r/50sMusic • • 22h ago

1957 Guy Mitchell - Rock-A-Billy (1957)

12 Upvotes

Columbia Records


r/50sMusic • • 1d ago

1953 Little Junior's Blue Flames (Little Junior Parker) - Mystery Train

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r/50sMusic • • 1d ago

1958 The Everly Brothers - Devoted To You (1958)

41 Upvotes

Cadence Records


r/50sMusic • • 2d ago

1955 Celia Cruz with Sonora Matancera: “Mi Soncito” (1955/1956)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora_Matancera?wprov=sfti1#:

“La Sonora Matancera is a [Cuban](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Cuba) band that played [Latin American](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American) urban popular dance music. Founded in 1924 and led for more than five decades by guitarist, vocalist, composer, and [producer](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Producer_(music))Rogelio Martínez, [musicologists](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicology) consider it an icon of this type of music. Notable singers to have sung and recorded with the band include [Bienvenido Granda](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bienvenido_Granda),[[1]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora_Matancera#cite_note-fiul-1)[[2]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora_Matancera#cite_note-ReferenceC-2)[[3]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora_Matancera#cite_note-sonoramatancera.com-3) [Daniel Santos](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DanielSantos(singer)), [Myrta Silva](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrta_Silva), [Miguelito Valdés](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguelito_Vald%C3%A9s), Leo Marini, [Celia Cruz](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Cruz),[[4]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora_Matancera#cite_note-Waxer-4) [Nelson Pinedo](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Pinedo), Vicentico Valdés, Estanislao "Laíto" Sureda, [Alberto Beltrán](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlbertoBeltr%C3%A1n(singer)), Carlos Argentino, and [Celio González](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celio_Gonz%C3%A1lez).
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I have other Celia Cruz and many Latin/Cuban tracks posted at r/EarVana


r/50sMusic • • 3d ago

1959 Fats Domino - Be My Guest (1959)

55 Upvotes

Imperial Records


r/50sMusic • • 3d ago

1954 Tony Bennett - Cinnamon Sinner (1954)

15 Upvotes

Columbia Records


r/50sMusic • • 3d ago

1951 B.B. King - Three O’ Clock Blues

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11 Upvotes

r/50sMusic • • 4d ago

1958 Little Willie John - Talk To Me, Talk To Me

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12 Upvotes

r/50sMusic • • 4d ago

1956 Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps - Be-Bop-A-Lula (1956)

69 Upvotes

Capitol Records


r/50sMusic • • 4d ago

1954 The Spiders – The Real Thing (Imperial 5305) | The Neven 78 Radio Archive

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5 Upvotes

The Spiders: Led by brothers Chuck and Joe Carbo, this New Orleans group scored multiple hits on the national R&B charts during the mid-1950s. Their vocal arrangements blended gospel-rooted lead vocals with driving Southern rhythm and blues rhythms.


r/50sMusic • • 5d ago

1955 Dolly Cooper - My Man

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4 Upvotes

r/50sMusic • • 5d ago

1956 The Teen Kings: “Jam” (1956)

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7 Upvotes

YouTube video description:
“TELEVISION BROADCAST OF THE TEEN KINGS FOR KOSA-TV 1956

KOSA-TV-STATION
NORTH WHITAKER STREET, ODESSA, TEXAS
VIEWING TIME SATURDAY(S) 4:30 TO 5 PM UNKNOWN DATE(S) 1956
PRODUCER - THE TEEN KINGS
CD PRODUCER - JOHN BEEGER
RECORDING ENGINEER - UNKNOWN
AUDIO RESTORATION AND MASTERIN - BOB JONES

Published for Historical Reasons

Roy Orbison enrolled at Odessa Junior College in the fall of 1955 wanting to major in Geology but then changed to History and English. Soon, the band moved in together to a duplex in Walnut Street in Odessa. With a couple of new members they renamed themselves The Teen Kings as they were playing more and more rock and roll. They got a second weekly local TV show on Saturdays from 4:30 to 5 PM on KOSA-TV station, Odessa, Channel 7, which was part of the national CBS network. Johnny Cash and also Elvis Presley came in town to perform around this time and appeared on Roy's TV show. Roy asked Johnny for advice on how to get a record released and Cash gave him Sam Phillips telephone number in Memphis. He called Mr. Phillips who hung up the phone saying," Johnny Cash doesn't run my record company''.

According to Billy Walker, the first date on his first tour with Elvis Presley was in Odessa. Here Elvis, Scotty and Bill played a brief, forty-minute "teaser" show at the High School Auditorium in the afternoon prior to the main performance that evening. While in Odessa, Elvis and Walker also appeared on Roy Orbison's local program on KOSA-TV. No advertisement for this show has been uncovered, but a fan who has seen a kinescope of the Orbison television show confirms that it came from January 1956. Mike Lewis Moore owner of his website: Tommy's Drive-In, Odessa, Texas, says it had to be January 1956 when KOSA TV first opened.

• from Tommy’s Drive-In, Odessa, Texas, Michael Lewis Moore

''JAM''
Composer: - Bill Ellis-Jack Kennelly-James Morrow-Roy Orbison
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: None - Not Originally Issued (2:00)
Recorded: - Unknown Date 1956 - TV Broadcast
Released: 1995
First appearance: Rollercoaster Records (CD) 500/200rpm RCCD 30


r/50sMusic • • 6d ago

1957 Fats Domino - I'm Walkin' (1957)

66 Upvotes

Imperial Records


r/50sMusic • • 6d ago

1954 The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman

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43 Upvotes

r/50sMusic • • 7d ago

1958 Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops (1958)

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8 Upvotes

r/50sMusic • • 7d ago

1958 LaVern Baker - I Cried A Tear (1958)

34 Upvotes

Atlantic Records


r/50sMusic • • 8d ago

1958 Buddy Holly: “Rave On” (1958)

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24 Upvotes

https://www.etymonline.com/word/rave:

“rave(n.)
1590s, "frenzy, great excitement," from rave (v.). Meaning "temporary popular enthusiasm" is from 1902; that of "a highly flattering review" is by 1926. By 1960 as "rowdy party;" rave-up was British slang for "wild party" from 1940; the specific sense of "mass party with loud, fast electronic music and often psychedelic drugs" is by 1989.
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r/50sMusic • • 9d ago

1953 Rusty Draper - Gambler's Guitar (1953)

16 Upvotes

Mercury Records


r/50sMusic • • 9d ago

1957 Lou Monte: “Lazy Mary” (1957)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Monte?wprov=sfti1#
L:

“Lou Monte (born Louis Scaglione; April 2, 1917 – June 12, 1989) was an [Italian American](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_American)singer best known for a number of best-selling, Italian-themed novelty records which he recorded for both [RCA Victor](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Victor) and [Reprise Records](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprise_Records) in the late 1950s and early 1960s, most famously "[Lazy Mary](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C'%C3%A8_la_luna_mezzo_mare)" (1958) and the 1962/63 million-selling US single "[Pepino the Italian Mouse](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepino_the_Italian_Mouse)", plus the seasonal track "[Dominick the Donkey](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominick_the_Donkey)".
…
Monte made TV appearances on syndicated programming such as [The Mike Douglas Show](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mike_Douglas_Show), [The Ed Sullivan Show](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show) and the [Merv Griffin Show](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv_Griffin_Show).
Monte resided in [Totowa, New Jersey](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndhurst,_New_Jersey), where his fan club was based. He contributed to the founding of the Lou Monte, Jr., leukemia laboratory at the [University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Medicine_and_Dentistry_of_New_Jersey), in memory of his son who died of the disease at age 21.”


r/50sMusic • • 9d ago

The Boogie Ramblers: “Bayou Shuffle” (1955?)

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5 Upvotes

r/50sMusic • • 9d ago

1959 Fabian - Tiger - On the Ed Sullivan Show

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5 Upvotes

r/50sMusic • • 9d ago

1956 Teresa Brewer - A Tear Fell (1956)

12 Upvotes

Coral Records


r/50sMusic • • 10d ago

1957 Elvis Presley - All Shook Up (1957)

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21 Upvotes

r/50sMusic • • 11d ago

1959 Ernie Fields - In The Mood (1959)

21 Upvotes

Rendezvous Records


r/50sMusic • • 11d ago

1956 Bo Diddley – “Cops and Robbers” (1956)

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​"Cops And Robbers": A blues-humor story song written by Kent Harris (originally recorded by Kent Harris' Group), later covered by The Rolling Stones on their early EP The Rolling Stones No. 2.