gilkyson & The Easy Riders - Marianne
Will Glahe - Liechtensteiner Polka
Charlie Gracie - Butterfly
Russ Hamilton - Rainbow
Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One
Bobby Helms - My Special Angel
The Hilltoppers - Marianne
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
Tab Hunter - Young Love
Tab Hunter - Ninety-Nine Ways
Ferlin Husky - Gone
Sonny James - Young Love
Johnnie & Joe - Over The Mountain, Across The Sea
Bill Justis - Raunchy
Buddy Knox & The Rhythm Orchids - Party Doll
Buddy Knox & The Rhythm Orchids - Hula Love
Frankie Laine - Moonlight Gambler
Steve Lawrence - Party Doll
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
Little Richard - Jenny, Jenny/Miss Ann
Little Richard - Keep A Knockin'
Johnny Mathis - It's Not For Me To Say
Johnny Mathis - Chances Are/The Twelfth Of Never
Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange
Sal Mineo - Start Movin' (In My Direction)
Guy Mitchell - Rock-A-Billy
Jane Morgan - Fascination
Ricky Nelson - A Teenager's Romance/I'm Walkin'
Ricky Nelson - Be-Bop Baby/Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Patti Page - Old Cape Cod
Fess Parker - Wringle Wrangle
The Platters - I'm Sorry/He's Mine
Elvis Presley - Too Much
Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Johnnie Ray - You Don't Owe Me A Thing
The Rays - Silhouettes
Jim Reeves - Four Walls
Debbie Reynolds - Tammy
Marty Robbins - A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)
Jimmie Rodgers - Honeycomb
Jimmie Rodgers - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Don Rondo - White Silver Sands
Tommy Sands - Teen-Age Crush
Frank Sinatra - All The Way/Chicago
Gale Storm - Dark Moon
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Lotta Lovin'/Wear My Ring
The Tune Weavers - Happy, Happy Birthday Baby
Billy Ward & His Dominoes - Stardust
Andy Williams - Butterfly
Andy Williams - I Like Your Kind Of Love
Billy Williams - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
Larry Williams - Short Fat Fannie
Larry Williams - Bonie Moronie/You Bug Me, Baby
Chuck Willis - C.C. Rider
Cheers .. G
-- Edited by Cupie at 08:44, 2008-10-23
-- Edited by Cupie at 08:47, 2008-10-23
An amazing soft and gentle voice with all the character of a genuine Australian.
A singer who really never got that opening start because of his heritage.
A real pity.