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In your opinion, which three songs were the absolute, hands-down best songs of your high school years (late 50's)?  (Why?)
See the list below.  (Please let us know if your song is not listed; we'll add it to the list!)  DON'T FORGET TO ADD YOUR NAME!  Thanks.

3 Best 50's Songs:
Your Name
  

Songs:
"Sandy"
"Summertime Blues"
"Bye Bye Love"
Sherry McMillan
 
Songs:
Well, I'll simply have to add this one because it really was one of the all-time hits:  "All I Have to Do is Dream" by the Everly Brothers.  When I went back east in 1959, my sister, Lucy, played that crazy song over and over and over until I was so sick of it, I thought I'd barf every time I heard the word, "dream."  Finally, I broke the record to smithereens and then, as punishment, had to go and buy another copy of the dad-blamed thing for her with my own money!  Life is so harsh!  (Truthfully, if I could have her back, I'd pay for as many copies as could be found and play them all day every day - to infinity!)
 Anne Crenshaw Morin
 
Songs:
I thought of another one - one of those songs that didn't get played much because it was "suggestive," but it's really good:  "Sixty Minute Man."  I'll have it on a CD with me. 
David Yarnes
 
Songs:
"Jim Dandy" (Lavern Baker)
"A Lover's Question" (Clyde McPhatter)
"Earth Angel" (The Penguins)
Earline Isaac
 
Songs: 
"Bee Bop A Lula" (Gene  Vincent)
"Baby Let's Play House" (Presley)
"Anytime"
(Eddie Fisher--not Eddie Arnold)
David  Yarnes
 
Songs:
"Blueberry Hill" - Donny (Johnson) and I used to really love dancing to this tune - and that guy could really dance! 
 "Great Balls of Fire!"  Another really great song to dance to.  
"Unchained Melody" - So romantic
 
Oh, gosh.  Sorry.  I have to add "Love Me Tender" and "Love Me," both sung by Elvis.  Why?  My daughter is a professional musician, and these are the only songs from my teen generation that she sang.
Anne Crenshaw Morin
 
Song:
"At the Hop!"  It was such a fun song to dance to.
Sandy Larson
 
 
Song:
"I'M IN LOVE AGAIN!"  This was another song by Fats Domino that I liked, and do you guys remember . . .
"STRO - O- O-- LIN'" and the special strollin' dance? It was always on American Bandstand
No Name Provided.
 

 
Song: 
"THE DUKE OF EARL!"  Hey!  Why isn't The Duke of Earl  on that list? 
Sandy Moore

 

Songs: "THE TWELFTH OF NEVER"  and "COME, GO WITH ME"  (Del Vikings) No one could hold still when it was playing!; Twelfth of Never (Johnny Mathis)my personal most romantic song of the 50's;  Anything by the Kingston Trio with Tom Dooley being my intoduction to this amazing group who would sing me through college, marriage and little children (7 or 8 albums I think).  Judy O'Day Cunningham



A LOVER'S QUESTION

ALL AMERICAN BOY

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM

ALL THE WAY

ALVIN'S HARMONICA

AMONG MY SOUVENIRS

ANY TIME

ARE YOU SINCERE

AT THE HOP

BABY LET'S PLAY HOUSE

BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

BEE BOP A LULA

BEEP BEEP

BEYOND THE SEA

BIG HUNK OF LOVE

BIG HURT

BIG MAN

BIRD DOG

BLUEBERRY HILL

BOBBY SOX TO STOCKINGS

BYE BYE LOVE

CATCH A FALLING STAR

CATHY'S CLOWN

CHARLIE BROWN

CHIPMUNK SONG

COME SOFTLY TO ME

DANCE WITH ME

DECK OF CARDS

DONNA

DON'T

DON'T YOU KNOW

DREAM LOVER

DUKE OF EARL, THE

EARTH ANGEL

EL PASO

FOOL SUCH AS

GET A JOB

GREAT BALLS OF FIREI

HAPPY ORGAN

HARD HEADED WOMAN

HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER

HUSHABYE

I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU

I CRIED A TEAR

I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU

I'M GONNA GET MARRIED

i'M IN LOVE AGAIN

IT'S ALL IN THE GAME

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME

IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE

JIM DANDY

JOHNNY B. GOOD

KANSAS CITY

KOOKIE, KOOKIE, LEND ME YOUR COMP

LA BAMBA

LAVENDER BLUE

LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR

LITTLE STAR

LOLLIPOP

LONELY BOY

LONELY TEARDROPS

LOVE ME

LOVE ME TENDER

MACK THE KNIFE

MISTY

MR. BLUE

MY HAPPINESS

MY HEART IS AN OPEN BOOK

MY TRUE LOVE

OH CAROL

OH LONESOME ME

ONLY SIXTEEN

PATRICIA

PERSONALITY

POISON IVY

PINK SHOE LACES

POOR LITTLE FOOL

PROBLEMS

PURPLE PEOPLE EATER

PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER

QUEEN OF THE HOP

QUIET VILLAGE

ROCKIN ROBIN

RUNNING BEAR

SANDY

SEA CRUISE

SEA OF LOVE

SECRETLY

SHORT SHORTS

SHOUT

SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU

SIXTEEN CANDLES

SIXTY MINUTE MAN

SLEEP WALK

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES

SORRY

SPLISH SPLASH

STAGGER LEE

STOOD UP

STROLLIN'

SUGARTIME

SUMMERTIME BLUES

SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN

TALL PAUL

TEEN ANGEL

TEEN BEAT

TEENAGER IN LOVE

TEQUILA

THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC

THERE GOES MY BABY

THREE BELLS

TIGER

TIL I KISSED YOU

TO KNOW HIM IS TO LOVE HIM

TOM DOOLEY

TOPSY II

TURN ME LOOSE

TWELFTH OF NEVER

TWENTY SIX MILES (SANTA CATALINA)

TWILIGHT TIME

VENUS

VOLARE (NEL BLU DIPINTO BLU)

WATERLOO

WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK

WHAT'D I SAY

WHO'S SORRY NOW

WHY

WILLY AND THE HAND JIVE

WITCH DOCTOR

WONDERFUL TIME UP THERE

YAKETY YAK

 

LIST OF TOP 100 (OR SO) SONGS OF '59
 
 

Music:  "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino

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