Music Videos From The '50s

Chet Atkins - Mr. Sandman



youtube has a bunch of clips from this TV show. It doesn't happen in this clip but in many songs the folks in the background break in a round of polite applause for no apparent reason. it just makes me giggle

Found one

Chet Atkins - Pickin' The Blues

Last one for awhile.. my broadband isn't broadband right now. (insert something nasty about comcast here)

The Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson - Cool Love



Joe Maphis on the double neck guitar/mandolin

You can't have a fifty thread without THE KING.

This one might not be very representative, but it has personal signifigance to me, as it probably was the first English song I understood (well, about 30% of it) and could relate to. Though I wasn't physically in jail it could easily be felt like that being a teenager in the late fifties.


Elvis Presley - I Want To Be Free (colorized version)

The teeny bopper of fifties rock.


Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou

This came out before my time.
But I hear it every now and then.
I've always thought it was one SEXY song.

Peggy Lee has the "Fever"

The Platters - The Great Pretender (1956)




Debbie Reynolds - Tammy (1957)




Fats Domino - I'm in the mood for love (1957)

Fats Domino - Blue Monday (1956)



The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog (1958)



Little Richard - Keep a Knockin' (1957)

Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons (1956)



You load sixteen tons, and whattaya get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter don'cha call me, cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store


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Johnny Mathis - Chances Are (although I couldn't find a clip from the 50s this ones from the 80)





Blue Velvet-Bobby vinton ahh I just love / adore this song it makes me tingle . soo cute.



Roses are red by bobby vinton again i love this guy man and this song soo sweet yet cheesy but so sweet haha



oho oh

Little Darlin By The Diamonds!!!!! ahhhhh this song is sooooo dope i love it i had it on a cd like 5 times in a row. haha gotta love the high pitched dude!

OMG Cug I LOVE the song mr sandman i really dig the clip you found!! awesome!!!!

Bump

Yep these songs make me want to bump (What does that mean???)

Little Richard - Tutti Frutti


The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire


Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On


And we have to have more than one Elvis vid in this thread!
HeartBreak Hotel


Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me



[edit on 6/4/2007 by Cug]

What's Opera, Doc? (1957)



[edit on 7/3/2007 by djohnsto77]

We cant let the decade of the birth of Rock and Rollh be close to the 2nd page!

Bump be bop a lula Bump Bump

Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula



Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Great clip!)



Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Suzie

Danny & The Juniors - "At The Hop"



Danny & The Juniors - Rock & Roll is Here to Stay (Those are words of wisdom!)



The Silhouettes - Get a Job



The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace

Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife


Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line


Link Wray - Rumble

Johnny Preston - Running Bear (1959)

Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill (1956)

Les Paul & Mary Ford - No Place Like Home

Carl Perkins - Matchbox/Boppin' The Blues/Pointed Toe Shoes (1959)