Comments on: 1950s Music: What Songs Were Most Popular?

By: Ellen Bales

Ellen Bales — Fri, 21 May 2021 15:28:12 +0000

One Christmas I asked Santa for a “record player.” Yes, it actually played vinyl–33 1/3, 45, and 78 rpm. For 45’s you had to have an adapter and every so often you had to replace the “needle.” Sometimes the record skipped and my brother told me to tape a penny or a nickel to the tone arm to give it extra weight. Some of my favorite music artists in the 50s were Frankie Avalon (Venus), The McGuire Sisters (Sincerely), Johnny Mathis (anything!), Fats Domino (Blueberry Hill), Ricky Nelson (Poor Little Fool) and so many others. I remember it as my first real introduction to music. That was when I first started memorizing lyrics and to this day I can recall at least a couple of lines from most songs, as well as lyrics all the way up through the 80’s. And now all those tunes are being brought back and the kids think they’re new!

By: Shawn Knox

Shawn Knox — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 20:35:36 +0000

A notable exclusion on this list is JERRY LEE LEWIS. Despite the scandal that followed him in the late 50s, he entered the scene like a firestorm, and for time gave Elvis a run for his crown before his (temporary) fall from grace.

By: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:41:38 +0000

THIS IS THE GREATEST WEBSITE I HAD A PROJECT DUE THAT I WAS BEHIND ON BUT NOT ANYMORE!!

By: alissa

alissa — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:40:36 +0000

me too

By: Tom Calarco

Tom Calarco — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:10:55 +0000

Can’t believe you don’t list Sinatra or Dean Martin in your 50s lists ???

By: Paul Phipps

Paul Phipps — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 18:25:12 +0000

Great comment and thank you for your insight.

By: Marcelo Daneri

Marcelo Daneri — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 14:26:18 +0000

In part of music many people omit things, this always happens, let’s see … This will be a comment so that people are not so closed minded.
At that time, that music was for the mainstream that was ” White Adults ” but the music of the teenagers was totally different, in those times. Just because Pop’s lists were Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennet does not mean they were idols for teenagers. Let’s understand one thing, rebellion began in the 50’s, yes, why? For music, that’s the reason, what kind of music ?, R & B music. I was waiting to see on this website names like Alan Freed, Leonard Chess, Sam Phillips, etc, Djs Jockeys who understood teenagers. So, people, do not let yourself be completely guided by this, if you obviously want to write a 1952 white adult script, definitely the pop list would be efficient, but if you want to write a script about teenagers in 1952, definitely Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Louis Jordan, Fats Domino and all the R & B singers will help you completely. Rock and Roll is more than a genre, it is a feeling that was born at the beginning of the 50’s when white teenagers from all over the United States listened late at night r & b in secret from their parents.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 22 May 2018 17:18:22 +0000

THIS IS THE GREATEST WEBSITE I HAD A PROJECT DUE THAT I WAS BEHIND ON BUT NOT ANYMORE!! :::DDD

By: noah

noah — Thu, 10 May 2018 15:59:23 +0000

saved my life, but needs more on presley, got my project done thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Guy

Guy — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:43:53 +0000

MAN!!!?&^%*$# Where’s FATS in your list?? …. as in Fats Antoine Domino. In the late fifties, there was only ONE artist bigger than he and that was of course Elvis. I was spinning his 45’s on my little shoebox phonograph when I was 5.