1950s music – JRo Author

1958 Top Thirteen

This is the first of the 50s years where I actually knew enough songs for it to warrent a top 13 on its own merit. A lot of these classics have stood the test and time and are still played on the radio six decades later. Others featured in movies like “That’ll Be the Day”Continue reading “1958 Top Thirteen”

1950s Top Thirteen – 53, 54, 55

So we’re still firmly in the years of Mum’s choices, not mine, and because she and Dad met while ballroom dancing, everything is heavily dance influenced. These were the songs I heard mostly in my early years – possibly even from the womb in 1959! Mambo was king, and I challenge anyone not to strikeContinue reading “1950s Top Thirteen – 53, 54, 55”