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50s Rock n' Roll
Little Richard followed by Bill Haley and the Comets just because I like their music
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Elvis, before he went 'Cabaret'.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj0Rz-uP4Mk Buddy Holly.........err, before he died...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04E24MKU3yU |
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Eddie Cochran (Also taken too young)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW34W67ZYG0 Chuck Berry, (After his cousin Marvin called him) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d1mZJsZGXg |
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Great idea for a thread.
I know this music is sixty years old but it still sounds fantastic! Big Joe Turner - Shake Rattle and Roll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9wTQsAgktg Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNzEM-XwuiE Elvis Presley - Trying To Get To You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SRRRhdtzY8 Frankie Ford - Roberta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAb00qcirIE Johnny Otis - Willie and the Hand Jive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kIswurDJt4 |
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I do love a bit of 50s rock n roll especially Little Richard. Genius.
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The Everly Brothers
Carl Perkins Gene Vincent. Conway Twitty. The Coasters Bobby Freeman Brenda Lee Del Shannon Neil Sedaka Paul Anka Carol King (at the Brill Building) "Nil points" to anyone who names any British "copyists," 'cept Joe Brown of course. |
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"Nil points" to anyone who names any British "copyists," 'cept Joe Brown of course. Most British rock 'n' roll records of the fifties were very poor imitations of the American original, but the following three were not - they're quite excellent. Cliff from 1958:- Cliff Richard - Move It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyHXaVWRKvQ Famously covered by the Clash, but this version from 1959 is better:- Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2j7...=RDW2j7sLUDkDM A classic from 1960 (okay, not the fifties but near enough):- Johnny Kidd and the Pirates - Shaking All Over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n327ncoU_ZU |
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Nil points to me then.
Most British rock 'n' roll records of the fifties were very poor imitations of the American original, but the following three were not - they're quite excellent. Cliff from 1958:- Cliff Richard - Move It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyHXaVWRKvQ Famously covered by the Clash, but this version from 1959 is better:- Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2j7...=RDW2j7sLUDkDM A classic from 1960 (okay, not the fifties but near enough):- Johnny Kidd and the Pirates - Shaking All Over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n327ncoU_ZU I never had any time for Cliff Richard. In my late teens, my future wife and I were walking down Old Compton Street one evening. It was around 9.00pm and we were on our way to the launderette, we had a flat in Soho and never went out to clubs etc., that early in the evening. As we passed the 2iis coffee bar (a place we never would be seen dead in), someone we knew was coming out. He told us he'd come out as they had a rubbish singer in there that week, but it'd be better next week as they were getting Joe Brown. He was of course talking about Cliff Richard. So I wasn't on my own. |
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Each to their own.
I never had any time for Cliff Richard. In my late teens, my future wife and I were walking down Old Compton Street one evening. It was around 9.00pm and we were on our way to the launderette, we had a flat in Soho and never went out to clubs etc., that early in the evening. As we passed the 2iis coffee bar (a place we never would be seen dead in), someone we knew was coming out. He told us he'd come out as they had a rubbish singer in there that week, but it'd be better next week as they were getting Joe Brown. He was of course talking about Cliff Richard. So I wasn't on my own. Joe Brown's career never took off until the early sixties. |
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After the (moderate) success of "Move It" Cliff soon changed his style to something that had much broader appeal, albeit something that is now considered naff by many. However, I do think "Move It" is a very rare example of good 1950's British rock 'n' roll.
Joe Brown's career never took off until the early sixties. I had quite a broad taste in music even at that age, pop, Motown and modern jazz, my future wife and I joined Ronny Scott's first club when it opened. I saw an advert for it in the Melody Maker and it cost us 7/6d each to join and it was free mid-week. Now it'd cost you about three hundred quid to become a member. |
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This is true, but he was well liked by "we locals."
I had quite a broad taste in music even at that age, pop, Motown and modern jazz, my future wife and I joined Ronny Scott's first club when it opened. I saw an advert for it in the Melody Maker and it cost us 7/6d each to join and it was free mid-week. Now it'd cost you about three hundred quid to become a member.
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A bluesy sounding track from Wanda Jackson - You Don't Know Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13zVpJcmUmM |
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Blimey, I didn't think anyone would post on this thread - so glad you did and you are!
![]() I never particularly liked this kind of music and it was well before my time - but now I'm older I like to hear it (I also like Sinatra now). I was really amazed to see some of the audiences in my first post sitting down - I would have had to be up and dancing! |
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Great thread. Here are three tracks often overlooked because of much larger hits from the band.
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r2HF5uHtNE Dion & The Belmonts - I Wonder Why https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAPEfdjvTqE Danny & The Juniors - Rock & Roll Is Here To Stay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXq8oQ5DNbQ |
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A bluesy sounding track from Wanda Jackson - You Don't Know Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13zVpJcmUmM |
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A bluesy sounding track from Wanda Jackson - You Don't Know Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13zVpJcmUmM Quote:
Great thread. Here are three tracks often overlooked because of much larger hits from the band.
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r2HF5uHtNE Dion & The Belmonts - I Wonder Why https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAPEfdjvTqE Danny & The Juniors - Rock & Roll Is Here To Stay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXq8oQ5DNbQ Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers were a sort of fifties version of the Jackson Five, only 100 times better (imo). I like Dion and the Belmonts, the best white doo-wop group by a mile. As we're celebrating this style of music in this thread almost sixty years after it was made that Danny and the Juniors track turned out to have quite a prophetic title. |
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Here' s more Little Richard - camping it up in 'Lucille'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Ujb6lJ_mM Having an enjoyable time listening to all this music ![]()
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I love a bit of Doo Wop........does that count as 50s Rock n Roll ?.....
Little Anthony and the Imperials.......Tears on My Pillow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we2kmO24rgE The Five Satins......In The Still Of the Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBT3oDMCWpI |
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The Big Bopper and Chantilly Lace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfx4N_-k0m4 Ritchie Valens and La Bamba - not sure rock n' roll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKX5neksd9A (have put Los Lobos film version on to compare it) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLAWPrCUQQ0 Together with Buddy Holly they were both killed in an aircrash in bad weather in the late 50s U.S. |
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The Big Bopper and Chantilly Lace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfx4N_-k0m4 Ritchie Valens and La Bamba - not sure rock n' roll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKX5neksd9A (have put Los Lobos film version on to compare it) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLAWPrCUQQ0 Together with Buddy Holly they were both killed in an aircrash in bad weather in the late 50s U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEl3UUl1Fmw |
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50s Rock Link Wray - 'Rumble' , 'Rawhide' ( Early Metal?)
Bo Diddley - 'Who Do You Love' Wanda Jackson - . 'Hard Headed Woman' |
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And, of course, the woman who invented Rock n'Roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe 'That's All'
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A bit of rockabilly? None better than Wayne Walker, All I can Do Is Cry.
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A bit of rockabilly? None better than Wayne Walker, All I can Do Is Cry.
King Cry Baby........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6YakT1zZ0o Please Mr Jailer.......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtpkqslTudg Doin' Time for being Young.......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMrWXjOuv0g and finally the very wonderful 'doo wop' song Teardrops Are Falling........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZt8dti-r14 |
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