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Top Tracks Of The 1950s

With the advent of 1950s, the music industry saw a major change. The old-fashioned jazz was replaced by rock and roll, which quickly gained popularity. The following list is not in any particular order and includes songs from different genres.

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• “Johnny B. Goode” – by Chuck Berry

“Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar just like a-ringin’ a bell”

• “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” – by Frank Sinatra

“Don’t you know, little fool
You never can win”

• “Love Me Tender” – by Elvis Presley

“Love me tender, love me sweet
Never let me go”

• “That’s Amore” – by Dean Martin

“When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
That’s amore”

• “La Bamba” – by Ritchie Valens

“Para bailar La Bamba
Se necesito una poca de gracia”

• “In The Still Of The Night” – by Five Satins

“In the still of the night
I held you”

• “Let’s Do It (Lets Fall in Love)” – Ella Fitzgerald

“Birds do it, bees do it
Even educated fleas do it
Let’s do it, let’s fall in love”

• “Mona Lisa” – Nat King Cole

“Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?”

• “Misty” – by Johnny Mathis

“Don’t you notice how hopelessly I’m lost
That’s why I’m following you”

• “Rock ‘N’ Roll Music” – by Chuck Berry

“It’s gotta be rock roll music
If you wanna dance with me”

• “Jailhouse Rock” – Elvis Presley

“Let’s rock
Everybody, let’s rock”

• “Great Balls Of Fire” – by Jerry Lee Lewis

“You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane”

• “Tutti Frutti” – by Little Richard

“Tutti frutti, oh rootie
A wop bop a loo bop a lop ba ba”

• “Mystery Train” – by Junior Parker

“Train, train, rollin’ down, down the line
Well, it took my baby
And left poor me behind”

• “I Walk The Line” – by Johnny Cash

“Yes, I’ll admit that I’m a fool for you
Because you’re mine, I walk the line”

• “Hoochie Coochie Man” – by Muddy Waters

“Yeah, you know I’m a hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I’m here”

• “Susie Q” – by Dale Hawkins

“Oh Susie Q, how I love you
Susie Q”

• “Folsom Prison Blues” – by Johnny Cash

When I was just a baby my mama told me
“Son, always be a good boy, don’t ever play with guns”

• “Maybellene” – by Chuck Berry

“Oh, Maybellene, why can’t you be true?
You done started doing the things you used to do”

• “I Got A Woman” – by Ray Charles

“I got a woman, way over town
That’s good to me, oh yeah”

• “Hound Dog” – by Elvis Presley

“You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog
Cryin’ all the time”

• “I Only Have Eyes For You” – by Flamingos

“My love must be a kind of blind love
I can’t see anyone but you”

• “Tequila” – by The Champs

“Tequila!”

• “Come Fly With Me” – by Frank Sinatra

“Come fly with me, let’s float down to Peru
In llama-land there’s a one-man band
And he’ll toot his flute for you”

• “You Send Me” – by Sam Cooke

“Darling you send me
I know you send me”

• “All I Have To Do Is Dream” – by Everly Brothers

“Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Dream, dream, dream, dream”

• “Dream Lover” – by Bobby Darin

“And the hand that I can hold
To feel you near as I grow old”

• “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” – by Paul Anka

“Put your head on my shoulder
Hold me in your arms, baby”

• “Yakety Yak” – by The Coasters

“Don’t you give me no dirty looks
Your father’s hip, he knows what cooks”

• “Little Bitty Pretty One” – By Thurston Harris

“Lovey dovey lovey one
Come sit down on my knee”