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What are your favourite songs from the 50's and 60's?

What are your favourite songs from the 50's and 60's?

Posted - January 20, 2018
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  • 5614
    I have few.
    Chuck Berry hits. This post was edited by O-uknow at January 21, 2018 11:56 AM MST
      January 20, 2018 9:00 AM MST
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  • 53
    He was unbelievable, that guy, wasn't he?
      January 20, 2018 9:12 AM MST
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  • 53509
    They are too numerous to name (or even to call to mind right now).

    "Earth Angel" by The Penguins
    "Silhouette" by [sorry, I can't find it]
    "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" by The Four Tops
    "Runaway" by Del Shannon

    And many, many more.
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      January 20, 2018 9:05 AM MST
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  • 53
    Nice choice. I've just been listening to them.  Apart from Runerway, I didn't know the others.
      January 20, 2018 9:19 AM MST
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  • 19937
    "Silhouettes" was first recorded by the Rays in 1957. 
      January 20, 2018 5:05 PM MST
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  • 6988
    Silhouette by Herman's Hermits?
      January 20, 2018 5:51 PM MST
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  • 53509
    Thanks, BH Wilson, for hitting the nail on the head!  I had the title wrong; its plural instead of singular. It appears that Herman's Hermits were not the original artists, though. After your clue, I tried again and found it in wiki:

    "Silhouettes" is a song made famous by the doo-wop group The Rays in 1957. A competing version by The Diamonds was also successful. In 1965 it was a number 5 hit for Herman's Hermits, and in 1990 it was a number 10 hit in the UK for Cliff Richard.
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      January 20, 2018 7:40 PM MST
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  • The Animals - "House of the Rising Sun"  (1964)

      January 20, 2018 9:06 AM MST
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  • 53
    I think that was their first big hit, wasn't it?
      January 20, 2018 9:10 AM MST
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  • 53509
    You've posted a response to your original question instead of posting a comment to someone else's reply to your question. 

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      January 20, 2018 9:12 AM MST
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  • Not only their first hit, but the first hit for the recording of the song that was written in 1932. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at January 20, 2018 7:42 PM MST
      January 20, 2018 9:25 AM MST
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  • 53
    oops. I'm not used to all this. I'll have a look. Thanks.
      January 20, 2018 9:22 AM MST
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  • 53509
    You've just done it again. 
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      January 20, 2018 9:24 AM MST
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  • 53
    lol, I'll soon get it right.
      January 20, 2018 9:26 AM MST
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  • 53
    Hmm, done the same thing again. OK I think I've got it now.
      January 20, 2018 9:24 AM MST
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  • Welcome to AnswerMug, winston degaulle.  Everybody gets to be a rookie once.  :)
      January 20, 2018 9:27 AM MST
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  • 53
    I seem to be the champion?
      January 20, 2018 9:33 AM MST
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  • Nah ... you're going to need some more practice before you can claim the title. :)
      January 20, 2018 9:35 AM MST
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  • 19937
    Run Around Sue - Dion and The Belmonts
    In the Still of the Night - The Five Satins
    Soldier Boy - The Shirelles
    Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
    Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and The Comets

    and many, many more.
      January 20, 2018 5:09 PM MST
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  • 16791
    His Comets, not The Comets.

      January 21, 2018 5:22 AM MST
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  • 19937
    I stand corrected.
      January 21, 2018 11:59 AM MST
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  • 16791
    A play on "Halley's Comet". Edmund Halley had one comet, Bill Haley had a bunch of them. A crossover band, bridging the tail end of the Big Band era with the dawn of Rock 'n' Roll.
      January 21, 2018 2:49 PM MST
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  • 19937
    I think they were my introduction to rock 'n roll.
      January 21, 2018 6:31 PM MST
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  • 5835
      January 20, 2018 9:52 PM MST
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