Description:
1950s Rock, Pop, and Rhythm & Blues music.
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-=Who's Got A Birthday Today? (MAY 21)=-
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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 »
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Pendragon meets God
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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 »
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HLL's Hottest for 5/20/2013
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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 »
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-=Who's Got A Birthday Today? (MAY 20)=-
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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 »
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THE POP BATTLE!! : Quarter Finals!
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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 »
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RESULTS! : THE POP BATTLE!! : Round Six
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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 »
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"No No Cherry" by The Turbans (1955)
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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 »
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To Those Whose Children Heard '50s Music That You Played As They Were Growing Up
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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 »
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