#50's music

[hooked-on-elvis]

Elvis Presley at the Oakland Auditorium, CA, on June 3, 1956.⚡ He performed 2 shows there, at 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm.

Above: Elvis escorted by Oakland Police into the Oakland Auditorium on June 3, 1956. Photo by Arthur Mensor.

Above, fan club president Sandra McCune and fans at Elvis Presley show at the Oakland Auditorium, CA on Sunday, June 3, 1956

On the next 3 pictures below: Backstage at the Oakland Auditorium in Oakland, California on Sunday, June 3, 1956. Photographed by Robert Stinnett.

More backstage photos the same day (the next one is one of my favorites ever):

Elvis kisses fan Nina Carson on the cheek and got kissed back. Backstage at the Oakland Auditorium in Okland, CA. June 3, 1956.

#elvis presley #let it be me #elvis the king #elvis fans #elvis fandom #elvis #50s elvis #elvis history #elvis gigs #elvis presley onstage #the king of rock and roll #rock and roll #50's music

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Thelonious Monk Trio by Thelonious Monk Trio Prestige 1956 Jazz / Hard Bop / Bop / Piano Jazz

#jazz #hard bop #bop #piano jazz #music #50s #50s msuic #50's #50's music

[cinnamoncee]

#edric connor and the caribbeans #edric connor #jamaica #trinidad and tobago #calypso #1950's #50's music #discogs #record sleeve #carribean

[randomvarious]

Chicago Blues Playlist

Blowing the dust off of this excellent playlist of mostly overlooked Chicago blues goodies that I haven’t made any alterations to since all the way back in 2019! This week I’ve added five songs, four of which are by Sunnyland Slim, a very gifted pianist and vocalist who originally hailed from Mississippi and then moved to Chicago in the early 40s, only to become an integral part of the Windy City’s own storied postwar scene.

Now, my favorite add of his with this update is a song called “Highway 61.” There’s another version of this song that’s already on this playlist that was officially released on the b-side of a 7-inch single back in 1956 for Cobra Records, but this version is soooo much noisier, with booming percussion, loud harmonica, guitar, and Slim’s yowling vocals to cut through it all, along with some piano work from him on the instrumental bridge too. A really terrific song with somewhere around 4,200 Spotify plays.

Sunnyland Slim - “Mary Lee” Sunnyland Slim - “That Woman” Little Milton - “Looking for My Baby” Howlin’ Wolf - “Smokestack Lightnin’” Sunnyland Slim - “Highway 61” Sunnyland Slim - “It’s You Baby”

And this playlist is also on YouTube and YouTube Music too.

So this update now brings us to 30 songs in total that amount to 91 minutes. And I know that my corresponding YouTube playlists usually come with added bonus tracks that can’t be found on Spotify at all, but that’s not the case with this one; everything I’ve wanted on this thing so far is on both Spotify and YouTube. But, just so you know, eight of the final nine tracks come off of one of my favorite blues comps of all time, Jewel Spotlights the Blues, Volume 2, which consists of songs from the great Shreveport, Louisiana-based Jewel Records. On YouTube, the artists on this album are credited correctly, but for some reason on Spotify they’re all misattributed to Lightnin’ Hopkins 🤷‍♂️. So, to clear up any confusion, for most of those final tracks on this playlist as of right now, here’s who they’re really by:

Magic Sam - "Everything Gonna Be Alright" Otis Rush - "Double Trouble" Buddy Guy - "You Sure Can't Do" Earl Hooker - "Blue Guitar" George "Wild Child" Butler - "Put It All in There" Buster Benton - "Spider in My Stew" Buster Benton - "Money Is the Name of the Game" Willie Dixon - "New Way of Lovin'"

A little bit of soul next week.

Enjoy!

More to come, eventually. Stay tuned!

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#blues #the blues #chicago #music #50s #50s music #50's #50's music #60s #60s music #60's #60's music #70s #70s music #70's #70's music #illinois #playlist #spotify playlist #spotify playlists #playlists #youtube playlist #youtube playlists #youtube music playlist #youtube music playlists #Spotify

[thegroovyarchives]

Elvis Presley, 50′s

From The Illustrated History Of Rock Music, Jeremy Pascal, 1984

#Elvis Presley #vintage photography #Black & White #50's music #mid-century #50's #my scans

[sonicandartisticsurprises]

Inspired by @spilladabalia's Michiko Hamamura post.

1st recording of Banana Boat Song (Day-O), by Edric Connor

#edric connor #calypso #banana boat #1950's #50's #50's music #trinidad and tobago #YouTube

[love-islike-abomb]

#elvis presley #elvis the king #elvis history #50's music #return to sender #oldies #king of rock n roll #Spotify

[confusedandchaotic]

#frankie lymon #the teenagers #frankie lymon and the teenagers #why do fools fall in love #goody goody #Fortunate Fellow #50's #doo wop #50's music

[myself-85]

#50's music #covered #short ver.

[maxwellsilverflute]

Put Your Head n My Shoulder by Paul Anka

F#  G      A     F# A    C#    B

Put your head on my shoul-ders

 G     A   G   F#   E        F# B Hold me in your arms, bab-y

  G          A   G  F#  E       F#    B Squeeze me oh so tight, show me

  E     F#   E     D   F# That you love me too

 F#   G     A   F#   A   C#    C# B Put your lips next to mine, de-ar

  G      A     G    F#  E      F#  B Won't you kiss me once, bab-y

 G   A G     F#     E       F#    B Just a kiss good-night, may-be

 E     F# E  D    C# E  E  D You and I will fall in lo-ve

 E     E    E   D     F#    F# F# Peo-ple say that love's a game

F#  E      E     E     D    F# A game you just can't win

F#  G#  G# G# If there's a way

G# A    A  B      B A I'll find it some-da-y

 A     B      B    B     A    B    C# And then this fool will rush in

 F#  G      A     F# A    C#   C# B Put your head on my shoul-de-r

 G        A G  F#  E     F# B Whisp-er in my ear, bab-y

  G      A G    F#  E     F#  B Words I want to hear, tell me

 E    F#   E    D     C#  E  E  D Tell me that you love me to-o

 G   G#     Bb  G   Bb  D      D C Put your head on my shoul-de-r

 G#    Bb G# G   F    G   C  Whisp-er in my ear, bab-y

  G#   Bb  G# G   F      G  C Words I want to hear, tell me

 F    G      F     D   F     F       Eb Put your head on my shoul-ders

#Paul Anka #classic #50's music #music #flute #flute music #spotify #band #love #flautist #lyrics #sheet music #rock #Spotify

[stefandreus]

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la canzone della felicità :)

#buddy holly #50's #50's music

[hooked-on-elvis]

I am currently listening to "ELVIS: THE HOME RECORDINGS" (a collection of Elvis Presley's home recordings from the 1950s and 1960s) and I find incredible hearing him singing songs in that unprompted way, just having fun with friends and family, and then listen to the professional version he recorded years later.

Those are some of Elvis' personal favorites songs, folks. 🩷🥹 Here's some of them:

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"HANDS OFF" (or "KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF IT") Home recording: Fall 1960, at Monovale Drive, Hollywood (one of Elvis' homes). Studio recording: Elvis recorded this song again during a jam session at Nashville RCA's studio B in June 5th, 1970. The song was recorded in a version in conjunction with "Got My Mojo Working". The track was first release on the LP "Love Letters From Elvis" (1971).

2. "INDESCRIBABLY BLUE" Home recording: February 1966 at Rocca Place, Hollywood (another of Elvis' homes). Studio recording: Elvis recorded this song professionally, not long after, in June 10, 1966. It was first released by RCA Records as a single on January 10, 1967, backed with "Fools Fall in Love". It was releases in a LP as part of the "Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4" (January, 1968).

3. "AFTER LOVING YOU" Home recording: Recorded around 1966. Can you listen to Elvis' voice here being pretty much the same in the 1969 version? His voice by 1966 was already so improved. It's weird how they kept Elvis from singing what he really wanted to sing in order to keep the soundtrack albums going on. I'm not complaining, per say, because I don't actually hate the soundtrack songs of his movies, but we know Elvis himself was pretty beaten having to record what he called "silly songs" over the ones he truly loved, like this one (as we can see by the way he sings the song wholeheartedly).

Studio recording: During the American Sound Studio's legendary recording session under Chips Moman production, Elvis recorded this song professionally in 18th Feb, 1969, in Memphis, Tennessee.

My personal favorite. ♥ My absolute favorite Elvis album is "From Elvis In Memphis", no doubt. Hearing the home recording version of "After Loving You" is just priceless to me.

4. "WHAT NOW MY LOVE"

Home recording: Recorded sometime around 1966 too. Again, Elvis literally was kept from singing many great songs for a long time because of his Hollywood movie contracts, not to speak about the RCA deals causing the songwriters disputes over rights and proper payment. Long story short, the songwriters did not want to give up 25% of the rights to the compositions to Hill and Range Publishings and the other Presley publishing companies that published his recording materials. So Elvis ended up with some (crappy) less powerful songs to record for many, many years. Some of the songs he truly wanted to record thanks Heaven were brought to day light. Elvis had a great taste in music. (I just wonder how many more amazing songs recorded by his powerful voice we would have today if it wasn't for the tricky record deals he was under.)

Live version:  On January 14, 1973, Elvis Presley performed the song before a live audience of 1 billion people, as part of his satellite show, "Aloha from Hawaii", which was beamed to 43 countries via INTELSAT. Elvis' live rendition of the song is just breathtaking. You listen and see him performing it live and you just stop breathing. The song was first released on the live album "Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite" (February, 1973).

#elvis presley #ELVIS MUSIC #elvis the king #The King of Rock and Roll #elvis forever #long live the king #50's music #60's music #70's music #elvis home recordings #elvis studio recordings #Youtube

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Thelonious Monks Plays Duke Ellington by Thelonious Monk Riverside 1958 Jazz / Bebop / Bop / Piano Jazz / Swing

#jazz #bebop #bop #piano jazz #swing #music #50s #50s music #50's #50's music

[randomvarious]

Today's compilation:

Baby Boomer Classics: Heart & Soul Fifties 1985/1988 R&B / Rock & Roll

Folks, I gotta say, for how short this release is—13 songs that amount to only about half an hour—this might be the most potent 50s comp that I've ever come across in my many years of collecting. See, there's plenty of nostalgic comps out there that just slap together a bunch of chart-busters and then call it a day without giving much of any thought to how much juice any of the selections may still actually have, but when the California-based JCI label put this dispatch from their Baby Boomer Classics series together in 1985, and then re-released it again in 1988 with a replacement of Wilbert Harrison's terrifically catchy R&B classic, "Kansas City," with Joe Turner's "Corinne, Corrina," they seemed to be far more concerned with how good the actual songs still sounded rather than with how well they charted back in the day.

And to be clear, most of these songs still did chart very well themselves anyway, but do you know how many big hits there were in the 50s that don't really sound that great anymore? A whole lot. And JCI didn't end up picking any of those for this album; these selections that they made almost four whole decades ago are still really no worse for wear than they were when they first came out. And that's pretty remarkable, given how much music from the 50s really doesn't quite strike like it used to anymore.

Now, if you already know your oldies like the back of your own hand, you're probably not gonna find much utility in this album, because even though there's no real lackluster filler in this small set, you're likely to be very familiar with these tunes already. But if you're someone who's never really been exposed to much in the way of great 50s music before, I really cannot recommend this album enough as your starter pack. You've got probably my favorite 50s hit of all time on this thing in Lloyd Price's "Stagger Lee"—a song so good that it legitimately has the capacity to turn me misty-eyed, even though I was born long after the 50s and have no personal nostalgic attachment to it whatsoever—as well as one of the greatest pieces of loud and dynamic group doo wop that's ever been recorded too: The Silhouettes' "Get a Job." And on top of that is Little Richard's "Lucille," plus Smiley Lewis' "I Hear You Knocking," which Little Richard would go on to cover himself too, as well as Welshman Dave Edmunds, who would deliver a great blues-rock version of it in 1970 🤘.

But, as seems to be a feature and not a bug with this Baby Boomer Classics series at this point, another one of the best songs on this record, which also happens to be probably its most obscure selection too, is a tune that's not actually from the 50s: Bobby Bland's "Turn On Your Love Light," which came out in 1961. While the rest of the songs on this album were big top-ten or top-twenty hits, this one only made it to #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; so when it comes to this oldies comp wing of the music industry, this is not a tune that you're gonna come across very often. But it's a total gem, with a sweet and uptempo, shuffling drumbeat that's made to bolster Bobby Bland's own soulful voice that hits some really satisfying points of throaty gravelliness throughout 🥹.

I'm really in awe over how well JCI managed to nail this one. An assorted cream of the 50s crop right here in just 13 songs. Not an easy thing to pull off, but these are some really stellar choices 👍.

Highlights:

Wilbert Harrison - "Kansas City" Thurston Harris - "Little Bitty Pretty One" Bobby Bland - "Turn On Your Love Light" Little Richard - "Lucille" The Silhouettes - "Get a Job" Clyde McPhatter - "Lover Please" Smiley Lewis - "I Hear You Knocking" Lloyd Price - "Stagger Lee"

#r&b #r & b #rhythm & blues #rhythm and blues #rock & roll #rock and roll #oldies #classic rock #music #50s #50s music #50's #50's music #rock #60s #60s music #60's #60's music

[daibhidjames]

Rockabilly & Garage Unknowns; Demos & acetates of unknown 50's & 60's artists. The names of these artists are unknown so some have been guessed at and few I just made up names using inside jokes. Obviously James Clark, Night Finger and the Parkdale Rebels are real though. (artist/song/album/label/cancon); 1. The James Clark Institute  ~  Yellow  ~  Under The Lampshade  ~  s/r  ~  cc   2. The Turbans  ~  Dot-Dot-Do-Wah  ~  Dolphin's Of Hollywood (comp)  ~  Ace 3. Marlon Grisham  ~  I'll Be Rockin  ~  That'll Flat Git It vol.16 (comp)  ~  Bear Family 4. Lonesome Luke  ~  I Love You Baby  ~  Rockabilly Unknowns (comp)  ~  Sepia Tone 5. Lamont Cranston  ~  Growl Cat Growl  ~  Rockabilly Unknowns (comp)  ~  Sepia Tone 6. Luke Simmons  ~  Ain't I The Lucky One  ~  Early Canadian Rockers vol.4 (comp)  ~  Collector  ~  cc 7. Mel Kimbrough  ~  Slewfoot Sue  ~ That'll Flat Git It vol.16 (comp)  ~  Bear Family 8. Ace Tate  ~  Why Do You Do it  ~  Rockabilly Unknowns (comp)  ~  Sepia Tone      9. The Mystery Men  ~  Have Faith ~  Garage Punk Unknowns (comp)  ~  Sepia Tone 10. The Parkdale Rebels  ~  Parkdale Roundup  ~  Roundup  ~  s/r  ~  cc  11. The Poltergeists  ~  I'm Gonna Have My Fun  ~  Garage Punk Unknowns (comp)  ~  Twilight 12. Night Finger  ~  Code Red  ~  Code Red  ~  s/r  ~  cc   13. The Marie Celestes  ~  I've Got The Will  ~  Garage Punk Unknowns (comp)  ~  Sepia Tone   14. Night Finger  ~  Magic Potion  ~  Code Red  ~  s/r  ~  cc   15. Judge & The Craters  ~  When I Feel Better  ~  Back From The Grave Vol.9 (comp)  ~  Crypt 16. The Earharts  ~  Midnight Train  ~  Garage Punk Unknowns (comp)  ~  Sepia Tone 17. Night Finger  ~  Alligator  ~  Code Red  ~  s/r  ~  cc   18. The Invisible Men  ~  I Won't Play Your Game  ~  Garage Punk Unknowns (comp)  ~  Sepia Tone 19. The James Clark Experience  ~  Little Powder Keg  ~  Under The Lampshade  ~  s/r  ~  cc   20. The Parkdale Rebels  ~  No Good For Anything  ~  Spellbound  ~  s/r  ~  cc   21. Kasper Houser  ~  Whatcha Gonna Do About Me  ~  Rockabilly Unknowns (comp)  ~  Sepia Tone   Past shows & playlists here; http://moondogsplaylists.blogspot.com/

#radio #podcast #50's Music #1950s music #1960s music

[histonics]

#showgirls #the tropicana #50's fashion #50's aesthetic #50's style #50's music #50's #Florida #backstage