These original songs from the 1950s deserve so much more love. Since there are far too many outstanding, mostly forgotten ...

The song was first performed in 1930, but Nina Simone’s version featuring her sultry voice made it a 1950s hit. The jazz song also had a resurgence in 1987 due to a Chanel No. 5 commercial.

The 1950s saw the birth of rock and roll, but not all the great songs were made by men. The women could rock, too.

Released in 1950, this song was written by Hoffman, Bob Merrill and Clem Watts. Eileen Barton made the song famous in the U.S., hitting No. 1 on the Billboard charts that year.

Why Paul McCartney played this 1950s song on stage when he was young During a 1974 interview with Rolling Stone’s Paul Gambaccini, Gambaccini mentioned how Wings performed a cover of Little ...

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In response to the question about a couple of popular songs from approximately 1958, two songs immediately came to mind, even though I was only 13 at the time, young but not yet in ...

Gibbs revamped the song in a more overtly summery rock version in the Sixties, nicking a riff from “(Oh) Pretty Woman,” but it can’t compare to the heat of her original recording. 11. The ...

Oh, and write songs about nuclear war, masochism, STDs and other non-typical 1950s song topics. Disc one of “The Tom Lehrer […] Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

The Seminole Community College Fine Arts Theatre is presenting a student production of Smokey Joe’s Cafe through next weekend. Created by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the show is about nine… ...