A song from the 50's

[QuickHitCurepon]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFckIZxob-8]The Drifters - This Magic Moment - YouTube[/ame]

 

[iamwhatiseem]

The 1950's was not a particularly good decade for music. The record companies controlled everything, and like the 1990's - they churned out one cookie cutter song after another that sounded incredibly the same.
Having said that - there were some decent ones...this song was originally produced in 1933...but was made famous by The Platters in 1958.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57tK6aQS_H0]Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - YouTube[/ame]

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

The 1950's was not a particularly good decade for music. The record companies controlled everything, and like the 1990's - they churned out one cookie cutter song after another that sounded incredibly the same.
Having said that - there were some decent ones...this song was originally produced in 1933...but was made famous by The Platters in 1958.

haa That's the only group besides the Beatles my wife from Chile really likes. Her favorites are Charles Aznavour and Tito Fernandez.

 

[JakeStarkey]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76We6yBnIKE]ELVIS PRESLEY - Love Me Tender - YouTube[/ame]

 

[peach174]

Love Me Tender was another cookie cutter song of the 50's.

Elvis used the civil war song Aura Lea published in 1861 and just added new words to it.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Love Me Tender was another cookie cutter song of the 50's.

Elvis used the civil war song Aura Lea published in 1861 and just added new words to it.

Yup and did very well by it.

 

[Harry Dresden]

the real king of Rock N Roll......

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpf17-qzI4o]Memphis Tennessee - Chuck Berry - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLMK9-Ns-TY]Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcblXxc4oqo]Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me (Rock Rock Rock 1956) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq9FCBatl3A]Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day - YouTube[/ame]

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

My mom was friends with Shirley Temple Black. She'd talk to her on the phone sometimes.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KSiyaqnZYs]A Munchkin Welcome - The Wizard Of Oz - YouTube[/ame]

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day - YouTube

Now Buddy Holly was a real artist. Was not controlled by the record companies despite their efforts. He looked like a little pushover nerd-kid. But in reality was a fiery hot tempered man that wrote/sang whatever he felt.
Unbeknownst to most, he was a good friend of Waylon Jennings, and created quite a stir wherever they went.
It was a major loss when Buddy died. WHo knows how much he would have influenced the genre.

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day - YouTube

Now Buddy Holly was a real artist. Was not controlled by the record companies despite their efforts. He looked like a little pushover nerd-kid. But in reality was a fiery hot tempered man that wrote/sang whatever he felt.
Unbeknownst to most, he was a good friend of Waylon Jennings, and created quite a stir wherever they went.
It was a major loss when Buddy died. WHo knows how much he would have influenced the genre.

I feel the same way about Jim Croce. When I was in high school, my class went on a field trip to the KZSU studio at Stanford Univ. I learned early about payola.

 

[bayoubill]

The 1950's was not a particularly good decade for music. The record companies controlled everything, and like the 1990's - they churned out one cookie cutter song after another that sounded incredibly the same.
Having said that - there were some decent ones...this song was originally produced in 1933...but was made famous by The Platters in 1958.
Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - YouTube

au contraire... the 50's was a great time for music...

btw... here's my favorite Platters tune...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZs-e_x0PGM]The Platters - Only You - HD (1955) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

'nother 50's fav...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iob-_shdLQ0]CRY ~ Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 1951 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

cain't ferget the great country tunes from back then...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE5pM1HXxlI]GEORGE JONES WHITE LIGHTNING 59 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

'n if this ain't a great tune, I dunno wut is...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vql_1pO9FZw]Whos Sorry Now Connie Francis - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

'n a' course the 50's was a signature decade for cool jazz tunes...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zrSoHgAAWo]Chet Baker - I fall in love too easily - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

'n this...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmNeRAQUG2c]April In Paris Count Basie 1956 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

n' Sinatra put out his greatest stuff in the 50's, imho...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjm_gBpJ63k&list=PL4CFF79651DB8159B]16. This Love of Mine - YouTube[/ame]

 

[jan]

Alright...just because I watched the Movie "I Walk The Line" the other night.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxAa83gP9vc]Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash (lyrics) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[jan]

Definitely a blast from the past!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ENzT9k1LRs]"Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone - YouTube[/ame]