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The Kelpie favourite 101 50s English Songs List

All song and music materials gathered from www.Wikipedia.com and www.Youtube.com .

Elvis Presley
(The King of Rock and Roll)
Elvis Aaron Presleya (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".

Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954 when Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, eager to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience, saw in Presley the means to realize his ambition. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was one of the originators of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for over two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", released in January 1956, was a number one hit. He became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs, many from African American sources, and his uninhibited performance style made him enormously popular—and controversial.
Prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at the age of 42.

26 Miles 1958 The Four Preps (Watch Video , Browse Lyric.)

A Guy Is A Guy 1952 Doris Day (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

A Lover's Question 1958 Clyde McPhatter (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

A Teenager In Love 1959 Dion and the Belmounts (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

All I Have To Do Is Dream 1958 The Everly Brothers (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

All Shook Up 1957 Elvis Presley (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

All The Way 1957 Frank Sinatra (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

At The Hop 1957 Danny and the Juniors (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Be-Bop-A-Lula 1956 Gene Vincent (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Big Man 1958 The Four Preps (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Blue Suede Shoes 1955 Carl Perkins (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Born Too Late 1958 The Poni-Tails (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Buttons And Bows 1948 Dinah Shore (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Bye Bye Love 1957 The Everly Brothers (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Chantilly Lace 1958 The Big Bopper (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Come Go With Me 1956 Del Vikings (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Come On Let's Go 1958 Ritchie Valens (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Come On-A My House 1951 Rosemary Cloney (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Crazy 'Bout You Baby 1954 The Crew-Cuts (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Daddy-O 1955 The Fontane Sisters (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Dear Hearts And Gentle People 1949 Dinah Shore (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Diana 1957 Paul Anka (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Do You Wanna Dance 1958 Bobby Freeman (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Don't be Cruel 1956 Elvis Presley (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Don't/I Beg Of You 1958 Elvis Presley (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Donna 1958 Ritchie Valens (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Dream Lover 1959 Bobby Darin (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Earth Angel 1954 The Penguins (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Fever 1958 Peggy Lee (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Goodbye, Jimmy, Goodbye 1959 Kathy Linden (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Handy Man 1959 Jimmy Jones (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Heartbreak Hotel 1956 Elvis Presley (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Hernando's Hideaway(Archie Bleyer's song) 1954 The Ventures (Watch Video, Instrumental.)

Hound Dog 1956 Elvis Presley (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Hula Love 1957 Buddy Knox (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Hummingbird 1955 Les Paul & Mary Ford (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Hushabye 1959 The Mystics (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

I Want You To Be My Baby 1955 Georgia Gibbs (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Its Almost Tomorrow 1955 The Dream Weavers (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Istanbul 1954 The Four Lads (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

It Was I 1959 Skip & Flip (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Jailhouse Rock 1957 Elvis Presley (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Johnny B. Goode 1958 Chuck Berry (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Kelpie Doll 1958 Perry Como (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Kisses Sweeter Than Wine 1957 Jimmie Rodgers (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

La Bamba 1958 Ritchie Valens (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

La Dee Lah 1958 Billy and Lillie (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Left Right Out Of Your Heart 1958 Patti Page (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Lollipop 1958 The Chordettes (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Love Is Strange 1957 Mickey & Sylvia (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Maybe Baby 1957 Buddy Holly (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Mister And Mississippi 1952 Patti Page (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Mockin' Bird Hill 1952 Patti Page (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Move it 1958 Cliff Richard (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Mr. Sandman 1954 The Chordettes (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

My Bonnie Lassie 1955 The Ames Brothers (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

My True Love 1958 Jack Scott (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

My Way 1957 Frank Sinatra (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Oh Carol 1958 Neil Sedaka (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Only You 1954 The Platters (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Party Doll 1957 Buddy Knox (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Perfidia( The Four Aces Song) 1952 The Ventures (Watch Video, Instrumental.)

Pink Shoe Laces 1959 Dodie Stevens (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Poor Little Fool 1958 Ricky Nelson (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Pretty Blue Eyes 1959 Steve Lawrence (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Put Your Head On My Shoulder 1959 Paul Anka (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Raunchy 1957 Bill Justis (Watch Video, Instrumental.)

Razzle Dazzle 1955 Bill Haley & The Comets (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Rock A Billy 1957 Guy Mitchell (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Rock Around The Clock 1955 Bill Haley & The Comets (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Rockabilly Holiday 1958 Duane Eddy (Watch Video, Instrumental.)

School Day 1957 Chuck Berry (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

See You Later Alligator 1956 Bill Haley & The Comets (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Seventeen 1955 The Fontane Sisters (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Shrimp Boats 1951 Jo Stafford (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Since I Don't Have You 1958 The Skyliners (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Sixteen Tons 1955 Tennessee Ernie Ford (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 1958 The Platters (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Start Movin' 1957 Sal Mineo (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Summertime Blues 1958 Eddie Cochran (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Tammy 1957 Debbie Reynolds (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Tears On My Pillow 1958 Little Anthony & The Imperials (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Teddy Bear 1957 Elvis Presley (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Tell Me A Story 1954 Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

That'll Be The Day 1957 Buddy Holly (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

The Ballad Of Davy Crockett 1955 Tennessee Ernie Ford (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

The Bible Tells Me So 1955 Don Cornell (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

The Great Pretender 1955 The Platters (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

The Green Door 1956 Jim Lowe (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

The Little White Cloud That Cried 1957 Johnnie Ray (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

The Wayward Wind 1956 Gogi Grant (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

To Know Him Is to Love Him 1958 The Teddy Bears (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Tom Dooley 1958 The Kingston Trio (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Tonight You Belong To Me 1956 Patience And Prudence (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Unchained Melody 1955 Les Baxter & His Orchestra (Watch Video, Instrumental.)

Venus 1959 Frankie Avalon (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Waitin' in School 1957 Nicky Nelson (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Wake Up Little Suzie 1957 The Everly Brothers (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

When 1959 The Kalin Twins (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

When I Fall in Love 1956 Nat King Cole (Watch Video, Browse Lyric.)

Where Is Your Heart (Moulin Rouge) 1954 Percy Faith & His Orchestra (Watch Video, Instrumental.)

Special Mention:
The Sound of Music
(The story about the
The Sound of Music is a wonderful piece musical production by Rodgers and Hammerstein about the story of the von Trapp family.

It first appeared at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959, starring Theodore Bikek as Captain von Trapp and Mary Martin as Maria.
It was made into a film in 1965, starring Christopher Plummer as Captain von Trapp and Julie Andrews as Maria.
The musical originated with the book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. It contains many popular songs, including "Edelweiss", "My Favorite Things", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Do-Re-Mi", "Sixteen Going on Seventeen", and "The Lonely Goatherd", as well as the title song.

Some of songs found in the film:

The Sound of Music (Watch Video, Browse Lyrics.)
My Favorite Things (Watch Video, Browse Lyrics.)
Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Listen to Song, Watch Video, Browse Lyrics.)
So long, Farewell (Watch Video, Browse Lyrics.)

Enjoy.