The 100 Greatest Moments in Rock Music: The 50s

#1 Hits - 1950
'’Goodnight Irene’’ - Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers, 1951
'’Too Young’’ - Nat King Cole, 1952
’'Blue Tango’’ - Leroy Anderson, 1953
'’Song from Moulin Rouge’’ - Percy Faith, 1954
'’Little Things Mean a Lot’’ - Kitty Kallen, 1955
'’Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White’’ - Perez ''Prez'' Prado, 1956
’'Don’t Be Cruel’’/’’Hound Dog’’ - Elvis Presley, 1957
’'All Shook Up’’ - Elvis Presley, 1958
’'At the Hop’’ - Danny & The Juniors, 1959
’'Mack the Knife’’ - Bobby Darin

Ten Essential Rockabilly Songs
’’That’s All Right’’ - Elvis Presley
’’Red Hot’’ - Billy Lee Riley
’’Blue Suede Shoes’’ - Carl Perkins
’’Be-Bop-A-Lula’’ - Gene Vincent
’’Oh Boy!’’ - Buddy Holly
’’C’mon Everybody’’ - Eddie Cochran
’’I Can Help’’ - Billy Swan
’’I Hear You Knockin’’’ - Dave Edmunds
’’Goo Goo Muchk’’ - The Cramps
’’Rock This Town’’ - Stray Cats

Five Essential Brill Building Singles
’'Will You Love Me Tomorrow?’’ - The Shirelles
’'A Teenager in Love’’ - Dion & the Belmonts
’'Up on the Roof’’ - The Drifters
’'Leader of the Pack’’ - The Shangri-Las
'’We Gotta Get Out of This Place’’ - The Animals

Ten Essential Motown Songs
’'You Can’t Hurry Love’’ - The Supremes
'’I Can’t Help Myself’’ - The Four Tops
'’Dancing in the Streets’’ - Martha and the Vandellas
’'I Heard it Through the Grapevine’’ - Marvin Gaye
’'I Want You Back’’ - The Jackson 5
’'Tears of a Clown’’ - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
'’Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone’’ - The Temptations
'’Superstition’’ - Stevie Wonder
'’Upside Down’’ - Diana Ross
'’Super Freak’’ - Rick James

Techtock
1955 - Sony produces first pocket transistor radios.
1956 - Ampex develops Sel-Sync (Selective Synchronous Recording), making multitracking practical. (A year later, electric-guitar pioneer Les Paul makes the first eight-track recordings.)
1958 - The first commercial stereo LPs appear

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