As I age, I've started to become wary of nostalgia - or, more accurately, over-indulging in nostalgia. I'm not always as vigilant as I probably should be, but I try to remember that past eras are never as wonderful as we remember (or imagine them to have been). Still, about a year ago, I watched the 1982 movie
Diner for the first time in at least a decade. It features an ensemble cast of male twentysomething friends and it's set in Baltimore during the last week of 1959. It still holds up really well, and despite my aforementioned wariness about nostalgia, it kinda sent me off on a 50's nostalgia trip - well, at least musically speaking.
Since I've been listening to a lot of 50's music and since it's been ten years since I started this blog, I figured I should put together a really big compilation of 50's music. It's got a lot of artists that are probably familiar to most people, but hopefully there are enough artists and songs that people haven't heard to keep it interesting. Hope you like Volumes One and Two (with volumes 3-6 to follow over the next three months).
(Also, as long as I'm indulging my nostalgia jones, I've re-upped my homages to
early 1960s music)
Download Both Volumes
Volume One
| Moanin' |
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross |
| The Chill Is On |
Joe Turner |
| Farther Up The Road |
Bobby "Blue" Bland |
| Crazy Arms |
Ray Price |
| Juke Joint Johnny |
Red Sovine |
| Give Me a Pinto Pal |
Elton Britt |
| Iku Koni Payin |
West African Rhythm Brothers |
| Will Call |
Joe Jones |
| Wagon |
Stan Kenton |
| Basin Street Blues |
Julie London |
| My Prayer |
The Platters |
| Yesterdays |
Cal Tjader |
| Chega de Saudade |
Joao Gilberto |
| Let's Get Lost |
Chet Baker |
| Rabbits Don't Ever Get Married |
Hank Penny |
| Red-Headed Woman |
Sonny Burgess |
| Bad Penny Blues |
Humphrey Lyttelton |
| Something's Got A Hold Of Me |
The Soul Singers |
| Guitar Boogie Woogie |
T. Texas Tyler |
| Too Much Monkey Business |
Chuck Berry |
| Lost Mind |
Mose Allison |
| Angel Of Love |
The Schoolboys |
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| Volume Two |
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| Pledging My Love |
Johnny Ace |
| Just Walking in the Rain |
The Prisonaires |
| Jumpin' The Blues |
Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay
McShann |
| Birth of Ghana |
Lord Kitchener |
| Gopher Mambo |
Yma Sumac |
| Car Hoppin' Mama |
Hawkshaw Hawkins |
| Train Of Love |
Johnny Cash |
| Clickety Click Clack |
The Turbans |
| Soon I'll Be Done with the
Troubles of the World |
Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi |
| Junco Partner |
James Wayne |
| Eisenhower Blues |
J.B. Lenoir |
| Finders Keepers |
The Miller Sisters |
| Let Her Go, God Bless Her |
The Louvin Brothers |
| Rave On |
Buddy Holly |
| Rawhide |
Link Wray & The Wraymen |
| Right Now! |
Jackie Wilson |
| Tomorow Is The Question |
Ornette Coleman |
| Take Out Some Insurance |
Jimmy Reed |
| Nem As Paredes Confesso (I
Don't Confess It, Even to the Walls) |
Amalia Rodrigues |
| Darling, It's Wonderful |
The Lovers |
| My Rifle, My Pony And Me |
Dean Martin |
| Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray |
Patsy Cline |
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