Welcome to the Volume 3 of the 50s & 60s acclaimed music forum poll. This month we will deal with the years 1956, 1957 and 1958, the golden age of rock ‘n’ roll. During 1955 and 1956 the 10-inch LP albums were completely displaced by the new 12-inch format that allowed to include more songs (usually 12 songs instead of the 8 songs of the 10" LPs). In fact many of the albums that we have voted during the two first months of the poll were re-released including 4 (or more) songs even from posterior recording sessions. For instance our winner of the 1954 poll, “Chet Baker Sings”, was released again in 1956 including 6 new songs recorded in July of 1956 (while the original sessions for the first 8 songs took place the 15th of February of 1954, significantly the day after Valentine’s day).

Please submit at least 5 songs and/or albums, preferably but not necessarily with ranking, lists without ranking will get an average score of 10 points per song/album. The deadline is midnight on the 31st of March. For the scoring, rules and other details check here.

You may find useful to have a look at the albums and songs lists of:
- Acclaimed Music: 1956 albums, 1957 albums, 1958 albums, 1956 songs, 1957 songs and 1958 songs
- Rate Your Music: 1956 albums, 1957 albums, 1958 albums, 1956 songs, 1957 songs, 1958 songs and, since some of the album considered compilations in Rate Your Music are eligible on this poll, the 1956 compilations, 1957 compilations and 1958 compilations.

Have a nice poll…

My Top 5 albums of 1956-1958 as an advance:
1. ELVIS PRESLEY "Elvis Presley" (#19 in my all-time list, 1956)
2. BILLIE HOLIDAY "Lady in Satin" (1958)
3. ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST "West Side Story" (1957)
4. FRANK SINATRA "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!" (1956)
5. THE CRICKETS "The "Chirping" Crickets" (1957)

You can listen to these albums in my preliminary Spotify list: Albums 56-58

I already have an eligibility question

It is about Art Blakey's fabulous live album, "Au Club Saint Germain"

According to RYM and other sites, it was released in 1958 but as 3 separate LPs (vol. 1-3) but there was also a box set (vol. 1-3).

Do I have to list it as 3 different albums or as one ?

This is my Spotify-song list in progress (quite possible that my access will be canceled soon). Some important albums are missing, especially Sabus "Safari", Guy Warrens "Themes For African Drums" and the Folkways record of steelband The Katzenjammers.

Charlie, the two Miriam Makeba/Skylarks songs are gorgeous.
Do you know which year they are from ?

"Orlando" is from 1956 and "Mtshakasi" from 1958 (recording dates) according to this Makeba discography.

Cool; I've been searchin for a discography but couldn't find one
Thanks !

Song lists in progress

1956

1957

1958

Hey Nicolas- If you feel inclined, you can email the lists to me at your convenience. Thanks!

Perhaps we could have a "lists in progress" thread? Or maybe it would be too messy?

Before the fifties sink into oblivion: my jungle-fevered album list

1 Sabu - Palo Congo - 1957
2 Moondog - Moondog - 1956
3 Luis "Sabu" Martinez - Safari With Sabu - 1957
4 Jack Costanzo - Latin Fever - 1958
5 Little Willie John - Fever - 1956
6 Jimmy Smith - The Sounds Of Jimmy Smith - 1957
7 Guy Warren Sounds - Themes For African Drums - 1958
8 Odetta - Sings Ballads And Blues - 1956
9 Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus - 1956
10 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - At Home With - 1958

11 Bo Diddley - 1958
12 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Drum Suite - 1957
13 The Champs - Go Champs Go - 1958
14 Sabu - Sorcery! - 1958
15 The Katzenjammers [Percy Thomas Steel Orchestra] - The Enchanted Steelband - 1957
16 Harry Partch - The Bewitched - 1957
17 Ray Charles & Milt Jackson - Soul Brothers - 1958
18 Candido - In Indigo - 1958
19 Eddie Davis with Shirley Scott - Jaws - 1958
20 Henry Mancini - Touch Of Evil - 1958

21 Moondog - More Moondog - 1956
22 Big Joe Turner - The Boss Of The Blues - 1956
23 Stan Kenton - Cuban Fire - 1956
24 Nina Simone - Jazz as Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club - 1958
25 Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio - 1956
26 Ahmed Abdul-Malik - Jazz Sahara - 1958
27 Odetta - At The Gate Of Horn - 1957
28 Noble Watts - Blast Off - 1958
29 Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus - 1956
30 The Brute Force Steelband - Music to Awaken the Ballroom Beast - 1957

31 Sun Ra - Jazz by Sun Ra, Vol. 1 - 1957
32 Serge Gainsbourg - Du Chant A La Une! - 1958
33 Sil Austin - Everybody's Shakin' - 1957
34 The Three Suns - Here Come The Suns - 1958
35 Machito - Kenya - 1957
36 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Just a Closer Walk with Thee - 1957
37 Chuck Berry - After School Session - 1957
38 Sonny Rollins - Way Out West - 1957
39 Allen Toussaint - Wild Sound Of New Orleans - 1958
40 Rev. Gary Davis - Pure Religion & Bad Company - 1957

Albums:

1. Little Richard- Little Richard
2. Little Richard- Here's Little Richard
3. Miles Davis- Workin
4. Buddy Holly- The Chirpin Crickets
5. Sonny Rollins- Saxophone Colossus
6. Glenn Gould- Goldberg Variations
7. Elvis Presley- ST
8. Miles Davis- Cookin
9. John Coltrane- Blue Train
10. Miles Davis- Bags Groove
11. Bela Bartok- Concerto for Orchestra
12. Frank Sinatra- Songs For Swingin Lovers

Songs:

1. Jackie Wilson- Lonely Teardrops
2. Harry Belafonte- Jamaican Farewell
3. Ricky Nelson- Lonesome Town
4. Everly Brothers- All I Have To Do Is Dream
5. Buddy Holly- Words of Love
6. Elvis Presley- That's All Right
7. Jim Lowe- Green Door
8. Little Richard- By the Light of the Silvery Moon
9. Howlin Wolf- Smokestack Lightning
10. Buddy Holly- Everyday
11. Sonny Rollins- St. Thomas
12. Platters- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
13. Jackie Wilson- Reet Petite
14. Harry Belanfonte- Day O
15. Sam Cooke- You Send Me
16. Marty Robbins- A White Sport Coat
17. Tab Hunter- Young Love
18. Coasters- Yakety Yak
19. Little Richard- Keep a Knockin
20. Doris Day- Que Sara Sara
21. Coasters- Searchin
22. Fats Domino- Blueberry Hill

Albums :
1956 :
1 - Georges Brassens - Je m'suis fait tout p'tit (1956)
2 - Bernard Herrmann - Fahrenheit 451 OST (1956)
3 - Little Richard - Here's Little Richard (1956)
4 - Jacques Brel - Quand on a que l'amour. (1956)
5 - Miles Davis - Cookin' (1956)
6 - Miles Davis - Relaxin' (1956)
7 - Miles Davis - Steamin' (1956)
8 - Miles Davis - Workin' (1956)
9 - Bebe & Louis Barron - Forbidden Planet OST (1956)

1957 :
1 - Georges Brassens - Oncle Archibald (1957)
2 - Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud OST (1957)
3 - Miles Davis - Round About Midnight (1957)
4 - Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957)
5 - John Coltrane - Blue Train (1957)

1958 :
1 - Serge Gainsbourg - Du Chant à la Une (1958)
2 - Georges Brassens - Le Pornographe (1958)
3 - Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1958)
4 - Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo OST (1958)
5 - Bilie Holiday - Lady In Satin (1958)
6 - Miles Davis - Milestone (1958)

Yes, I love Miles DAvis



And the melting list :

1 - Georges Brassens - Je m'suis fait tout p'tit (1956)
1 - Georges Brassens - Oncle Archibald (1957)
2 - Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud OST (1957)
3 - Serge Gainsbourg - Du Chant à la Une (195
4 - Bernard Herrmann - Fahrenheit 451 OST (1956)
5 - Georges Brassens - Le Pornographe (195
6 - Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (195
7 - Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo OST (195
8 - Bilie Holiday - Lady In Satin (195
9 - Miles Davis - Round About Midnight (1957)
10 - Little Richard - Here's Little Richard (1956)
11 - Jacques Brel - Quand on a que l'amour. (1956)
12 - Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957)
13 - John Coltrane - Blue Train (1957)
14 - Miles Davis - Milestone (195
15 - Miles Davis - Cookin' (1956)
16 - Miles Davis - Relaxin' (1956)
17 - Miles Davis - Steamin' (1956)
18 - Miles Davis - Workin' (1956)
19 - Bebe & Louis Barron - Forbidden Planet OST (1956)

Romain, there is a mistake in your list. "Quand on n'a que l'amour" (the album) was released in 1957. Instead, the song of the same title was released in 1956 on an EP.

my understanding in that Miles Davis' "Workin'", though recorded in 1956, was not released until 1959. Can anyone confirm?

Yes, give me a day or so and I will trace the date of release of the albums voted so far. But yes, Romain, I'm afraid that some of the Miles Davis albums that you voted were recorded in 1956 but released later. Go to Rate Your Music and you will find the more or less correct date releases.

The songs:

1. Sabu - Nadenga - 1956

A 12-minute tour de force with hypnotic bongo drums, erratic saxophone loops, and mysterious voices from the nowhere.

2. Screaming Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell on you - 1957

One of the most covered songs in pop history. But the sluggish original is still the most exciting. The legend says, everybody in the studio was totally boozed while recording.

3. Moondog - Surf Session - 1956

In this song from his second album the blind genius from the streets of New York combines the atmospheric minimalism of his beginnings with a compelling melody.

4. The Teddy Bears - To Know Him Is To Love Him - 1958

A guilty pleasure, but Carol Conners alluring voice even turned the head of Elvis.

5./6. Little Willie John / Peggy Lee - Fever - 1956/1958

The warm and soulful original and the cool jazzy cover stand coequal side by side.

7. The Katzenjammers - Love Is a Many Splendored Thing - 1957

A cobweb becomes music in this steel band version of the Oscar-winning song.

8. Jack Costanzo - Malaguena - 1958

An orgy in rhytm. The connecting link between afro-cuban jazz and latin rock.

9. Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo: Prelude and Rooftop - 1958

The musical exposition for Alfred Hitchcocks most experimental film makes dizzy before James Stewart set a foot on the roof.

10. Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus - 1956

The brillant title track of the visionary jazz album describes the rise and fall of mankind in ten gorgeous eerie minutes.

11
Sabu : El Cumbanchero : 1957
12
Art Blakey : Blues March : 1958
13
Little Willie John : My Nerves : 1956
14
Link Wray & His Ray Men : Rumble : 1958
15
Stan Kenton : La Suerte De Los Tontos (Fortune Of Fools) : 1956
16
Henry Mancini : Peter Gunn : 1958
17
Ilunga Patrice & Misonba Victor : Mama Josefina : 1958
18
Louis Armstrong : On the Sunny Side of the Street : 1956
19
Guy Warren Sounds : The Talking Drum Looks Ahead : 1958
20
Screamin' Jay Hawkins : Orange Coloured Sky : 1958
21
Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio : Train Kept A Rollin' : 1956
22
Sabu Martinez : Ubas : 1957
23
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee : Just a Closer Walk With Thee : 1957
24
The Crickets : Not Fade Away : 1957
25
Sabu : Rhapsodia del Maravilloso : 1957
26
Sabu Martinez : Jeanette : 1957
27
Jimmy Smith : Bayou : 1956
28
Odetta : Jack O'Diamonds : 1956
29
The Champs : Midnighter : 1958
30
Sabu : Triblin cantore : 1957
31
Sonny Rollins : I'm an Old Cowhand : 1957
32
Machito : Minor Rama : 1957
33
Lazy Lester : Sugar Coated Love : 1958
34
Louis & Bebe Barron : Battle with Invisible Monster : 1956
35
Jimmy Smith : The Champ : 1956
36
Sabu : Choferito Plena : 1957
37
Herb Jeffries : Devil Is a Woman : 1957
38
Moondog : Lullaby : 1956
39
Chuck Berry : Memphis : 1958
40
The Skylarks : Orlando : 1956
41
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers : Oscalypso : 1957
42
Earl Bostic : Special Delivery Stomp : 1958
43
Jimmy Smith : There Will Never Be Another You : 1957
44
Jack Costanzo : Cumbanchero : 1958
45
The Chantels : He's Gone : 1957
46
Earl King : It Must Have Been Love : 1956
47
Guy Warren Sounds : My Story : 1958
48
Father Huddleston Band : Ndenzeni Na? : 1956
49
Mose Allison : Parchman Farm : 1958
50
The Brute Force Steelband : Perfidio : 1957
51
The John Buddy Williams Band : Saturday Night Blowout : 1956
52
Lotte Lenya : Speak Low : 1958
53
The Crickets : That'll Be The Day : 1957
54
E.T. Mensah & The Tempos : Afi Fro Fro : 1958
55
Jimmy Smith : All The Things You Are : 1957
56
Art Blakey : Amuck : 1957
57
Candido : Blue Prelude : 1958
58
Nina Simone : He's Got The Whole World In His Hands : 1958
59
Dr. Horse : Jack, That Cat Was Clean : 1958
60
The Chantels : Maybe : 1958
61
Chris Barber's Jazz Band & Sister Rosetta : Peace In The Valley : 1957
62
Ary Lobo : Pedido a Padre Cicero : 1958
63
Wynona Carr : Please Mr. Jailer : 1956
64
Duane Eddy : Rebel Rouser : 1958
65
Ike Turner : She Made My Blood Run Cold : 1957
66
Toshiro Mayuzumi : Street of Shame : 1956
67
Elmer Bernstein & Fred Katz : Sweet Smell Of Success (Theme) : 1957
68
Bo Diddley : Who Do You Love : 1956
69
Elizete Cardoso : Chega de saudade : 1958
70
Moondog : Death, When You Come to Me : 1956
71
Screamin' Jay Hawkins : Frenzy : 1957
72
Earl Bostic : Harlem Nocturne : 1956
73
Elvis Presley : Heartbreak Hotel : 1956
74
Ray Charles & Milt Jackson : How Long Blues : 1958
75
Bo Diddley : Hush Your Mouth : 1958
76
Slim Harpo : I Got Love If You Want It : 1957
77
Asha Bhosle : Ina Mina Dika : 1957
78
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee : John Henry : 1958
79
Ravi Shankar : Maru-Bihag : 1958
80
The Skylarks : Mtshakasi : 1958
81
Royal Steel Band Of Kingston, Jamaica : Peanut Vendor : 1958
82
Odetta : Santy Anno : 1956
83
Howlin' Wolf : Sitting on Top of the World : 1958
84
The Champs : Train To Nowhere : 1958
85
Allen Toussaint : Whirlaway : 1958
86
Dinah Washington : Back Water Blues : 1958
87
The Brute Force Steelband : Beastly meringue : 1957
88
Ray Charles & Milt Jackson : Blue funk : 1958
89
E.T. Mensah & The Tempos : Bus Conductor : 1958
90
Big Joe Turner : Cherry Red : 1956
91
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers : Cubano Chant : 1957
92
Henri Salvador : Dans Mon Ile : 1958
93
Boris Sarbek : Doina : 1958
94
Odetta : The Gallows Pole : 1957
95
Johnny "Guitar" Watson : Gangster of Love : 1958
96
Ray Charles : Hallelujah I Love Her So : 1956
97
Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio : Honey Hush : 1956
98
Andre Williams : Jail Bait : 1957
99
Boris Vian : Je Bois : 1956
100
Richard Berry : Louie Louie : 1957
101
The Three Suns : The Message : 1958
102
Nina Simone : My Baby Just Cares For Me : 1958
103
Otis Rush : My Love Will Never Die : 1956
104
Noble Watts : The Slide : 1958
105
Howlin' Wolf : Smokestack Lightning : 1956
106
Sun Ra : Sun Song : 1957
107
Dale Hawkins : Susie-Q : 1957
108
The Brute Force Steelband : Teach me tonight : 1957
109
Machito : Tin Tin Deo : 1957
110
Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis with Shirley Scott : Too Close For Comfort : 1958
111
Ahmed Abdul-Malik : Ya Annas (Oh, People) : 1958
112
E.T. Mensah & The Tempos : Adainkua : 1958
113
Moondog : All Is Loneliness : 1956
114
Lord Melody : Are You Guilty? : 1958
115
Cannonball Adderley : Autumn Leaves : 1958
116
Jimmy Giuffre : Blue Monk : 1958
117
Les Chakachas : Canalla : 1958
118
Ahmed Abdul-Malik : El Haris (Anxious) : 1958
119
Esquerita : Esquerita and the Voola : 1958
120
Jimmy Smith : The Fight : 1957
121
Sanford Clark : The Fool : 1956
122
Chuck Berry : Havana moon : 1956
123
Bill Doggett : Honky Tonk (Part I) : 1956
124
Wynona Carr : Hurt Me : 1956
125
Sun Ra And His Arkestra : India : 1957
126
Dory Langdon : Lonely Girl in London : 1957
127
Franco & Le Tpok Jazz : Mosala Ekomi Mpasi Embonga : 1958
128
Mabel Mafuya & The Green Lanterns : Nomathemba (A Woman's First Name) : 1956
129
Moondog : Oboe Round : 1956
130
Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis with Shirley Scott : Old Devil Moon : 1958
131
Joe Tex : Pneumonia : 1956
132
Stan Kenton : Recuerdos (Reminiscences) : 1956
133
Frankie Lee Sims : She Likes to Boogie Real Low : 1958
134
Sabu : Sorcery : 1958
135
The Champs : Tequila : 1958
136
Henry Mancini : Touch Of Evil - Main Title : 1958
137
Stephane Grappelli : Fascinating Rhythm : 1956
138
Danny & The Juniors : At The Hop : 1957
139
Abbey Lincoln : I Must Have That Man! : 1957
140
Mickey & Sylvia : Love Is Strange : 1956
141
Cal Tjader : Manuel's Mambo : 1956
142
Jacques Brel : Quand On N'a Que L'amour : 1957
143
Aretha Franklin : There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood : 1956
144
Alan Lomax & The Ramblers : Dirty Old Town : 1956
145
Dinah Washington : Show Time : 1957
146
Ray Charles & Milt Jackson : Soul Brothers : 1958
147
Serge Gainsbourg : L'Alcool : 1958
148
Sil Austin : Tell Your Story : 1957
149
The Eloise Trio : Island Woman : 1956
150
Conjunto Bernal & Mando Marroquin : La Novia Antonia : 1958

Hi Charlie Driggs, John and Romain (a big big welcome for the last two to the 50s poll!!). Many thanks for your lists.
I’m afraid I’m not going to be able to trace the eligibility of the 50s releases so exhaustively as I’ve done before for personal reasons (I got an important exam in 30th of May) but of course I will try to trace the eligibility of your voted albums and songs and the ones who got a different release date on AM and RYM. So please keep voting, don’t wait for my eligibility research, I will trace it after the voting.
Go to the eligibility thread to see details about your votes so far.

I included everything I wanted to vote for so if you could, just omit the ineligibles.

Less than 10 days for the dead line and very few lists this month so far. I can understand that the first two months (1950-1955) were unknown territory for most of us but, come on, 1956-1958 was (no doubt) one of the best periods for music!! I’m sure that EVERY poster on AM Forum could easily come up with at least a Top 10 of songs from that period. In fact it’s easy to fill a terrific Top 50 if only with songs by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Ray Charles!
Now that the poll frenzy is coming to an end so, as Eddie Cochran would have said, C’mon Everybody!

The delay on my part is due strictly to the sheer volume of music over these years. I'm definitely overwhelmed by the 3 years per month rate.

Anyway, as much as I love and respect the artists you just mentioned, Honorio, for me the 1956 album chart belongs to Ella...

1956:

Albums
Rank Artist Album
1 Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
2 Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport
3 Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook
4 Ravi Shankar - Three Classical Ragas
5 Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
6 Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus
7 Ela Fitzgerald - Ella & Louis
8 Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
9 Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
10 Billie Holliday - Lady Sings the Blues
11 Erroll Garner - Concert By The Sea
12 Georges Brassens - Vol.4 - Je m'suis fait tout p'tit
13 Elvis Presley - Elvis
14 Moondog - Moondog
15 Johnny Burnette - Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio

Songs
Rank Song Artist
1 I Love Paris - Ella Fitzgerald
2 I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - Elvis Presley
3 I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra
4 Always True To You In My Fashion - Ella Fitzgerald
5 I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash
6 The Train Kept A-Rollin' - Johnny Burnette
7 Any Way You Want Me - Elvis Presley
8 One-Sided Love Affair - Elvis Presley
9 Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
10 Be Bop a Lula - Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
11 Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
12 A Thousand Miles Away - The Heartbeats
13 I Put A Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
14 It's De-Lovely - Ella Fitzgerald
15 In The Still Of The Night - Ella Fitzgerald
16 Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
17 Diminuendo and Crescendo In Blue - Duke Ellington
18 Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley
19 Love Is Strange - Mickey and Sylvia
20 Surf Session - Moondog
21 Honey Don't - Carl Perkins
22 Love Me - Elvis Presley
23 Night And Day - Ella Fitzgerald
24 Anything Goes - Ella Fitzgerald
25 Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
26 I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra
27 Louie Louie - Richard Berry
28 Love For Sale - Ella Fitzgerald
29 Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
30 Trying To Get To You - Elvis Presley
31 Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald
32 It Happened In Monterey - Frank Sinatra
33 It's All Right With Me - Ella Fitzgerald
34 Strange Fruit - Billie Holliday
35 What Is This Thing Called Love? - Ella Fitzgerald
36 From This Moment On - Ella Fitzgerald
37 Banana Boat (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte
38 To Keep My Love Alive - Ella Fitzgerald
39 Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
40 Fever - Little Willie John
41 St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
42 Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
43 In The Still Of The Night - The Five Satins
44 Blue Moon - Elvis Presley
45 Honey Hush - Johnny Burnette
46 Stranded In The Jungle - The Cadets
47 Je me suit fait tout petit - Georges Brassens
48 Part III: Newport Up - Duke Ellington
49 Raga Jog - Ravi Shankar
50 Quand on n'a que l'amour - Jacques Brel
51 First In Line - Elvis Presley
52 Drown In My Own Tears - Ray Charles
53 Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Chuck Berry
54 The Lady Is A Tramp - Ella Fitzgerald
55 Autumn Leaves - Erroll Garner
56 Part 1: Festival Junction - Duke Ellington


1957 and 1958 will be coming in a few days....

here's my album list in progress

I tried and tried but I couldn’t. Too many great songs and albums to stay with my usual Top 25 albums and Top 50 songs. So I expanded it to a Top 30 albums and Top 60 songs list. Here it is:

ALBUMS:

1. ELVIS PRESLEY "Elvis Presley" (#19 in my all-time list, 1956)
2. BILLIE HOLIDAY "Lady in Satin" (1958)
3. ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST "West Side Story" (1957)
4. FRANK SINATRA "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!" (1956)
5. THE CRICKETS "The "Chirping" Crickets" (1957)
6. LITTLE RICHARD "Here's Little Richard" (1957)
7. CHUCK BERRY "After School Session" (1957)
8. BO DIDDLEY "Bo Diddley" (1958)
9. ELLA FITZGERALD "Sings the Cole Porter Songbook" (1956)
10. NINA SIMONE "Jazz as Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club" (1958)
11. ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG "Ella & Louis Again" (1957)
12. DUKE ELLINGTON "Ellington at Newport" (1956)
13. MILES DAVIS "Porgy and Bess" (1958)
14. SONNY ROLLINS "Saxophone Colossus" (1956)
15. ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS "Moanin'" (1958)
16. SABU "Palo Congo" (1957)
17. TITO PUENTE & HIS ORCHESTRA "Dance Mania" (1958)
18. ANTÔNIO CARLOS JOBIM & VINÍCIUS DE MORAES "Orfeu da Conceição" (1956)
19. ELIZETE CARDOSO "Canção do amor demais" (1958)
20. GEORGES BRASSENS "Nº 4 – Je me suis fait tout petit" (1956)
21. BORIS VIAN "Chansons possibles ou impossibles" (1956)
22. BERNARD HERRMANN "Vertigo" (1958)
23. MOONDOG "Moondog" (1956)
24. JERRY LEE LEWIS "Jerry Lee Lewis" (1958)
25. ELVIS PRESLEY "King Creole" (1958)
26. JOHNNY CASH "With His Hot and Blue Guitar!" (1957)
27. THE EVERLY BROTHERS "The Everly Brothers (They're Off and Rolling)" (1958)
28. JOHN COLTRANE "Blue Train" (1957)
29. MILES DAVIS "Miles Ahead" (1957)
30. NAT KING COLE "After Midnight" (1957)


SONGS:

1. CARL PERKINS "Blue Suede Shoes" (#121 in my all-time list, 1956)
2. ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST (LARRY KERT & CAROL LAWRENCE) "Somewhere (Ballet)" (#131, 1957)
3. CHUCK BERRY "Johnny B. Goode" (#194, 1958)
4. ELVIS PRESLEY "Trouble" (#196, 1958)
5. FRANK SINATRA "I've Got You Under My Skin" (1956)
6. ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (1957)
7. NINA SIMONE "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (1958)
8. BILLIE HOLIDAY "I’m a Fool to Want You" (1958)
9. RAY CHARLES "Drown in My Own Tears" (1956)
10. LITTLE RICHARD & HIS BAND "Ready Teddy" (1956)
11. CHUCK BERRY "Sweet Little Sixteen" (1958)
12. GENE VINCENT & HIS BLUE CAPS "Be-Bop-a-Lula" (1956)
13. BUDDY HOLLY "Peggy Sue" (1957)
14. ELVIS PRESLEY "All Shook Up" (1957)
15. EDDIE COCHRAN "Summertime Blues" (1958)
16. JOHNNY CASH "I Walk the Line" (1956)
17. THE CRICKETS "That'll Be the Day" (1957)
18. THE EVERLY BROTHERS "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (1958)
19. ELVIS PRESLEY "Blue Moon" (1956)
20. BERNARD HERRMANN "Vertigo: Prelude and Rooftop" (1958)
21. ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST (MICKEY CALIN & ENSEMBLE) "Cool" (1957)
22. DUKE ELLINGTON "Diminuendo in Blue" (1956)
23. SONNY ROLLINS "St. Thomas" (1956)
24. MILES DAVIS "Miles Ahead" (1957)
25. JOHN COLTRANE "Soul Train" (1957)
26. ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS "Blues March" (1958)
27. TITO PUENTE & HIS ORCHESTRA "El Cayuco" (1958)
28. SABU "El Cumbanchero" (1957)
29. ELIZETE CARDOSO "Chega de saudade" (1958)
30. ANTÔNIO CARLOS JOBIM & ROBERTO PAIVA "Lamento no morro" (1956)
31. JACQUES BREL "Quand on n’a que l’amour" (1957)
32. GEORGES BRASSENS "Marinette" (1956)
33. MAGALI NOËL "Fais-moi mal Johnny" (1956)
34. BILLIE HOLIDAY "You've Changed" (1958)
35. ELVIS PRESLEY "Love Me" (1956)
36. JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES "Try Me (I Need You)" (1958)
37. SAM COOKE "You Send Me" (1957)
38. FATS DOMINO "Blueberry Hill" (1956)
39. RAY CHARLES "Hallellujah I Love Her So" (1956)
40. JIMMY ROGERS "Walking By Myself" (1956)
41. HOWLIN’ WOLF "Smoke Stack Lightning" (1956)
42. SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS "I Put a Spell on You" (1956)
43. BO DIDDLEY "Mona" (1957)
44. LINK WRAY& HIS RAY MEN "Rumble" (1958)
45. DUANE EDDY & HIS 'TWANGY' GUITAR "Rebel Rouser" (1958)
46. ELVIS PRESLEY "Heartbreak Hotel" (1956)
47. JERRY LEE LEWIS "Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On" (1957)
48. CHUCK BERRY "Too Much Monkey Business" (1956)
49. LITTLE RICHARD & HIS BAND "Rip It Up" (1956)
50. EDDIE COCHRAN "C'mon Everybody" (1958)
51. ELVIS PRESLEY "Just Because" (1956)
52. RITCHIE VALENS "La Bamba" (1958)
53. THE EVERLY BROTHERS "Bye Bye Love" (1957)
54. LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS "Tears on My Pillow" (1958)
55. THE SKYLARKS "Orlando" (1956)
56. GEORGES BRASSENS "Je me suis fait tout petit" (1956)
57. PEGGY LEE "Fever" (1958)
58. ELLA FITZGERALD "Anything Goes" (1956)
59. FRANK SINATRA "You Make Me Feel So Young" (1956)
60. ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST (ENSEMBLE) "Gee, Officer Krupke!" (1957)


FAVOURITE COMPILATION: ELVIS PRESLEY "Elvis' Golden Records" (1958)


The Spotify links for albums and songs

Phew, it takes a lot of hard work to catch up with these years...but it's fun!

ALBUMS

1956
1. Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers
2. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
3. Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
4. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
5. Johnny Burnette - Johnny Burnette and the Rock'n'Roll Trio

1957
1. Count Basie - Basie (aka The Atomic Mr. Basie)
2. Nat 'King' Cole - Love Is the Thing
3. Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
4. Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story
5. Duke Ellington - Such Sweet Thunder

1958
1. Nina Simone - Jazz As Played in An Exclusive Side Street Club
2. Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo
3. Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
4. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
5. Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else


SONGS

1956
1. Johnny Cash – I Walk The Line
2. Gene Vincent – Be-Bop-A-Lula
3. Elvis Presley – Blue Moon
4. Frank Sinatra – I've Got You Under My Skin
5. Ella Fitzgerald – Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
6. Screamin' Jay Hawkins – I Put A Spell On You
7. Fats Domino – Blueberry Hill
8. Little Willie John – Fever
9. Ella Fitzgerald – Miss Otis Regrets
10. Johnny Burnette – The Train Kept A Rollin'
11. Elvis Presley – Don't Be Cruel
12. Little Richard – Long Tall Sally
13. Howlin' Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin'
14. Howlin' Wolf – I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
15. Ray Charles – Hallelujah I Love Her So
16. Odetta – Santy Anno
17. Harry Belafonte – Jamaica Farewell
18. Frank Sinatra – You Make Me Feel So Young
19. Frank Sinatra – Makin' Whoopee
20. Frank Sinatra – We'll Be Together Again

1957
1. Nat 'King' Cole – When I Fall In Love
2. Odetta – Gallows Pole
3. Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue
4. Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls Of Fire
5. Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
6. Count Basie – Whirly-Bird
7. Count Basie – Splanky
8. Count Basie – Lil’ Darlin
9. Sam Cooke – You Send Me
10. The Everly Brothers – Bye Bye Love
11. The Everly Brothers – Wake Up Little Susie
12. Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock
13. Little Richard – Lucille
14. Count Basie – The Kid From Left Bank
15. Count Basie – Flight Of The Foo Birds
16. Dale Hawkins – Susie-Q
17. Chuck Berry – School Day (Ring Ring Goes The Bell)
18. Elvis Presley – All Shook Up
19. Nat 'King' Cole – Stay As Sweet As You Are
20. Nat 'King' Cole – Stardust

1958
1. Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode
2. Miles Davis – Summertime
3. Eddie Cochran – Summertime Blues
4. Link Wray – Rumble
5. Bernard Herrmann – Prelude and Rooftop
6. The Everly Brothers – All I Have To Do Is Dream
7. Ritchie Valens – La Bamba
8. Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue
9. Nina Simone – Plain Gold Ring
10. Nina Simone – My Baby Just Cares For Me
11. Ricky Nelson – Lonesome Town
12. Henry Mancini – Peter Gunn
13. Dion & The Belmonts – I Wonder Why
14. Eddie Cochran – C'mon Everybody
15. Billie Holiday – I'm A Fool To Want You
16. The Impressions – For Your Precious Love
17. Ray Charles – Night Time Is The Right Time
18. Art Blakey – Moanin'
19. Cannonball Adderley – Autumn Leaves
20. Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy

Honorio, I'm afraid I probably won't have my lists ready before the 31th (the last few weeks were very busy for me). Do you mind if I post them one day later, april the 1st ? Sorry about the delay...

Of course, Mindrocker, your lists are too valuable to let it go for only 24 hours. I'll waiting for your list, no need to hurry.

1. Billie Holiday - Lady In Satin (1958)
2. Miles Davis - Porgy & Bess (1958)
3. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley(1956)
4. Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956)
5. Buddy Holly - The Chirping Crickets (1957)
6. Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (1957)
7. Elvis Presley - Elvis (1956)
8. Errol Garner - Concert By The Sea (1956)
9. Duke Ellington - At Newport (1956)
10. Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin' Lovers! (1956)

Songs:
1- Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry
2- Hound Dog, Elvis Presley
3- That'll Be the Day, Buddy Holly and the Crickets
4- Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley
5- Whoel Lotta Shakin' Goin On, Jerry Lee Lewis
6- Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley
7- Not Fade Away, Buddy Holly and the Crickets
8- Summertime Blues, Eddie Cochran
9- Roll Over Beethoven, Chuck Berry
10 You Send Me, Sam Cooke

A great welcome to all newcomers !

Honorio, my lists will be ready for tomorrow.

1956 Songs

1. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
2. Ray Charles - Lonely Avenue
3. Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin
4. Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
5. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
6. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
7. Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel
8. Gene Vincent - Be Bop a Lula
9. Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line
10. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel

1957 Songs

1. Sam Cooke - You Send Me
2. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
3. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
4. Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day
5. Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue

Many many thanks to all newcomers. Sorry Alex D but both "Folsom Prison Blues" and "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" were released in December of 1955 and voted the previous month (Folsom was elected but Fools ended just outside the gate). So not eligible for this poll, your new #1 will be for Ray Charles.

Sorry, my #25 song is not (obviously) "Soul Train" but "Blue Train"

My 1957 List:
Albums
Rank Artist Album
1 Original 1957 Broadway Cast - West Side Story
2 Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
3 Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music
4 Charles Mingus - The Clown
5 John Coltrane - Blue Train
6 Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
7 The Crickets - The "Chirping" Crickets
8 Miles Davis - Cookin' With the Miles Davis Quintet
9 Miles Davis - Round About Midnight
10 Thelonious Monk & Sony Rollins - Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins
11 Count Basie - Basie/The Atomic Mr. Basie
12 Miles Davis - Miles Ahead
13 Sonny Rollins - Way Out West

Songs
Rank Song Artist
1 Little Darlin' - The Diamonds
2 Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
3 Haitian Fight Song - Charles Mingus
4 At the Hop - Danny and the Juniors
5 Maybe Baby - Buddy Holly
6 Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
7 Come Go With Me - The Del-Vikings
8 Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
9 Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
10 Not Fade Away - The Crickets
11 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
12 Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
13 Azure - Ella Fitzgerald
14 Everyday - Buddy Holly
15 Jenny Jenny - Little Richard
16 Tcha Tcha Tcha De Mi Amor - Franco and OK Jazz
17 Lucille - Little Richard
18 Somewhere - West Side Story - Original 1957 Broadway Cast
19 Crepescule With Nellie - Thelonious Monk
20 Gee Officer Krupke - West Side Story - Original 1957 Broadway Cast
21 Locomotion - John Coltrane
22 The Kid From Red Bank - Count Basie
23 Blue Train - John Coltrane
24 Oh Boy! - The Crickets
25 That'll Be The Day - The Crickets
26 All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
27 It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Ella Fitzgerald
28 I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo
29 Keep a Knockin' - Little Richard
30 Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
31 Well You Needn't - Thelonious Monk
32 Mosala Ekomi Mpasi Embonga - Franco and OK Jazz
33 Something's Coming - West Side Story - Original 1957 Broadway Cast
34 A Boy Like That/I Have A Love - West Side Story - Original 1957 Broadway Cast
35 Suzie-Q - Dale Hawkins
36 Rock and Roll Music - Chuck Berry
37 I'm Beginning To See The Light - Ella Fitzgerald
38 New Rhumba - Miles Davis
39 Flight Of The Foo Birds - Count Basie
40 Tonight - West Side Story - Original 1957 Broadway Cast
41 Epistrophy - Thelonious Monk
42 Off Minor - Thelonious Monk
43 Do Nothing 'Till You Hear It From Me - Ella Fitzgerald
44 Airegin - Miles Davis
45 I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues - Ella Fitzgerald
46 Take The A Train - Ella Fitzgerald
47 The Clown - Charles Mingus
48 True Fine Mama - Little Richard
49 America - West Side Story - Original 1957 Broadway Cast
50 I'm An Old Cowhand - Sonny Rollins
51 Young Blood - The Coasters
52 Further Up The Road - Bobby Bland
53 Think - The Five Royales
54 Blues For Pablo - Miles Davis
55 The Way You Look Tonight - Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins
56 The Stroll - The Diamonds
57 Maria - West Side Story - Original 1957 Broadway Cast

Tomorrow: 1958!

Wish I had spent more time on this.

1956 songs
1. Elvis Presley – Hound Dog
2. Little Richard – Rip It Up
3. Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel
4. James Brown – Please, Please, Please
5. Elvis Presley – Don't Be Cruel
6. Elvis Presley – Love Me Tender
7. Little Willie John – Need Your Love So Bad
8. The Cadets – Stranded In the Jungle


1957 songs
1. Sam Cooke – You Send Me
2. Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock
3. Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite
4. The Crickets – That'll Be the Day
5. The Crickets – Not Fade Away
6. Fats Domino – I'm walking
7. Little Richard – Keep A Knockin'
8. Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On
9. Dale Hawkins – Suzie-Q


1958 songs
1. Jackie Wilson – Lonely Teardrops
2. Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode
3. Eddie Cochran – Summertime Blues
4. Little Richard – Good Golly Miss Molly
5. Peggy Lee – Fever
6. Lloyd Price – Stagger Lee
7. The Chantels – Maybe
8. Ritchie Valens – La Bamba
9. Little Willie John – Talk to Me, Talk to Me
10. Little Anthony & The Imperials – Tears On My Pillow
11. The Chantels – Maybe
12. Ritchie Valens – Donna

I cannot participate this month unfortunately. I'm typing this on my phone because my flight from Madrid was canceled and there's no flight until Friday, but they put me up in a 4-star hotel with free buffets and swimmingpool for 3 nights. So yeah, not too unhappy. Also won't be able to update the ongoing polls post for a few more days, but I think Henrik has updated it a few times as well.

1956 : songs

Listen to it on Spotify

1956 is one of the best years of all-time when it comes to popular music. It's the golden year of early rock 'n' roll. It's a great year for French chanson (one of the best Brassens albums IMO, plus Piaf, Brel, Vian, Salvador… , and for jazz as well.
I know that only 20 songs will pass, but I think that down to #35 every song deserved to be in the next round.

1 . Little Richard - Long Tall Sally

What can I say ? It's my favorite song of the rnr era. It's wild. It's crazy. It's exuberant. Like schleuse said, I don't think it's about a real woman if u know what I mean. At the heighth of his powers, LIttle Richard was better than Elvis. Than any one.

2 . Jacques Brel - Quand on n'a que l'amour

3 . Georges Brassens - Je me suis fait tout petit


4 . Jimmy Rogers - Walking By Myself

For these 3 songs, see the recommendation thread

5 . Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightening
see here

6 . Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
7 . Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
8 . Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
9 . Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes
10 . Georges Brassens - Colombine

11 . Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
12 . Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
13 . Georges Brassens - La Légende de la nonne
14 . Ray Charles - Hallelujah I Love Her So
15 . Elvis Presley - Just Because
16 . Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula
17 . Sonny Rollins - Strode Rode
18 . Screaming Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
19 . Roy Orbison - Ooby Dooby
20 . Henri Salvador - Oh si y avait pas ton père

About the French songs here : I could have included a couple more Brassens, but I had mercy of you ... The two above are adaptations of Verlaine and Victor Hugo poems. The song by Salvador is a French Calypso.
Please go to Spotify to hear it, it's hilarious (even if you don't understand French i guess). 1956 was a great year for Salvador. He showed all his talent by singing the first (and probably the only decent) French rock'n' roll songs, he recorded pop, calypso, comic songs, romantic songs, tropical music and a great LP of jazz guitar ! Most of his lyrics were written by Vian and they had a lot of fun in the studio.

21 . Lord Ivanhoe - Lift The Iron Curtain (calypso)
22 . Georges Brassens - Marinette (chanson comique)
23 . Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A Rollin'(rock)
24 . Nat King Cole - Caravan (jazz)
25 . Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line (country/rockabilly)
26 . Magali Noël - Fais-moi mal, Johnny ! (French rock'n'roll)
27 . Ella Fitzgerald - I Love Paris (vocal)
28 . Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love ? (groundbreaking rock)
29 . Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel (pop-rock)
30 . The Osborne Brothers - Ruby (bluegrass)

31 . James Brown - Please, Please, Please (doo wop/ soul)
32 . Edith Piaf - L'Homme à la moto (chanson rock-java)
33 . Little Willie John - Fever (r&b)
34 . Chuck Willis - It's Too Late (r&b)
35 . Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell (calypso pop)
36 . George Jones - Just One More (country)
37 . The Platters - My Prayer (pop)
38 . Ray Charles - Mary Ann (soul)
39 . Little Willie John - I Need Your Love So Bad (r&b)
40 . Moondog - Surf Session (???? avant garde)

41 . Odetta - Santy Anno (firecamp folk)
42 . The Skylarks feat. Miriam Makeba - Orlando (South African girl group)
43 . Henri Salvador - Y a rien d'aussi beau (French comic calypso)
44 . Lord Invader - You Don't Need Glasses To See (Trinidadian romantic calypso)
45 . Duke Ellington - Diminuendo in Blue (jazz)
46 . Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange (rock-pop)
47 . Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk (r&b)
48 . The Five Satins - In The Still Of the Night (doo wop)
49 . Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (South Side Chicago blues)
50 . Ray Price - Crazy Arms (country)

51 . Moon Mullican - Seven Nights to Rock (country rockabilly)
52 . Georges Brassens - Les croquants (chanson)
53 . Ray Harris - Come On Little Mama (r&r)
54 . Johnny Carroll & His Hot Rocks - Wild Wild Men (rock)
55 . Marty Robbins - Knee Deep In The Blues (rocknroll)
56 . BB King - Everyday I Have The Blues (blues)
57 . Franco & ok Jazz - Anduku Lusthuma (congolese rumba)
58 . Gene Vincent - Race With the devil (rocknroll)
59 . Eddy Arnold - You Don't Know Me (country)
60 . Johnny Ace - I Still Love you So (r&b)

61 . Ella Fitzgerald - Anything Goes (jazz)
62 . Carl Perkins - Honey Don't (rocknroll)
63 . Little Richard - Rip it Up (rocknroll)
64 . Mac Curtis - If I Had A Woman (rocknroll)
65 . Guy Béart - Bal chez Temporel (chanson)
66 . Edith Piaf - Les Amants d'un jour (chanson)
67 . Henri Salvador Rock'n'Roll-Mops (French comic rocknroll)
68 . Brenda Lee - Bigelow 6-200 (rocknroll)
69 . Georges Brassens - Le Testament (chanson)
70 . The Statesmen Quartet with Hovie Lister - Faith Unlocks The Door (gospel)

1957 songs

Spotify playlist


1 . Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire

2 . Little Richard - Lucille

3 . Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock

Three 24 carat gems of rocknroll

4 . Edith Piaf - La Foule

Adapted from a South American standard that she heard douring a tour, this is one of the most beautiful Piaf songs.

5 . Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
6 . Huey Piano Smith - Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie-Woogie Flu (great New Orleans r&b)
7 . Georges Brassens - Philistins (chanson)
8 . The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love (rocknroll)
9 . Chuck Berry - Rock and Roll Music
10 . Grand Kallé & l'African Jazz - Miwela Miwela (congolese rumba)

11 . Georges Brassens - Le Vin (chanson à boire)
12 . Bobby Blue Bland - Farther Up The Road (blues)
13 . Georges Brassens - Au bois de mon cœur (chanson)
14 . John Coltrane - Blue Train (jazz)
15 . Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble - The Sacrifice (Afro cuban jazz)
16 . Ray Charles - Swanee River Rock (r&b)
17 . The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie (rocknroll pop)
18 . Count Basie - Lil' Darling (jazz)
19 . Franco & l'OK Jazz - Musica Tellema (congolese rumba)
20 . Johnny Cash - Rock Island Line (country)


21 . Georges Brassens - La Marche nuptiale (chanson)
22 . Georges Brassens - Les Lilas (chanson fleurie)
23 . Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue (rocknroll)
24 . Muddy Waters - I Got My Mojo Working (Chicago blues)
25 . Johnny Cash - If The Good Lord's Willing (country rockabilly)
26 . Slim Harpo - I'm a King Bee (dirty swamp blues)
27 . Dale Hawkins - Susie Q (rocknroll)
28 . Danny & the Juniors - At The Hop (rock&pop)
29 . The Crickets - That'll Be The Day (rocknroll)
30 . Little Richard - Can't Believe You Wanna Live (rocknroll)

31 . Jackie Wilson - Reet petite (r&b)
32 . Larry Williams - Bony Moronie (rocknroll)
33 . Miles Davis - 'Round Midnight (jazz)
34 . Elvis Presley - All Shook Up (rocknroll)
35 . Johnny Horton - I'm Coming Home (rockabilly)
36 . Harry Mancini & His Orchestra - Peter Gunn (jazzy soundtrack)
37 . Sam Cooke - You Send Me (soul)
38 . Sabu - El Cumbanchero (afro cuban)
39 . Billy Lee Riley - Flying Saucers Rock'n'Roll (rnr)
40 . Leon Bukasa - Bibi Sultani (congo)

41 . Ben Bowers & Bertie King - Not Me (mento)
42 . Chuck Berry - School Day (rocknroll)
43 . Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away (rocknroll)
44 . The Del Vikings - Come Go With Me (rock pop)
45 . Lord Flea - Naughty Little Flea (calypso)
46 . Laurel Aitken - Mas Charlie (Jamaican)
47 . Rolando Laserie - Para mi isla un son (cuban son)
48 . Paul Anka - Diana (pop)
49 . Lonesome Sundown - My Home Is A Prison (swamp blues)
50 . The Coasters - Young Blood (doo wop)

51 . Leon Fylla - Guigui (Congo)
52 . Johnny Cash - I Heard that Lonseome Whistle (country)
53 . Betty Everett - My Love (r&b)
54 . Sonny Boy Williamson - 99 (blues)
55 . Connie Francis - Who's Sorry now (pop rocknroll)
56 . Tab Hunter - Young love (pop)
57 . Roberto Faz - Suena Tu Bongo (cuban son)
58 . Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do (blues)
59 . Henri Salvador - T'es à peindre (chanson)
60 . Lightnin' Slim - Hoodoo man (swamp blues)

61 . OK Jazz - Aya La Mode (Congolese rumba)
62 . Lee Jackson - Fishin' In My pound (blues)
63 . Bob Luman - Red Hot (rocknroll)
64 . Georges Brassens - L'Amandier (chanson)
65 . Charlie Gracie - Butterfly (rocknpop)
66 . Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand (pop)
67 . TV Slim - Flatfoot Sam (r&b)
68 . The Coasters - Searchin'(doo wop)
69 . Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (folk)
70 . Bo Diddley - Before You Accuse Me (blues)

Albums

1. ELLA FITZGERALD: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
2. HARRY BELAFONTE: Calypso
3. THE WEAVERS: The Weavers at Carneggie Hall (Vol. 1)
4. ODETTA: Odetta Sings Ballads & Blues
5. ELVIS PRESLEY: Elvis Presley
6. THE PLATTERS: The Platters
7. FRANK SINATRA: Songs for Swingin' Lovers
8. THE TEENAGERS: The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
9. BORIS VIAN: Chansons possibles ou impossibles
10. MEL TORMÉ: Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire
11. SONNY ROLLINS: Saxophone Colossus
12. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Ambassador Satch
13. LONNIE DONEGAN: Lonnie Donegan Showcase
14. ELLA FITZGERALD AND LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Ella and Louis
15. FATS DOMINO: This is Fats Domino
16. ELLA FITZGERALD: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook
17. BURNETTE, JOHNNY : Johnny Burnette and the Rock'n Roll Trio
18. ELVIS PRESLEY: Elvis
19. THELONIOUS MONK: The Unique Thelonious Monk
20. BILLIE HOLIDAY: Velvet Mood


Songs

1. ELVIS PRESLEY: Don’t Be Cruel
2. ELVIS PRESLEY: Hound Dog
3. HARRY BELAFONTE: The Banana Boat Song (Day O)
4. CHUCK BERRY: Roll Over Beethoven
5. ELVIS PRESLEY: Heartbreak Hotel
6. LITTLE RICHARD: Long Tall Sally
7. MICKEY & SYLVIA: Love is Strange
8. LITTLE RICHARD: Slippin' and Slidin'
9. FATS DOMINO: Blueberry Hill
10. GENE VINCENT: Be-Bop-A-Lula
11. ROY ORBISON: Ooby Dooby
12. THE PLATTERS: My Prayer
13. CARL PERKINS: Blue Suede Shoes
14. JACQUES BREL: Quand on n'a que l'amour
15. ELLA FITZGERALD: Anything Goes
16. JIMMY ROGERS: Walking by Myself
17. ELLA FITZGERALD: From This Moment On
18. ELLA FITZGERALD: Too Darn Hot
19. MIRIAM MAKEBA & THE SKYLARKS: Orlando
20. THE PLATTERS: You’ll Never Know

21. LITTLE RICHARD: Rip it Up
22. ELVIS PRESLEY: Love Me Tender
23. JACQUES BREL: Il nous faut regarder
24. RAY CHARLES: Hallelujah, I Love Her So
25. JAMES BROWN AND THE FAMOUS FLAMES: Please, Please, Please
26. CHUCK BERRY: Too Much Monkey Business
27. CARL PERKINS: Honey Don’t
28. NAT KING COLE: Caravan
29. RAY CHARLES: Lonely Avenue
30. SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS: I Put a Spell on You


Films

1. The Killing – Stanley Kubrick
2. The Man Who Knew Too Much – Alfred Hitchcock
3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Don Siegel
4. Tea and Sympathy – Vincente Minelli
5. Lust for Life – Vincente Minelli
6. Calle Mayor (Main Street) – Juan Antonio Bardem
7. Written on the Wind – Douglas Sirk
8. The Harder They Fall – Mark Robson
9. Giant – George Stevens
10. Somebody Up There Likes Me – Robert Wise
11. The Searchers – John Ford
12. Calabuch – Luis García Berlanga

Albums

1. THE CRICKETS: The "Chirping'" Crickets
2. LITTLE RICHARD: Here's Little Richard
3. LOUIS ARMSTRONG & OSCAR PETERSON: Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson
4. CHUCK BERRY: After School Session with Chuck Berry
5. ELLA FITZGERALD: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
6. JACQUES BREL: Quand on n'a que l'amour
7. ODETTA: At the Gate of Horn
8. BLOSSOM DEARIE: Blossom Dearie
9. JOHNNY CASH: With His Hot and Blue Guitar!
10. CHARLES MINGUS: A Modern Jazz Symposium
11. NAT KING COLE: After Midnight
12. ELLA FITZGERALD AND LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Ella and Louis Again
13. BO DIDDLEY: Bo Diddley
14. OSCAR PETERSON: Soft Sands
15. LAMBERT, HENDRICKS & ROSS: Sing a Song of Basie
16. COLEMAN HAWKINS & BEN WEBSTER: Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
17. THELONIOUS MONK: Thelonious Himself
18. ELLA MAE MORSE: The Morse Code
19. MILES DAVIS: Round About Midnight
20. PATSY CLINE: Patsy Cline


Songs
1. JACKIE WILSON: Reet Petit
2. ELVIS PRESLEY: All Shook Up
3. THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Bye, Bye, Love
4. THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Wake Up, Little Susie
5. THE CRICKETS: That’ll Be the Day
6. ELVIS PRESLEY: Jailhouse Rock
7. CHUCK BERRY: School Day
8. THE BOBBETTES: Mr. Lee
9. BUDDY HOLLY: Peggy Sue
10. BUDDY HOLLY: Everyday
11. CHUCK BERRY: Rock & Roll Music
12. LITTLE RICHARD: Lucille
13. LOUIS ARMSTRONG & OSCAR PETERSON: Jus One of Those Things
14. LITTLE RICHARD: Keep a Knockin’
15. SAM COOKE: I'll Come Running Back to You
16. THELONIOUS MONK: New York Sketchbook
17. SAM COOKE: You Send Me
18. BUDDY HOLLY: Listen to Me
19. BUDDY HOLLY: Not Fade Away
20. SAM COOKE: (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons

21. LOUIS ARMSTRONG & OSCAR PETERSON: Let’s Fall in Love
22. JERRY LEE LEWIS: Great Balls of Fire
23. BUDDY HOLLY: Words of Love
24. JACKIE WILSON: To Be Loved
25. THE DEL VIKINGS: Come Go With Me
26. LITTLE RICHARD: Jenny, Jenny
27. OSCAR PETERSON: Soft Sands
28. COLEMAN HAWKINS & BEN WEBSTER: Blues for Yolande
29. NAT KING COLE: Route 66
30. MILES DAVIS: Ah-Leu-Cha


Films

1. 12 Angry Men - Sidney Lumet
2. The Bridge on the River Kwai - David Lean
3. The Incredible Shrinking Man – Jack Arnold
4. Witness for the Prosecution – Billy Wilder
5. The Wings of Eagles – John Ford
6. An Affair to Remember - Leo McCarey
7. Funny Face - Stanley Donen
8. Paths of Glory - Stanley Kubrick
9. The True Story of Jesse James – Nicholas Ray
10. The Spirit of St. Louis – Billy Wilder

1958 songs

Spotify playlist

1 . Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode

(Initiatory rock)

2 . Serge Gainsbourg - Le Poinçonneur des Lilas

Great first hit for Gainsbourg about urban isolation

3 . Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Better Day

Wonderful call and response folk blues

4 . Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues

He was handsome, he was a great guitarist, he wrote wonderful short songs about teenage, and he left too soon.

5 . Nina Simone - My Baby just Cares For Me

Miraculous song between jazz, soul and rocknroll, with a classical flavor.

6 . Georges Brassens - Bonhomme (chanson about old people)
7 . Art Blakey - Blues March (one of the very first jazz songs I've heard, my dad had th 45RPM recorded in Club Saint Germain)

8 . Ritchie Valens - La Bamba

I love Ritchie Valens.

9 . Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
10 . Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly

11 . Tito Puente - El Cayuco (Cuban)
12 . Buddy Holly - Rave On (rocknroll)
13 . Georges Brassens - Le Pornographe (dirty song)
14 . Jacques Brel - Je ne sais pas (chanson)
15 . Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen (rocknroll)
16 . Henri Salvador - Dans mon île (French bossa nova song)
17 . Jerry Byrne - Lights Out (rocknroll, bad for your hairdo)
18 . Billie Holiday - I'm A Fool To Want You (heartwrenching jazz pop)
19 . Peggy Lee - Fever (pop)
20 . Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - John Henry (blues)

21 . Canonball Adderley - Autumn Leaves (jazz)
22 . Ray Charles - Yes indeed (soul)
23 . ET Mensah - All For you (Ghanaian highlife)
24 . Art Blakey - Whisper Not (jazz)
25 . Elvis Presley - Hard Headed Woman (rocknroll)
26 . Johnny Guitar Watson - Gangster Of Love (blues)
27 . The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream (rocknpop)
28 . Link Wray - Rumble (instrumental cult rock)
29 . The Platters - Twilight Time (pop)
30 . Bernard Herrmann - Prelude and Rooftop (dizzy soundtrack)

31 . Johnny Cash - Guess Things Happen That way (country, great Chris Isaak cover of that song)
32 . Jack Costanza - Maleguena (afrocuban)
33 . Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me (country)
34 . Louis Armstrong - Go Down Moses (jazz gospel)
35 . The Mighty Terror - Calypso War (calypso, of course)
36 . Henri Salvador - Je peux pas travailler (French lazy calypso)
37 . Dion & The Belmonts - I Wonder Why (rocknpop)
38 . Ray Price - City Lights (country)
39 . Ritchie Valens - Donna (rocknpop)
40 . Larry Davis - Texas Flood (blues)

41 . Paul Ebengo Dewayon & l'OK Jazz - Alliance Mode Succès (congolese rumba)
42 . The Champs - Tequila (chiliconrocknroll)
43 . Lord Ivanhoe - Belinda (calypso)
44 . Gene Simmons - Drinkin' Wine (rockabilly)
45 . Johnny Otis - Willie & the Hand Jive (r&b)
46 . The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (folkpop)
47 . Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin (rocknpop)
48 . Laurel Aitken - Boogie In My Bones (Jamaican r&b)
49 . Cliff Richard - Move It (british rocknroll)
50 . Terry Dene - Pretty Little Pearly (british rocknroll)

51 . Conway Twitty - It's only Make believe (country pop)
52 . The Silhouettes - Get A Job (doowop)
53 . Domenico Modugno - Volare (Las Vegas pop)
54 . Coasters -Yakety Yak (r&b)
55 . Beguen Band - Marie-Louise (Congo)
56 . Chuck Berry - Sweet Little rock'n Roller (rocknroll)
57 . Lord Ivanhoe - The Water Gobbler (calypso)
58 . Lazy Lester - I'm a Lover not a fighter (swamp bles)
59 . Sonny Burgess - My Bucket's Got An Hole In It (rockabilly)
60 . Bobby Freeman - Do You Wanna Dance ? (r&b)

61 . Conjonuto Bernal - Mi Unico Camino (Tejano)
62 . Charlie Walker - Pick Me Up On Your Way Down (country)
63 . Henri Salvador - Le Blouse du dentiste (French teethaching blues)
64 . Dale Hawkins - Tornado (rocknroll)
65 . Georges Brassens - La Ronde des jurons (chanson)
66 . Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Guitar Highway (blues)
67 . The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (pop)
68 . Wanda Jackson - Let's Have A Party (rocknroll)
69 . ET Mensah - John B Calypso (Calypso from Ghana)
70 . Esquerita - Believe me When i Say Rock 'n' Roll Is Here To Stay (rocknroll)

Albums

1. THE EVERLY BROTHERS: The Everly Brothers (They Are Off and Rollin)
2. BUDDY HOLLY: Buddy Holly
3. THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
4. SAM COOKE: Sam Cooke
5. JACKIE WILSON: He's So Fine
6. LITTLE RICHARD: Little Richard
7. NINA SIMONE: Jazz As Played In An Exclusive Side Street Club/Little Girl Bue
8. BLOSSOM DEARIE: Once Upon a Summertime
9. THE KINGSTON TRIO: The Kingston Trio
10. BLOSSOM DEARIE: Give Him the Ooh-La-La
11. JOHNNY CASH: Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
12. CHUCK BERRY: One Dozen Berrys
13. CARL PERKINS: Dance Album of Carl Perkins
14. ELLA FITZGERALD: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
15. JACQUES BREL: Au printemps
16. NAT KING COLE: The Very Tought of You
17. CHET BAKER: Chet Baker Sings It Could Happen to You
18. SERGE GAINSBOURG: Du chant a la une!
19. BILLIE HOLIDAY: Lady in Satin
20. ELVIS PRESLEY: King Creole

Songs

1. JACKIE WILSON: Lonely Teardrops
2. DION AND THE BELMONTS: I Wonder Why
3. THE SILOUETTES: Get a Job
4. BUDDY HOLLY: I’m Gonna Love You Too
5. THE PLATTERS: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
6. BUDDY HOLLY: Rave On
7. NINA SIMONE: My Babe Just Cares for Me
8. THE EVERLY BROTHERS: All I Have to Do is Dream
9. JACQUES BREL: Je ne sais pas
10. CHUCK BERRY: Johnny B. Good
11. EDDIE COCHRAN: Summertime Blues
12. PEGGY LEE: Fever
13. CHUCK BERRY: Sweet Little Sixteen
14. THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Maybe Tomorrow
15. LITTLE RICHARD: Good Golly Miss Molly
16. THE EVERLY BROTHERS: This Little Girls of Mine
17. BUDDY HOLLY: Maybe Baby
18. BOBBY FREEMAN: Do You Want to Dance
19. THE KINGSTON TRIO: Tom Dooley
20. THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Roving Gambler

21. EDDIE COCHRAN: C’mon Everybody
22. THE PLATTERS: Twilight Time
23. BUDDY HOLLY: Rave On
24. THE MONOTONES: Who Wrote the Book of Love
25. BUDDY HOLLY: Look at Me

Films

1. Mon oncle (My Uncle) – Jacques Tati
2. Vertigo – Alfred Hitchcock
3. The Vikings – Richard Fleischer
4. Bonjour Tristesse – Otto Preminger
5. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Richard Brooks
6. Indiscreet – Stanley Donen
7. A Time to Love and a Time to Die – Douglas Sirk
8. Touch of Evil – Orson Wells
9. The Fly – Kurt Neumann
10. The Tarnished Angels – Douglas Sirk


Honorio: I'll be in a place without internet during the Easter holidays. So if you have to change some albums in each list (especially in the case of Blossom Dearie: it was impossible for me to know for sure what year his records were released), put them in the order you think best. I trust your wisdom.

Albums
1. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis
2. Modern Jazz Quartet – Django
3. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
4. Art Blakey - Moanin'
5. Harry Belafonte - Calypso
6. Ella Fitzgerald - Cole Porter Songbook
7. Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers
8. Ella Fitzgerald - Duke Ellington Songbook
9. West Side Story Soundtrack
10. My Fair Lady Soundtrack
11. Miles Davis - Miles Ahead
12. Ella Fitzgerald - Rodgers & Hart Songbook
13. Miles Davis - Porgy & Bess
14. John Coltrane - Blue Train

Songs
1. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
2. The Champs – Tequila
3. Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
4. Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
5. Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
6. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
7. Mickey & Sylvia - Love is Strange
8. Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
9. The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
10. Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen
11. Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line
12. Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
13. Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
14. The Coasters - Yakety Yak
15. Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music
16. The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
17. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
18. Conway Twitty - Its Only Make Believe
19. Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel
20. The Diamonds - Little Darlin'

Songs was the hardest.

Great lists y'all! Nicolas & Charlie Driggs, again many gems in your lists I'm not familiar with and need to check out. Miguel, interesting film top 10s.

1958 Songs

1. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
2. The Coasters - Yakety Yak
3. Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen
4. Frank Sinatra - One for My Baby
5. Link Wray - Rumble

Just in time...

Albums

[01] Thelonious Monk | Brilliant Corners
[02] Nina Simone | Jazz As Played In An Exclusive Side Street Club
[03] John Coltrane | Blue Train
[04] Ella Fitzgerald | Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook
[05] Duke Ellington | At Newport
[06] Ella Fitzgerald | Sings The Cole Porter Songbook
[07] Billie Holiday | Lady In Satin
[08] Little Richard | Here's Little Richard
[09] Elvis Presley | Elvis Presley
[10] Frank Sinatra | Songs for Swingin' Lovers
[11] Blossom Dearie | Once Upon a Summertime
[12] Moondog | Moondog
[13] Charles Mingus | Pithecanthropus Erectus
[14] Johnny Cash | With His Hot and Blue Guitar
[15] Thelonious Monk | Monk's Music
[16] Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, and Sonny Stitt | Sonny Side Up
[17] Duke Ellington | Black, Brown and Beige
[18] Buddy Holly | The Chirping Crickets
[19] Sonny Rollins | Saxophone Colossus
[20] The "5" Royales | Dedicated To You
[21] Miles Davis | Walkin'
[22] Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong | Ella and Louis
[23] Frank Sinatra | Sings for Only The Lonely
[24] Cannonball Adderley | Somethin' Else
[25] The Modern Jazz Quartet | Django
[26] Buddy Holly | Buddy Holly
[27] Duke Ellington | Such Sweet Thunder
[28] Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong | Ella and Louis Again
[29] Miles Davis | Miles Ahead
[30] Chet Baker | It Could Happen To You

Songs

[01] Thelonious Monk | Brilliant Corners
[02] Duke Ellington | Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
[03] Howlin' Wolf | Smokestack Lightnin'
[04] Ella Fitzgerald | Every Time We Say Goodbye
[05] Chuck Berry | Roll Over Beethoven
[06] The "5" Royales | Dedicated To The One I Love
[07] Frank Sinatra | I've Got You Under My Skin
[08] Little Richard | Good Golly Miss Molly
[09] Bo Diddley | Who Do You Love?
[10] Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns | Don't You Just Know It
[11] Buddy Holly | Everyday
[12] Ella Fitzgerald | Don't Get Around Much Anymore
[13] Duke Ellington and Mahalia Jackson | Come Sunday
[14] Nina Simone | Little Girl Blue
[15] Charles Mingus | Haitian Fight Song
[16] Billie Holiday with Lester Young | Fine and Mellow
[17] Link Wray and His Ray Men | Rumble
[18] Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers | Touch The Hem of His Garment
[19] The Chantels | Maybe
[20] Johnny Cash | I Walk The Line
[21] John Coltrane | Moment's Notice
[22] Blossom Dearie | Once Upon a Summertime
[23] Sonny Rollins | St. Thomas
[24] Little Richard | Long Tall Sally
[25] Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, and Sonny Stitt | The Eternal Triangle
[26] Ahmad Jamal | Poinciana
[27] Screamin' Jay Hawkins | I Put a Spell on You
[28] Charles Mingus | Pithecanthropus Erectus
[29] Buddy Holly | That'll Be The Day
[30] Frank Sinatra | One for My Baby (and One More for The Road)
[31] Ella Fitzgerald | Miss Otis Regrets
[32] Thelonious Monk | Bemsha Swing
[33] The Everly Brothers | All I Have To Do Is Dream
[34] Billie Holiday | You've Changed
[35] Ray Charles | Hallelujah, I Love Her So
[36] Fats Domino | I'm Walkin'
[37] Moondog | All Is Loneliness
[38] Jerry Lee Lewis | Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On
[39] Elvis Presley | All Shook Up
[40] Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong | Love Is Here To Stay
[41] Buddy Holly | True Love Ways
[42] The Modern Jazz Quartet | Django
[43] Miles Davis | You Don't Know What Love Is
[44] Frank Sinatra | Come Fly With Me
[45] Peggy Lee | Fever
[46] Nina Simone | Don't Smoke In Bed
[47] Ella Fitzgerald | Blue Skies
[48] Johnny Cash | I Still Miss Someone
[49] Sam Cooke | You Send Me
[50] Chuck Berry | Johnny B. Goode

Albums 1956-58

1 . Georges Brassens | n°4 (Je me suis fait tout petit)(1956)
2 . Boris Vian | Chansons possibles et impossibles (1956)
3 . Georges Brassens | n°5 (Oncle Archibald)(1957)
4 . Ravi Shankar | Three Ragas (1956)
5 . Elvis Presley | Elvis Presley (1956)
6 . Little Richard | Here's Little Richard (1957)
7 . Art Blakey | Moanin'(1958)
8 . Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash With His Hot & Blue Guitar (1957)
9 . Georges Brassens | n°6 (Le Pornographe)(1958)
10 . Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley (1958)
11 . Nina Simone | Jazz As Played In An Exclusive side Street Club (1958)
12 . Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee | Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry Sing (1958)
13 . Art Blakey | Au Club St Germain (1958)
14 . Little Richard | Little Richard (1958)
15 . John Coltrane | Blue Train (1958)
16 . Carl Perkins | Dance Album of Carl Perkins (1958)
17 . Nat King Cole | After Midnight (1957)
18 . Serge Gainsbourg | Du chant à la une (1958)
19 . Sonny Rollins | Saxophone Colossus (1956)
20 . Fats Domino | This Is Fats Domino (1956)
21. Billie Holiday | Lady In Satin (1958)
22. Count Basie | Basie (1957)

1958:

Albums
Rank Artist Album
1 Miles Davis - Porgy & Bess
2 Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
3 Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
4 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
5 Miles Davis - Milestones
6 Little Richard - Little Richard
7 Serge Gainsbourg - Du Chant à la Une!...
8 Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely
9 The Everly Brothers - The Everly Brothers
10 Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin'
11 Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
12 Miles Davis - Relaxin' With the Miles Davis Quintet


Songs
Rank Song Artist
1 All I Have To Do Is Dream - Everly Brothers
2 Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price
3 Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
4 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters
5 Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners
6 Lonesome Town - Ricky Nelson
7 Dr. Jackle - Miles Davis
8 Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
9 Moanin' - Art Blakey
10 Get A Job - The Silhouettes
11 Trouble - Elvis Presley
12 Do You Want To Dance - Bobby Freeman
13 Rumble - Link Wray
14 The Book of Love - The Monotones
15 Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
16 Don't Take Your Guns To Town - Johnny Cash
17 Who's Sorry Now - Connie Francis
18 Rave On - Buddy Holly
19 Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers
20 Sixteen Candles - The Crests
21 Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson
22 Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini
23 Tears On My Pillow - Little Anthony and the Imperials
24 Maybe - The Chantels
25 Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
26 Gone - Miles Davis
27 Are You Real - Art Blakey
28 Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper
29 There Is Someone In This World For Me - Little Willie John
30 To Know Him Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears
31 Le Poinconneur Des Lilas - Serge Gainsbourg
32 Try Me - James Brown
33 One Summer Night - The Danleers
34 There's A Moon Out Tonight - The Capris
35 Carol - Chuck Berry
36 I Wonder Why - Dion and the Belmonts
37 Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
38 C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran
39 One For My Baby - Frank Sinatra
40 Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
41 La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
42 Hush Your Mouth - Bo Diddley
43 Two Bass Hit - Miles Davis
44 Sid's Ahead - Miles Davis
45 Buzzard Song - Miles Davis
46 What's New? - Frank Sinatra
47 The Drum Thunder Suite - Art Blakey
48 It Ain't Necessarily So - Miles Davis
49 L'alcool - Serge Gainsbourg
50 Brand New Heartache - The Everly Brothers
51 Summertime - Miles Davis
52 La femme Des Uns Sous Le Corps Des Autres - Serge Gainsbourg
53 Ooh! My Soul - Little Richard
54 Milestones - Miles Davis
55 Angel Eyes - Frank Sinatra
56 Cool Struttin' - Sonny Clark
57 It's A Lonesome Old Town - Frank Sinatra
58 This Little Girl Of Mine - The Everly Brothers

Thanks!

1956-1959 Is one of my favourite periods in music, maybe only second to the years '65-'69.


Albums 1956:

01. JOHNNY BURNETTE-Rock 'n' roll trio
02. CAL TJADER-Cal Tjader Quintet
03. TITO PUENTE-Cuban carnival
04. ART BLAKEY-Jazz messengers
05. ELVIS PRESLEY-Elvis Presley
06. JOHN JACOB NILES-American folk and gambling songs
07. TITO PUENTE-Puente in percussion
08. FATS DOMINO-This is Fats Domino
09. ODETTA-Sings ballads and blues
10. ELMER BERNSTEIN-The man with the golden arm
11. GENE VINCENT-Blue jean Bop!
12. MOONDOG-More Moondog
13. BILL EVANS-New Jazz conceptions
14. CELIA CRUZ-Canta
15. JIMMY SMITH-At Club Baby Grand vol. 1
16. LOUVIN BROTHERS-Tragic songs of life
17. RED PRYSOCK-Rock 'n' roll
18. BOB GIBSON-Offbeat folk songs
19. SONNY ROLLINS-Saxophone colossus
20. LORD BUCKLEY-Euphoria
21. EARTHA KITT-Thursday's child
22. REVEREND GARY DAVIS & PINK ANDERSON-Gospel, blues and street songs
23. JIMMY SMITH-A new sound, a new star
24. CHARLES MINGUS-Pithecanthropus erectus
25. FRANK SINATRA-Songs for swingin' lovers
26. PETE RUGOLO-Phono anomalies for hi-fi bugs
27. ART BLAKEY-Jazz messengers at the Cafe Bohemia vol. 1
28. LONNIE DONEGAN-Showcase
29. MAX ROACH-+ 4
30. JOHNNY JORDAAN-De Jordaan zingt



Individual songs 1956:

01. BO DIDDLEY-Down Home Special (Rhythm & blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBxNM7S8Ihw
02. HOWLIN' WOLF-Smokestack lightnin' (Blues)
03. ELVIS PRESLEY-Heartbreak Hotel (Rock 'n' roll)
04. WYNONA CARR-Please Mr. Jailer (Rhythm & blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohFqVw4oeM0
05. KID DYNAMITE-Koe-lin bang bang (Jazz/Latin)
06. JOHNNY CASH-There you go (Country)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGaz9NuGuzI
07. CHARLIE FEATHERS-I can't hardly stand it (Rock 'n' roll)
08. COASTERS-Down in Mexico (Doo wop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx73M0yn6uI
09. GENE VINCENT-Jezebel (Rock 'n' roll)
10. BIG MAYBELLE-That's a pretty good love (Blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBv2iWZwm14

11. WAILIN' BILL DELL-You gotta be loose (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w78h09SnziQ
12. JACQUES BREL-Quand on n'a que l' amour (Chanson)
13. PATSY CLINE-The heart you break may be your own (Country)
14. GUS JENKINS-Trouble in my home (Blues)
15. JOHNNY BURNETTE-All by myself (Rock 'n' roll)
16. TITO PUENTE-Pa' los rumberos (World/Latin)
17. SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS-I put a spell on you (Rhythm & blues)
18. ELVIS PRESLEY-Hound dog (Rock 'n' roll)
19. JOE CLAY-Ducktail (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8AWJ5_KfVU
20. NERVOUS NORVUS-Transfusion (Rock 'n' roll)

21. BILLIE HOLIDAY-Lady sings the blues (Jazz)
22. CHUCK BERRY-Roll over Beethoven (Rock 'n' roll)
23. BOB LANDERS-Cherokee dance (Rock 'n' roll)
24. ODETTA-Easy rider (Folk)
25. LITTLE RICHARD-Long tall Sally (Rock 'n' roll)
26. GLEN BARBER-Shadow my baby (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n5W1mJsVFw
27. HORACE SILVER-Señor Blues (Jazz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1BYaomHlbc
28. MIGUEL ACEVES MEJIA-El jinete (World/Latin/Mexico)
29. BUDDY JOHNSON-Bring it home to me (Rhythm & blues)
30. ART BLAKEY-Minor's holiday (live) (Jazz)

31. TITO PUENTE-Tito and Mongo on timbales (World/Latin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crVGvaN9aFU
32. WANDA JACKSON-I gotta know (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR-yDgTGiwY
33. BIG MAYBELLE-Pitiful (Blues)
34. FATS DOMINO-Blue monday (Rhythm & blues)
35. ELVIS PRESLEY-My baby left me (Rock 'n' roll)
36. SONNY ROLLINS-Strode rode (Jazz)
37. JOHN JACOB NILES-Frog went a courting (Folk)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOhbeKc7_lY
38. OTIS RUSH-My love will never die (Blues)
39. WAYNE WALKER-All I can do is cry (Rock 'n' roll)
40. SMILEY LEWIS-One night (of sin) (Rhythm & blues) also covered by Elvis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngmxqxI80Cc

41. CAL TJADER-Philadelphia mambo (Fusion/Jazz)
42. CARL PERKINS-Blue suede shoes (Rock 'n' roll)
43. HARLEY GABBARD & AUDREY HOLT-Hey baby (Rock 'n' roll)
44. CARDINALS-Choo choo (Doo wop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzgc4K55mQA
45. OSCAR PETERSON-Lester leaps in (Jazz)
46. JACKIE BRENSTON-Much later (Rhythm & blues)
47. BO DIDDLEY-Who do you love (Rhythm & blues)
48. SAMMY MASTERS-Pink Cadillac (Rock ‘n’ roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVpxPjPxyQU
49. SPIKE JONES-Little girl (Popular 50s)
50. ART BLAKEY-Infra-rae (Jazz)

51. BOB GIBSON-Mighty day (Folk)
52. MICKEY & SYLVIA-No good lover (Rock ‘n’ roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LDUBo1w_Rk
53. CELIA CRUZ-Goza negra (World/Latin/Cuba)
54. MAC CURTIS-The low road (Rock 'n' roll)
55. MAX ROACH-Ezz-thetic (Jazz)
56. BILL MACK-Fat woman (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZjgnTw6XKs
57. SOUL STIRRERS-Touch the hem of his garment (Gospel)
58. TIC & TOC-Jibba jab (Rhythm & blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITcQHD37Gik
59. JOHNNY MATHIS & JIMMY FAUTHEREE-Sweet love on my mind (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbmy6VAcKww
60. EARTHA KITT-Oggere (Popular 50s)

61. LOUVIN BROTHERS-Alabama (Country)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj59fB9WKus
62. GENE VINCENT-Be Bop-a-Lula (Rock 'n' roll)
63. EDDY ARNOLD-The rockin' mockin' bird (Rock 'n' roll)
64. ELMER BERNSTEIN-Frankie Machine (The man with the golden arm) (Soundtrack)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGnpJ_KdqZE
65. MUDDY WATERS-All aboard (Blues)
66. PIANO SLIM-Whammy in the gizmo (Rhythm & blues)
67. NERVOUS NORVUS-Ape call (Rock 'n' roll)
68. JOHNNY BURNETTE-Train kept a rollin’ (Rock ‘n' roll)
69. MOONDOG-Autumn (Avantgarde)
70. ROSENDO RUIZ-La jicotea (World/Latin/Cuba)

71. JIMMY SMITH-Sweet Georgia Brown (live) (Jazz)
72. ROY MONTRELL-That mellow saxophone (Rhythm & blues)
73. LITTLE RICHARD-Rip it up (Rock 'n' roll)
74. BILL EVANS-Five (Jazz)
75. HI-FI GUYS-Rock 'n' roll killed my mother (Country)
76. SLIM RHODES-Take and give (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2JabUBLz0w
77. FRANK SINATRA-I've got you under my skin (Popular 50s)
78. ANDRE WILLIAMS-Bacon fat (Rhythm & blues)
79. CURTIS JOHNSON-I don't care if the sun don't shine (Rock 'n' roll)
80. AMÁLIA RODRIGUES-Cuidado coração (World/Europe/Portugal)

81. ROSCO GORDON-Let's get high (Rhythm & blues)
82. ARTHUR LEE MAYE & THE CROWNS-That's what I'm gonna do (Doo wop)
83. JOHNNY CASH-I walk the line (Country)
84. PETE RUGOLO-For hi-fi bugs (Popular 50s)
85. ELVIS PRESLEY-Money honey (Rock 'n' roll)
86. PINK ANDERSON-John Henry (Folk)
87. LIL' MILLET-Rock around the clock (Rock 'n' roll) not the Bill Haley song.
88. CARL PERKINS-Honey don't (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TMF3eK2ojY
89. AMOS MILBURN-Chicken shack boogie (second version) (Rhythm & blues)
90. LITTLE WILLIE JOHN-Fever (Rhythm & blues)

91. HOWLIN' WOLF-I asked for water, she gave me gasoline (Blues)
92. JOHNNY DUNCAN-Ella Speed (Skiffle)
93. LAVERN BAKER-Jim Dandy (Rhythm & blues)
94. ART BLAKEY-Carol's interlude (Jazz)
95. LORD BUCKLEY-Jonah and the whale (Spoken word)
96. JIMMY LIGGINS-Shuffle shuck (Rhythm & blues)
97. SMILEY LEWIS-Shame shame shame (Rhythm & blues)
98. JUMPING JAGUARS-Shut the door baby (Rock 'n' roll)
99. JIMMY SCOTT-All or nothing at all (Popular 50s/Jazz)
100. SUN RA-Saturn (Jazz)

101. BOB GIBSON-Lula gal (Folk)
102. BIG WALTER & HIS THUNDERBIRDS-Pack, fair and square (Rhythm & blues)
103. CHUCK BERRY-Havana moon (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55zs53gMdRc
104. SANFORD CLARK-The fool (Rock 'n' roll)
105. JIMMY ROGERS-Walking by myself (Blues)
106. PETE SEEGER-Wasn't that a time (live) (Folk)
107. CADETS-Stranded in the jungle (Doo wop)
108. JIMMY McCRACKLIN-Savoy's jump (Rhythm & blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkZz8-rXxDI
109. LITTLE ESTHER-T' aint what you say (Rhythm & blues)
110. DORIS DAY-Whatever will be, will be (que sera, sera) (Popular 50s)

111. B.B. KING-Crying won't help you (Blues)
112. REVEREND GARY DAVIS-Blow, Gabriel (Gospel)
113. JIMMY SMITH-The way you look tonight (Jazz)
114. EDDIE TAYLOR-I’m gonna love you (Rock ‘n’ roll)
115. PATSY CLINE-I cried all the way to the altar (Country)
116. CHARLES MINGUS-Pithecanthropus erectus (Jazz)
117. 'GROOVY' JOE POOVEY-Silence baby (Rock ‘n’ roll)
118. JIMMY BOYD-Crazy mixed up blues (Rock 'n' roll)
119. LONNIE DONEGAN-I'm a rambling man (Skiffle)
120. FATS DOMINO-Blueberry Hill (Rhythm & blues)

121. PIANO RED-Ain't nobody's fool (live) (Rhythm & blues)
122. LONG TALL MARVIN-Have mercy, Miss Percy (Rock ‘n’ roll)
123. LITTLE RICHARD-The girl can't help it (Rock 'n' roll)
124. SIL AUSTIN-Slow walk (Rhythm & blues)
125. STRAATZANGERS-Het steegje (Dutch popular)
126. DR. ROSS-Terra Mae (Blues)
127. JIMMY REED-Ain't that lovin' you babe (Blues)
128. BILLY LEE RILEY-Flying saucers rock 'n' roll (Rock 'n' roll)
129. JOHNNY RAY-Just walking in the rain (Popular 50s)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCjTWYoRTzM
130. LENNIE TRISTANO-East thirty-second (Jazz)

Albums 1957:

01. GENE VINCENT-Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
02. CACHAO-Cuban jam sessions in miniature: Descargas
03. COASTERS-Coasters
04. MARTIN DENNY-Exotica
05. BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS-The chirping Crickets
06. CHARLES MINGUS-The clown
07. ART BLAKEY-A night in Tunisia
08. SABU-Palo Congo
09. CHUCK BERRY-After school session
10. JACQUES BREL-No. 2
11. CLARK TERRY-Serenade to a bus seat
12. LITTLE RICHARD-Here's Little Richard
13. SONNY ROLLINS-Vol. 2
14. JOHNNY CASH-With his hot and blue guitar
15. LAVERN BAKER-Lavern Baker
16. ART BLAKEY-Hard Bop
17. B.B. KING-Singin' the Blues
18. MACHITO-Kenya
19. HANK MOBLEY-Hank Mobley
20. PATSY CLINE-Patsy Cline
21. JOHN COLTRANE-Coltrane
22. YMA SUMAC-Legend of the Jivaro
23. YUSEF LATEEF-Jazz moods
24. LORD FLEA-Swingin' Calypsos
25. SIL AUSTIN-Slow walk rock
26. BOB GIBSON-Carnegie concert
27. HERBIE MANN-Flute souffle
28. EL DORADOS-Crazy little mama
29. MILES DAVIS-'Round about midnight
30. AMÁLIA RODRIGUES-A l' Olympia


Individual songs 1957:

01. HOWLIN' WOLF-Going back home (Blues)
02. LITTLE TOMMY BROWN-Don't leave me (Rhythm & blues)
03. KIP TYLER & THE FLIPS-Shadow street (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP5CGbXvNug
04. JERRY LEE LEWIS-Great balls of fire (Rock 'n' roll)
05. DAVE DAY-Blue moon baby (Rock 'n' roll)
06. BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS-Not fade away (Rock 'n' roll)
07. CACHAO-Estudio en trompeta (World/Latin/Cuba)
08. BO DIDDLEY-Mona (Rhythm & blues)
09. ANDRE WILLIAMS-Is it true ? (Rhythm & blues)
10. SLIM HARPO-I'm a king bee (Blues)

11. ART BLAKEY-A night in Tunesia (Jazz)
12. PRETTY BOY-Bip bop bip (Rock 'n' roll) Pretty Boy = future Soul singer Don Covay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adzd_-l3DuE
13. MARTIN DENNY-Quiet village (Popular 50s)
14. ERNIE CHAFFIN-Feelin' low (Country)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LFN9n8X-Ok
15. TONY SHEPPARD-Zach (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXZjyQk5ZTs
16. BOBBY WILLIAMS-So many women (Rhythm & blues)
17. GENE VINCENT-Hold me, hug me, rock me (Rock 'n' roll)
18. SLEEPY LaBEEF-I'm through (Rock 'n' roll)
19. CHARLES MINGUS-Haitian fight song (Jazz)
20. BILLY LEE RILEY-Red hot (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We8k2irL5_0

21. LONNIE DONEGAN-Gamblin' man (Skiffle)
22. LITTLE RICHARD-Keep a knockin' (Rock 'n' roll)
23. JIVE-A-TONES-Fire engine baby (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0n76RvhmT4
24. BIRD COLLINS-Little schoolgirl (Rock ‘n’ roll)
25. HANK MOBLEY-Mighty Moe and Joe (Jazz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js_8sqV9qeY
26. EVERLY BROTHERS-Wake up little Susie (Rock 'n' roll/Teen)
27. DALE HAWKINS-Susie Q (Rock 'n' roll)
28. SABU-El cumbanchero (World/Latin)
29. JACQUES BREL-Heureux (Chanson)
30. IKE TURNER'S KINGS OF RHYTHM-She made my blood run cold (Rhythm & blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fptq7CmrG_A

31. ELVIS PRESLEY-Jailhouse rock (Rock 'n' roll)
32. COASTERS-Searchin' (Doo wop)
33. CLARK TERRY-Serenade to a bus seat (Jazz)
34. JOHNNY & DORSEY BURNETTE-Blues stay away from me (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCGM_tdbgKY
35. KID THOMAS-The wolf pack (Rhythm & blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKR-kGxYxTU
36. BO DIDDLEY-Hey Bo Diddley (Rhythm & blues)
37. BOB GIBSON-John Riley (Folk)
38. RICHARD BERRY-Louie Louie (Rhythm & blues) one & only original version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDCSBnlg7SI
39. MOONDOG-Up Broadway (Avantgarde)
40. YVAN KIREV-Ovdoviala lissitchkata (World/Europe/Bulgaria)

41. MUDDY WATERS-Got my mojo working (Blues)
42. BENNY JOY-Hey high school baby (Rock ‘n’ roll)
43. RAYS-Daddy Cool (Doo wop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-eh_jdMdVY
44. BUDDY HOLLY-Peggy Sue (Rock 'n' roll)
45. ANDRE WILLIAMS-Jailbait (Rhythm & blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w09ukTUUhBY
46. RONNIE SELF-Rocky road blues (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTo1U2uVMsw
47. JOHN COLTRANE-Bakay (Jazz)
48. LAURA LEE PERKINS-Don't wait up (Rock 'n' roll)
49. WYNONA CARR-Touch and go (Rhythm & blues)
50. PETE SEEGER-Pretty Polly (Folk)

51. BOBBY WILLIAMS-Tarzan (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5MXSnc2jHU
52. LORD FLEA-Love (Calypso)
53. HERBIE MANN-Here's that Mann (Jazz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im1jsHmSbPs
54. CHUCK BERRY-Oh baby doll (Rock ‘n’ roll)
55. JIMMY BROWN-Hello (Rhythm & blues)
56. SONNY ROLLINS-Why don't I (Jazz)
57. FIVE STARS-Hey Juanita (Doo wop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGMzKbbnpvc
58. MARVIN RAINWATER-My brand of blues (Country/Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBC1nCCKiNY
59. HORACE SILVER-Soulville (Jazz)
60. FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA-Fix it Jesus (Gospel)

61. SIL AUSTIN-Train whistle (Rhythm & blues)
62. COWBOY BOBBY-Cap gun cowboys (Country)
63. LITTLE RICHARD-Lucille (Rock 'n' roll)
64. RAY CAMPI-It ain't me (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnlhMq8ix5Q
65. DENNIS HERROLD-Make with the lovin' (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkvrlg7nOBM
66. JOHNNY CASH-I couldn’t keep from crying (Country)
67. JERRY ARNOLD-Juliet (Rock ‘n’ roll)
68. The DUKE OF IRON-The postman (Calypso)
69. EVERLY BROTHERS-Bye bye love (Rock 'n' roll/Teen)
70. DIZZY GILLESPIE-Dizzy's blues (Jazz)

71. SHARPS-Lock my heart (Doo wop)
72. HARRY BREUER-Bumble bee bolero (Popular 50s)
73. JERRY LEE LEWIS-Whole lotta shakin' goin' on (Rock 'n' roll)
74. CELINA Y REUTILIO-Agallu sola (World/Latin/Cuba)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX9Q3_QdYm0
75. CELLOS-The be-bop mouse (Doo wop)
76. SLIM HARPO-Got love if you want it (Blues)
77. YMA SUMAC-Nina (World/latin/Peru)
78. DIAMONDS-Little darlin' (Doo wop)
79. FRANK DEATON & THE MAD LADS-Just a little bit more (Rock ‘n’ roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYNLg-5UTw
80. GENE VINCENT-Cat man (Rock 'n' roll)

81. COASTERS-Young blood (Doo wop)
82. THURSTON HARRIS-Little bitty pretty one (Rhythm & blues)
83. MARIE BRYANT-Don’t touch me tomato (Calypso)
84. HERBIE MANN & BOBBY JASPAR-Tel Aviv (Jazz)
85. BILLY LEE RILEY-Your cash ain't nothing but trash (Rock 'n' roll)
86. MACHITO-Frenzy (World/Latin/Cuba)
87. RENE HALL-Twitchy (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6JPoVUukEE
88. RIC CARTEY-Scratching on my screen (Rock ‘n’ roll)
89. PAUL ANKA-Diana (Teen)
90. TADD DAMERON-Mating call (Jazz)

91. LÉON BUKASA-Bibi Bertha mosoko (World/Africa/Congo)
92. HARPER-BRINSON BAND-Harper’s Express (Blues)
93. ART BLAKEY-Stanley’s stiff chickens (Jazz)
94. MAGIC SAM-Love me with a feeling (Blues)
95. BILLY BARRIX-Almost (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytDBf-_gzAg
96. SHIRLEY BASSEY-You, you Romeo (Popular 50s)
97. DANNY & THE JUNIORS-At the hop (Rock ‘n’ roll)
98. SONNY ROLLINS-Wail march (Jazz)
99. VIPERS-Cumberland gap (Skiffle)
100. SONNY BURGESS-Goin’ home (Rock ‘n’ roll)

101. SABU-Choferito (World/Latin)
102. RAY HARRIS-Lonely wolf (Rock ‘n’ roll)
103. YUSEF LATEEF-Happyology (Jazz)
104. DON & DEWEY-Jungle hop (Rock ‘n’ roll)
105. CHARLES SHEFFIELD-You move me (Rhythm & blues)
106. MILES DAVIS-'Round midnight (Jazz)
107. TERRY DALY & THE NU-TONES-You don’t bug me (Rock ‘n’ roll)
108. RAY SCOTT-Wig wam Willie (Rock ‘n’ roll)
109. PATSY CLINE-Three cigarettes in an ashtray (Country)
110. GARDENIAS-Laughin' at you (Doo wop)

111. JAMES BROWN-Just won’t do right (Rhythm & blues/Soul)
112. WYNONA CARR-Ding dong daddy (Rhythm & blues)
113. CLARK TERRY-Boomerang (Jazz)
114. JODIMARS-Later (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nE9qHohsjU
115. JESSE ALLEN-Love you baby (Rock ‘n’ roll)
116. BUDDY HOLLY-That'll be the day (Rock 'n' roll)
117. MIGUELITO VALDÉZ-Se formo el rumbon (World/Latin)
118. KENNY DORHAM-I'll remember April (Jazz)
119. MAGNIFICENTS-Baby I need you (Doo wop)
120. FLOYD DIXON-Ooh little girl (Rhythm & blues)

121. SLIM HARPO-Wild about my baby (Blues)
122. JIMMY PRITCHETT-That’s the way I feel (Rock ‘n’ roll)
123. DAVE GUARD& THE CALYPSONIANS-Run Joe (Folk) song by future Kingston Trio frontman.
124. EDDIE COCHRAN-Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie (Rock 'n' roll)
125. DON WILLIS-Boppin’ high school baby (Rock ‘n’ roll)
126. RAUL SHAW MORENO-Carnavalingo (World/Latin/Bolivia)
127. ROSCO GORDON-Tummer Tee (Rhythm & blues)
128. JOE BENNETT & THE SPARKLETONES-Black slacks (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjtKnyLmUbM
129. AMÁLIA RODRIGUES-Nem as paredes confesso (World/Europe/Portugal)
130. CHARLES MINGUS-The clown (Jazz)

Albums 1958:

01. BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley
02. LITTLE RICHARD-Little Richard
03. SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS-I put a spell on you
04. JOHNNY CASH-Sings the songs that made him famous
05. SONNY CLARK-Cool struttin'
06. FRANK SINATRA-Sings for only the lonely
07. MILES DAVIS-Ascenseur pour l' echafaud
08. MONGO SANTAMARIA-Yambu
09. BUDDY HOLLY-Buddy Holly
10. NINA SIMONE-Jazz as played in an exlusive side street club
11. JACQUES BREL-No. 3
12. EVERLY BROTHERS-Songs our daddy taught us
13. ART BLAKEY-Moanin'
14. DUO LOS AHIJADOS-Duo Los Ahijados
15. MARTIN DENNY-Forbidden island
16. ELVIS PRESLEY-King Creole
17. B.B. KING-The Blues
18. JOHN COLTRANE-Blue train
19. CORTIJO-Baile con Cortijo Y Su Combo
20. RAY CHARLES-At Newport
21. ARTHUR LYMAN-Taboo
22. CARL PERKINS-Dance album
23. PEREZ PRADO-Mambo happy
24. LENNY BRUCE-Interviews of our times
25. SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE-Brownie Mcghee & Sonny Terry sing
26. JOHNNY OTIS-The Johnny Otis Show
27. ESQUIVEL-Four corners of the world
28. RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT-Takes the floor
29. EVERLY BROTHERS-Everly Brothers (they're off and rolling)
30. JOHN JACOB NILES-I wonder as I wander



Individual songs 1958:

01. RAY CHARLES-Night time is the right time (Rhythm & blues)
02. NINA SIMONE-Plain gold ring (Jazz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuzkYOBtEWY
03. STRAATZANGERS-Het fiere schooiershart (Dutch popular)
04. RANDY HOBBS-You better run (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1CPWV08bDc
05. JODY REYNOLDS-Fire of love (Rock 'n' roll)
06. KIP TYLER & THE FLIPS-Jungle hop (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvH82kmANMM
07. OTIS RUSH-Keep on loving me baby (Blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFFAFrj2KgY
08. EDDIE COCHRAN-C'mon everybody (Rock 'n' roll)
09. BENNY JOY-Nosey nosey neighbors (Rock 'n' roll)
10. LITTLE RICHARD-Good golly Miss Molly (Rock 'n' roll)

11. MIGUEL ACEVES MEJIA-La malagueña (World/Latin/Mexico)
12. DION & THE BELMONTS-I can't go on (Rosalie) (Rock 'n' roll/Teen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YSAIbr_Unw
13. MOONLIGHTERS-Broken heart (Rock 'n' roll)
14. SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS-Alligator wine (Rhythm & blues)
15. ARTHUR LYMAN-Taboo (Popular 50s)
16. JOHNNY POWERS-Long blond hair (Rock 'n' roll)
17. HOWLIN' WOLF-Moanin' for my baby (Blues)
18. RAYS-Elevator operator (Doo wop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nm3dzy4vnQ
19. KIP TYLER & THE FLIPS-She's my witch (Rock 'n' roll)
20. LINK WRAY-Rumble (Rock 'n' roll)

21. OSCAR PETTIFORD-Oscalypso (Jazz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyqwYBT38rE
22. JESSE JAMES-Red hot rockin' blues (Rock 'n' roll)
23. DON & DEWEY-Justine (Rock 'n' roll)
24. EDDIE COCHRAN-Summertime blues (Rock ‘n’ roll)
25. STORMY GAYLE-Flipsville (Rock 'n' roll)
26. GLEN GLENN-If I had me a woman (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJS7BwOCVVs
27. GEORGE JONES-Color of the blues (Country)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ638fcAuks
28. ELOISE TRIO-Coconut woman (World/Latin/Bahamas)
29. JERRY LEE LEWIS-Breathless (Rock 'n' roll)
30. MOSES LONGPIECE-Slide her under the door (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i-QQnmDQJs

31. MARTIN DENNY-Primitiva (Popular 50s)
32. OTIS RUSH-All your love (Blues)
33. JOHN & JACKIE-Little girl (Rock 'n' roll)
34. ELVIS PRESLEY-Trouble (Rock 'n' roll)
35. BILL ALLEN & THE BACKBEATS-Please give me something (Rock 'n' roll)
36. JOHN JACOB NILES-Go 'way from my window (Folk)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpaAeqBhwrM
37. ART BLAKEY-The drum thunder suite (Jazz)
38. DUANE EDDY-Stalkin' (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IOQurdP5OI
39. BOBBY FREEMAN-Do you wanna dance ? (Rock 'n' roll)
40. LARRY WILLIAMS-Doomed to end this way (Rhythm & blues)

41. HENRY MANCINI-Peter Gunn (Soundtrack)
42. MICKEY HAWKS-Bip bop boom (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50f7n2yLTvs
43. MAGIC SAM-All my whole life (Blues)
44. PEREZ PRADO-Broadway Mambo (World/Latin/Cuba)
45. CHUCK BERRY-Johnny B. Goode (Rock 'n' roll)
46. KINGSTON TRIO-Little Maggie (live) (Folk)
47. ART NEVILLE-Cha dooky-doo (Rhythm & blues) the oldest of the Neville Brothers.
48. HOLLYWOOD FLAMES-Strollin' on the beach (Doo wop)
49. GLEN GLENN-One cup of coffee (Rock 'n' roll)
50. JOHNNY OTIS-Willie and the handjive (Rhythm & blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIlX4w7Bs3Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEeeGMpM_Nk

51. EVERLY BROTHERS-Down in the willow garden (Rock 'n' roll/Teen)
52. WYNN STEWART-Come on (Rock ‘n’ roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_kG8HXWmo4
53. PLAYMATES-Beep beep (Popular 50s)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4W7oZBhAJg
54. JACQUES BREL-Voici (Chanson)
55. WILD TONES-Shut ups (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9vRaWXPfaY
56. JOHNNY COPELAND-Rock 'n' roll Lily (Rock 'n' roll)
57. PEGGY LEE-Fever (Popular 50s)
58. SWEETIE JONES-Never (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnoy1X6fN0k
59. HUEY ‘PIANO’ SMITH-Don’t you just know it (Rhythm & blues)
60. FRANK SINATRA-Blues in the night (Popular 50s)

61. SONNY CLARK-Blue minor (Jazz)
62. ALAN BARNICOAT-Savage (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mc8jobkKz0
63. BUDDY HOLLY-I’m gonna love you too (Rock ‘n’ roll)
64. EARL GAINES-Now do you hear (Rock ‘n’ roll)
65. BARRY SISTERS-Hava nagila (Popular 50s)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD5nG2jEVgc
66. JOHN COLTRANE-Blue train (Jazz)
67. SECRETARIES-Oh Ricky (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFhSOPfMyeE
68. LATTIE MOORE-Why did you lie to me (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA9ZelDto-M
69. WALLY HUGHES-Bye bye baby (Rock 'n' roll)
70. SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS-Frenzy (Rhythm & blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SWXOBBrZlg

71. BOBBY ROBERTS-Big Sandy (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrDU9JOPb7s
72. G.L. CROCKETT-Look out Mabel (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy39MYr6ZeQ
73. JACKIE WILSON-Lonely teardrops (Soul)
74. GUS JENKINS-Slow down (Rhythm & blues)
75. RIO ROCKERS-Mexicali baby (Mexican r 'n' r)
76. MUDDY WATERS-Screamin’ & cryin’ (Blues)
77. CARAVANS-I'm not tired yet (Gospel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYjkNicQ9bw
78. MARVIN RAINWATER-The last time (Country/Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SZtieLJioA
79. CHUCK BERRY-Jo Jo Gunne (Rock 'n' roll)
80. DUO LOS AHIJADOS-El vacilon de pantaleon (World/Latin/Dominican Republic) future Cumbia star Cuco Valoy & his brother.

81. BIG DANNY OLIVER-Saphire (Rock 'n' roll)
82. CARL PERKINS-Everybody's trying to be my baby (Rock 'n' roll) also covered by the Beatles.
83. MONGO SANTAMARIA-Mazacote (World/Latin/Cuba)
84. JESSE JAMES-South's gonna rise again (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtLfSxC7TpA
85. GRANDPA JOE-The drunken driver (Country)
86. RICKY NELSON-Lonesome town (Rock 'n' roll/Teen)
87. SONNY & JAYCEE-You keep on doggin’ me (Rhythm & blues)
88. KEN COOK-Crazy baby (Rock ‘n’ roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rnGxvoW8ZQ
89. MAGIC SAM-21 Days in jail (Blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUU4abg0n9A
90. LOUIS ARMSTRONG-Sometimes I feel like a motherless child (Jazz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=894v6kNSYu8

91. NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS-The battleship of Maine (Folk)
92. DELL VIKINGS-Flat tire (Doo wop)
93. CORTIJO-Dejalo que suba (World/Latin/Puerto Rico)
94. O.C. HOLT-This train (Country)
95. LENNY BRUCE-Enchanting Transylvania (Spoken word/Comedy)
97. VINCE TAYLOR-Brand new Caddilac (Rock 'n' roll)
98. NAT COUTY & THE BRAVES-Woodpecker rock (Rock ‘n’ roll)
98. ROBERT MITCHUM-The ballad of Thunder Road (Popular 50s) sung by the famous actor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL9VWTzR2jA
99. ELVIS PRESLEY-One night (Rock 'n' roll)
100. MILES DAVIS-Generique (Jazz)

101. B.B. KING-Ruby Lee (Blues)
102. COZY COLE-Topsy pt. 2 (Jazz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyTyKe6mlwo
103. EVERLY BROTHERS-Claudette (Rock 'n' roll/Teen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I50X6Uky7EU
104. DALE HAWKINS-Tornado (Rock ‘n’ roll)
105. LARRY BIRDSONG-Every night in the week (Rhythm & blues)
106. JAMES BROWN-Beggin’ beggin’ (Rhythm & blues/Soul)
107. ESQUIVEL-Blue danube (Popular 50s)
108. BENNY JOY-Little bittie everything (Rock 'n' roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12hxI8EPbPg
109. OLYMPICS-Talkin' trash (Doo wop)
110. RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT-Bed bug blues (Folk)

111. SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE-Better day (Blues)
112. DON MILLER-Missile monkey (Rock ‘n’ roll)
113. RONNIE SELF-Bop-a-Lena (Rock 'n' roll)
114. JIMMY McCRACKLIN-The walk (Rhythm & blues)
115. JACQUES BREL-Je ne sais pas (Chanson)
116. BOB GIBSON-Whoa, Buck (Folk)
117. JERRY J. NIXON-Why did I ? (Rock 'n' roll)
118. SONNY HALL-My big fat baby (Rock 'n' roll)
119. MOONGLOWS-Ten commandments of love (Doo wop)
120. LARRY WILLIAMS-Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Rhythm & blues)

121. CANNONBALL ADDERLY-Somethin' else (Jazz)
122. CLEFTONES-You're so fine (Doo wop)
123. DION & THE BELMONTS-I wonder why (Rock 'n' roll/Teen)
124. TITO PUENTE-Mambo gozón (World/Latin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19r8tYwpw2o
125. RALPH BOWMAN-Tragedy of school bus 27 (Country)
126. ESQUERITA-Esquerita and the voola (Rock 'n' roll)
127. SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON-Your funeral, my trial (Blues)
128. THAD JONES-Little girl blue (Jazz)
129. COASTERS-Yakety yak (Doo wop)
130. LITTLE WALTER-Rock bottom (Blues)

After another impressive set of list by Mindrocker voting is now officially closed. Many many thanks to all the participants and congratulations for such excellent lists. A big welcome to all the newcomers (John, Romain, Superfurry, Listyguy, Alex D. and Brose). We had 15 different voters this month, 4 more than the last month. Stephan and Stone, hope you can join us again in following editions (and Harpo and nj that participated on the first edition, you are both invited to the party too).
Before beginning with the results I must say the most exciting part of ruling a poll (the ones that did it before me know what I’m talking about) is compiling the results. Seeing that your favourite song goes up when somebody else votes for it, or thinking: no, not that one, that belongs to the top 10… All while you listen on Spotify the songs that other voted and you didn’t know. In particular I’m enjoying a lot going through Mindrocker’s playlists, it's like entering a Tarantino movie (and sorry, Mindrocker, I know I'm simplifying too much).

And without further ado, these are the results for best albums of 1956. The albums going to the final round are:
1. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
2. Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
3. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
4. Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
5. Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport

Although after the first 4 votes it wasn’t even in the Top 5 finally Elvis debut album conquered the throne with more than 100 points of difference with Sinatra, the second qualified. Anyway the biggest difference still is for “Voice of Xtabay” on the first edition with 115 points more than “Ella Sings Gershwin”. The rest of the Top 10:
6. Georges Brassens - Nº 4
7. Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
8. Johnny Burnette and the Rock ‘n Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock ‘n Roll Trio
9. Moondog - Moondog
10. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis

Are you ready for more? These are the best albums of 1957:
1. Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
2. The Crickets - The "Chirping" Crickets
3. John Coltrane - Blue Train
4. Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story
5. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book

Penniman was never been threaten by the chirping Crickets, he took an early lead that never abandoned. The biggest surprise was the qualification of Ella for the third time (after Gershwin and Porter), she appeared suddenly after not being voted for the first six voters, but her high position on the last lists was enough for her qualification. The rest of the Top 10:
6. Georges Brassens - 5
7. Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar!
8. Miles Davis – Miles Ahead
9. Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners
10. Sabu – Palo Congo

Go, Ella, Go!

Let’s end with the albums results. The best albums of 1958, the ones that go to the next round are:
1. Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
2. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
3. Nina Simone - Jazz as Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club
4. Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess
5. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin'

During most of the voting period there was a tight duel between two black ladies: Billie at her twilight and Nina at her dawn. Finally the tortured Billie won the first prize and moreover Bo Diddley came like a rocket and conquered the second position at the last minute. The rest of the Top 10:
6. Little Richard – Little Richard
7. Serge Gainsbourg – Du chant à la une!...
8. Bernard Herrmann – Vertigo
9. Georges Brassens – Volume 6
10. The Everly Brothers – The Everly Brothers (They’re Off and Rolling)

Poor Georges...

...or should I say poor nicolas?

First results for the songs lists, beginning with the best songs of 1956:
1. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
2. Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
3. Chuck Berry and His Combo - Roll Over Beethoven
4. Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin
5. Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two - I Walk the Line
6. Howlin' Wolf - Smoke Stack Lightning
7. Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel
8. Little Richard and His Band - Long Tall Sally
9. Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps - Be-Bop-a-Lula
10. Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat (Day-O)

As I told before the most interesting part of compiling the results is to see how the positions are evolving. Elvis did not reach the top position with “Heartbreak Hotel” till the last vote by Mindrocker (and I’m glad of that, “Hound Dog” was #1 of 1953 with the way-better original version by ‘Big Mama’ Thornton). And it was interesting too the battle for the 10th position, finally Belafonte won with only three voters (but in the upper part of their lists) and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins stayed outside the gates despite being voted by 7 different posters (but in the lower part of our lists) with even a #1 position (Charlie Driggs’). Contrary to what happened with Elvis, I’m not that glad of that final result. Anyway the list is (again) excellent.

Maybe it's not the time now to discuss this. Final round is in November, I surely will bring back this issue, maybe we can vote it...

Time for the best songs of 1957:
1. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
2. Sam Cooke - You Send Me
3. The Crickets - That'll Be the Day
4. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
5. Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
6. Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On
7. The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
8. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
9. Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)
10. The Crickets - Not Fade Away

A neatly rock ‘n’ roll selection with two drops of proto-soul courtesy of Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson. Although Cooke took an early lead, finally was Elvis again who gained the number one. But the real winner of 1957 was Buddy Holly who managed to put three songs on the Top 10 being as Buddy Holly or as The Crickets. And the number 11 was for Buddy too, in fact “Everyday” was the #10 but the vote of Mindrocker changed it for Buddy’s “Not Fade Away” at the very last moment. Frankly I don’t know which one I prefer: the Diddley-like “Not Fade Away” or the lullaby-like “Everyday”, they’re both fantastic. Maybe “Everyday” could have been the less obvious choice but “Not Fade Away” is the classic.

We have a triple tie at the end of the list of the best songs of 1958 so we will need a tiebreaker round. These were the most voted songs:
1. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
2. Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
3. Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops
4. The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream
5. Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly
6. Link Wray & His Ray Men - Rumble
7. Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen
8. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me
9. Peggy Lee - Fever
10. The Coasters - Yakety Yak
11. The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

As everyone could expect, Johnny was Goode and beat everyone out, obtaining 140 points more than Eddie Cochran.
But Peggy Lee, the Coasters and the Platters got 85 points each so they’re tied on the 9th position. Peggy is not going to need the tie-breaker vote because she was voted by 6 different people. But both The Coasters’ “Yakety Yak” and The Platters’ “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” were voted by three people. So:
- Miguel and Brad voted for the Platters.
- VanillaFire1000 and Alex D voted for the Coasters.
- John voted for both but the Platters were his #12 and the Coasters his #18.
So please the other 10 voters let me know your opinion:
The refreshing and humorous take on the parents-kids conflictive relationship during the 50s brilliantly penned by Leiber-Stoller and with that memorable King Curtis “yakety” sax?
Or the romantic and elegant take on true love and suffering with that velvet melody, that lush orchestral arrangement and that heavenly Tony Williams lead vocal?
Place your bets/votes, gentlemen…

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Thanks Honorio and all other voters for another exciting month of music discovery!

By far, "Smoke gets in you eyes".

And if I have to vote for the 3 best songs of 1958, I put :
1. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
2. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me
3. The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Thanks.

Another vote for Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.

An easy vote for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"

Off topic:

I do not know if you saw this thread, but I think it is very interesting. Especially for Mindrocker and Nicolas, who are genuine musical encyclopedias.

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

and to henrik : I'm a little sad Brassens didn't pass, but he's got already 2 albums going to the next round.
If Stephan had been there, maybe the n°4 would have made it. It's his best albums of the 50s IMO.

I think it might have nicolas, sorry. Blame easyJet.

Honorio, thanks for moderating this 3rd part of the 50s poll. Oh yeah, my vote goes to Yakety Yak.

Well, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" won easily the tie-breaker vote so it goes to the next round as #10 of 1958. The final 1958 songs list:
1. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
2. Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
3. Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops
4. The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream
5. Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly
6. Link Wray & His Ray Men - Rumble
7. Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen
8. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me
9. Peggy Lee - Fever
10. The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

And the Excel file

songs from 1956...

1. Elvis Presley -- Hound Dog
2. Elvis Presley -- Don't Be Cruel
3. Elvis Presley -- Heartbreak Hotel
4. Carl Perkins -- Blue Suede Shoes
5. Fats Domino -- Blueberry Hill
6. Little Richard -- Long Tall Sally
7. Johnny Cash -- I Walk The Line
8. Chuck Berry -- Roll Over Beethoven
9. Elvis Presley -- Love Me Tender
10. Gene Vincent -- Be-Bop-A-Lula
11. The Five Satins -- In The Still Of The Night
12. The Platters -- My Prayer
13. Doris Day -- Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
14. Guy Mitchell -- Singing The Blues
15. Frank Sinatra -- I've Got You Under My Skin
16. Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk
17. Bo Diddley -- Who Do You Love?
18. Fats Domino -- Blue Monday
19. Johnnie Ray -- Just Walking in the Rain
20. Jim Lowe -- The Green Door
21. Screamin' Jay Hawkins -- I Put A Spell On You
22. James Brown -- Please Please Please
23. Elvis Presley -- I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
24. Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N Roll Trio -- Train Kept-A-Rollin'
25. Howlin' Wolf -- Smokestack Lightning

songs from 1957...

1. Elvis Presley -- Jailhouse Rock
2. Buddy Holly -- That'll Be The Day
3. Sam Cooke -- You Send Me
4. Elvis Presley -- All Shook Up
5. Jerry Lee Lewis -- Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
6. The Everly Brothers -- Wake Up Little Susie
7. The Everly Brothers -- Bye Bye Love
8. Jerry Lee Lewis -- Great Balls Of Fire
9. Buddy Holly -- Peggy Sue
10. The Diamonds -- Little Darlin'
11. Danny & The Juniors -- At The Hop
12. Chuck Berry -- Rock 'N Roll Music
13. Elvis Presley -- (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
14. The Del-Vikings -- Come Go With Me
15. Chuck Berry -- School Day (Ring, Ring Goes The Bell)
16. Patsy Cline -- Walkin' After Midnight
17. Paul Anka -- Diane
18. Tab Hunter -- Young Love
19. Buddy Knox -- Party Doll
20. Elvis Presley -- Don't
21. The Coasters -- Searchin'
22. Buddy Holly -- Oh Boy!
23. Jackie Wilson -- Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)
24. Debbie Reynolds -- Tammy
25. Fats Domino -- I'm Walkin'
26. Little Richard -- Lucille
27. Frank Sinatra -- All The Way
28. Johnnie Mathis -- Chances Are
29. Jimmie Rodgers -- Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
30. Buddy Holly -- Not Fade Away
31. Little Richard -- Keep-A-Knockin'
32. Muddy Waters -- Got My Mojo Working
33. Connie Francis -- Who's Sorry Now
34. Buddy Holly -- Everyday
35. Elvis Presley -- Too Much

songs from 1958...

1. Chuck Berry -- Johnny B. Goode
2. Eddie Cochrane -- Summertime Blues
3. The Everly Brothers -- All I Have To Do Is Dream
4. The Champs -- Tequila
5. Little Richard -- Good Golly Miss Molly
6. The Platters -- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
7. Ritchie Valens -- La Bamba
8. Chuck Berry -- Sweet Little Sixteen
9. The Coasters -- Yakety Yak
10. Tommy Edwards -- Its All In The Game
11. The Elegants -- Little Star
12. Link Wray -- Rumble
13. The Everly Brothers -- Bird Dog
14. Buddy Holly -- Rave On
15. The Monotones -- Book Of Love
16. Big Bopper -- Chantilly Lace
17. Lloyd Price -- Stagger Lee
18. Conway Twitty -- It's Only Make Believe
19. Eddie Cochrane -- C'mon Everybody
20. Ritchie Valens -- Donna
21. Jackie Wilson -- Lonely Teardrops
22. The Platters -- Twilight Time
23. Elvis Presley -- Hard Headed Woman
24. The Kingston Trio -- Tom Dooley
25. Domenico Modungo -- Volare
26. The Impressions -- For Your Precious Love
27. The Skyliners -- Since I Don't Have You
28. The Silhouettes -- Get A Job
29. Duane Eddy -- Rebel Rouser
30. Buddy Holly -- Maybe Baby

Many thanks for your lists, Slick, but I can't include them (the dead line was on 31th March). But your 1959-1961 lists will be welcome, still more than 15 days for the deadline.