Sunday, August 20, 2023

(Updated August 22nd, 2023) Part 3 of The 102 Best Songs of the 1950s

Hello,

The way I'm doing this is I'm going to post the Top 102 greatest 1950s songs in order of the way I thought of them. Once I hit 102 songs I will go and look at the 102 listed songs and see if there are any other songs that the 101st song might be better than. If so I will replace the previously listed song. That way I can stay at 100 songs and have truly the 100 greatest 1950s songs of all-time. This isn't a ranking by best songs, that's just too much work. As best as I can these are the 102 greatest 1950s songs.

I will also post other great 1950s songs by each band listed if motivated enough. As all of these artists are so much more than one of the 100 greatest songs of the 1950s. Yeah I'm going to try and do all the decades from the 1950s to now, some decades will be harder/easier than others. It's likely not all of these songs will still be around in the final edition of this decade's Top 102 Best Songs.

Over 1.2 million YouTube views. 35) Ritchie Valens "La Bamba":


36) Frank Sinatra "I Get A Kick Out of You":


37) Frank Sinatra "Love and Marriage":


38) Bobby Darin "Mack The Knife":


2.3 million YouTube views. 39) Elvis Presley "Love Me Tender":

About to hit 59 million YouTube views. 40) Elvis Presley "Blue Suede Shoes":

41) Nat King Cole "Nature Boy":

42) Buddy Holly and the Crickets "Peggy Sue":

43) The Isley Brothers "Shout":

44) The Crests "Sixteen Candles":

47) Frank Sinatra "I've Got You Under My Skin":

Quickly closing in on 16 million YouTube views. 48) The Platters "The Great Pretender":

50) "Lonely Teardrops":

56) Frank Sinatra "I've Got The World By A String":

66) Dion "I Wonder Why":

67) Elvis Presley "Jailhouse Rock":


68) Thurston Harris "Little Bitty Pretty One":
     

   72) Bobby Darin "Splish Splash":


76) Glenn Miller "In The Mood":


77) Ray Charles "Hard Times":


80) "Ain't That A Shame":

96) "In The Still of The Night":

97) Muddy Waters "Hoochie Coochie Man":

98) "Long Tall Sally":

102) "Lollipop":


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