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Description: 1950s Rock, Pop, and Rhythm & Blues music.
 

-=Who's Got A Birthday Today? (MAY 21)=- 
  These are today's Birthday people....born May 21 in the years mentioned : FATS WALLER (1904 New York City NY) Influential vocalist/pianist many hits Ain't Misbehavin etc DENNIS DAY (1917 New York City NY) Singer with Jack Benny on radio then TV.Recorded into the 50's HENRY GLOVER (1921 Hot Springs Ar)... more »
By Roger Ford  - 7:57am - 3 new of 3 messages    

Pendragon meets God 
  Pendragon and Sharx were sitting around, discussing what they always discuss: the vast, evil liberal plot to trash America's 1950s pop stars. Suddenly, Pendragon clutched his chest and collapsed. After passing through the requisite tunnel of white light, he found himself face to face with God.... more »
By Dean F.  - 1:44am - 2 new of 2 messages    

HLL's Hottest for 5/20/2013 
  Tea for Two - Mitch Miller & The Gang Poor Papa - Kay Starr For Me & My Gal (from Here & There) - Al Jolson, Morris Stoloff's Ork I'll Only Miss Him When I Think of Him (from Skyscrapers! We Have Travelled) - Nancy Wilson Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (from Meet Me in St. Louis) - Frank Sinatra... more »
By Michael Pendragon  - May 20 - 1 new of 1 message    

-=Who's Got A Birthday Today? (MAY 20)=- 
  These are today's Birthday people....born May 20 in the years mentioned : EMILE BERLINER (1851 Hanover Germany) Developed the microphone,gramophone and flat 78rpm recording disc OSCAR DAVIS (1902 Providence RI) Flamboyant C&W artist management/promoter associate of Col. Parker MILT GABLER (1911 New York City NY)... more »
By Roger Ford  - May 20 - 2 new of 2 messages    

The Top 100 R&B Singles of 1958 
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By Dean F.  - May 20 - 2 new of 2 messages    

THE POP BATTLE!! : Quarter Finals! 
  Okay folks we are now down to the QUARTER FINALS round of THE POP BATTLE!! A tournament that will pitch a whole host of famous and well known "pop" numbers from the period we generally discuss here (1947-1963) against one another. The contestants from each year have been chosen using a formula of 50% the best performing pop chart hits (as per... more »
By Roger Ford  - May 20 - 48 new of 48 messages    

RESULTS! : THE POP BATTLE!! : Round Six 
  Here are the voting results from Round Six off The Pop Battle. 25 people voted. No draws ...WINNER : DARIN ...WINNER : COLE ...WINNER : EDWARDS ...WINNER : MARTIN ...WINNER : PLATTERS ...WINNER : DARIN ...WINNER : MITCHELL ...WINNER : VAUGHAN All designated winners now advance to the Quarter Finals... more »
By Roger Ford  - May 20 - 7 new of 7 messages    

Something else 
  I think this is interesting [link] Do you like it? More interesting stuff: [link] -- Greg
By Greg Fleige  - May 19 - 3 new of 3 messages    

"No No Cherry" by The Turbans (1955) 
  This cool R&B record wasn't on youtube, so I remedied that situation. Those who pay careful attention to lyrics will see that it gets a little risqué at about 1:30. I had to do a bit of work to find even the sparse information that's in the description; hopefully it may be of interest to some of you.... more »
By DianeE  - May 19 - 4 new of 4 messages    

To Those Whose Children Heard '50s Music That You Played As They Were Growing Up 
  Let's see...Mike was greatly influenced by the music his mother played, which was '50s pop basically. Probably everyone else here who have children played '50s R&R/R&B since it was YOUR favorite music .Did they: Ignore it? Reject it? Acquire a taste for it? Love it? Hate it? I've got no kids, but my 28 year old godson, a struggling singer/songwriter (Is "struggling" a necessary modifier when it comes before singer/songwriter?), if asked, would say..."some of its OK" with no specificity beyond that, but he only heard a modicum of '50s music as a kid.... more »
By Frank  - May 19 - 28 new of 28 messages    

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