Top 30 Greatest Songs 1950-1959

In the First World, rock and roll, pop, swing, rhythm and blues, blues, country and rockabilly dominated and defined the decade's music. Acts like Elvis Presley, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, and Miles Davis saw lots of success during this decade of transition. Click the following link to see the top 100 songs of the 1950s: http://tsort.info/music/ds1950.htm

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1. Out of all the comments, nobody is mentioning Sixteen tons being #16?
2. Too Young/Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White/Don't Let the Stars in Your eyes/Diana/Unforgetable/I"ll Pray for you/Stranger in Paradise/That's Be the day/
3. Just celebrated my 81st birthday so grew up in the 1950's. Don't think there will ever be such a fantastic decade again. Remember every one of these (good and bad) with much affection. Thank you so much for this.
4. Awesome 😎 Channel! You got me, I just subscribed. Thanks, more power to you.
5. angel baby
6. As an 82 year old my music ranges from Ivor Novello to present day but 40's - 50-'s and 60's still remain as the best . The artistes were real interpeters of the music for everyone not just teens. Rap is just garbled limericks!
7. essa propaganda da vivo que não sai enche o saco
8. It's interesting how all these nostalgia videos never include Pat Boone. According to Dick Clark, Pat Boone out-sold Elvis 3 to 1. Pat Boone had at least a couple of his own shows, and was absolutely huge back in the 50's and early '60's. He single-handedly saved Twentieth Century Fox from bankruptcy by starring in Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959). It was Fox's last ditch effort to remain solvent. Pat Boone drew in the much needed audience to make Fox solvent again. Now he's completely ignored. How times, and loyalties change.
9. Wow - what memories this brings back!
10. you missed la bamba 😢
11. Thanks for making us remember our first year. A greeting from Spain
12. you are not even close what about johnny b good, walking to new orleans, blue suede shoes, venus, and little sister
13. brilliant so enjoyed.thankyou x
14. we are the parents and grandparents of the present generation and their music but for gods sake what are they thinking of
15. Wayward Wind,Lil Darlin,Duke of Earl,Cathy's Clown.That's Amore just to name a few.
16. 1. Jailhouse Rock 2. Hound Dog 3. Big Hunk O'Love 4. All Shook Up 5. Heartbreak Hotel 6. Love Me Tender 7. Mean Woman Blues 7. Too Much 8. I Beg of You 9. Money Honey 10. Teddy Bear 11. Don't Be Cruel 12. Hard Headed Woman 13. Blue Suede Shoes 14. Love Me 15. Don't
17. I always thought the 'First World' meant the known civilized world pre-Columbus, then came the 'New World' and then the 'Third World'.
18. Eclectic if somewhat random romp down memory lane, inc. some footage I for one had never seen, so congrats, Nathaniel. Re. your intro, it's the first time I've seen Miles Davis mentioned in the same breath as all those mainstream crooners. Are you sure that's whom you meant? Also, I think I spotted a couple of examples which were performed many years after the artist charted with the hit version - Theresa Brewer and Perry Como? The 'Jailhouse Rock' movie sequence is a bad selection because it was professionally choreographed. Elvis was such a sensation mainly because he notoriously made up his own choreography spontaneously.
19. @8:56, what is the name of the artist and song, Thank you for posting
20. Only one song ("Stranger in Paradise") from Broadway? The musical theater still produced lots of hit songs in the fifties and sixties. Songs from Guys & Dolls, My Fair Lady, The Pajama Game and several other shows were played on jukeboxes all the time.