The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s

The 500 Greatest Songs Of The1950s Complete List

By Steve Crawford | April 29, 2020

Chuck agrees with Steve

The Greatest Song Of The 1950s Revealed

By Steve Crawford | April 26, 2020

the harbinger of something wild

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 10 – 2

By Steve Crawford | April 25, 2020

the Horatio Alger story of rock & roll

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 20 – 11

By Steve Crawford | April 22, 2020

upped the freewheeling wildness of it

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 30 – 21

By Steve Crawford | April 18, 2020

Sam Phillips: “It was the greatest thing I ever did on Elvis”

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 40 – 31

By Steve Crawford | April 15, 2020

shave and a haircut, two bits

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 50 – 41

By Steve Crawford | April 11, 2020

fast enough to let it rock, slow enough to allow the tale of teenage frustration time to brew

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 60 – 51

By Steve Crawford | April 8, 2020

a delicious sweet-and-sour dissonance

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 70 – 61

By Steve Crawford | April 4, 2020

an unflinching statement of lifelong commitment

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 80 – 71

By Steve Crawford | April 1, 2020

Every singer in the world owes Louis Armstrong because he taught everybody to sing with swing

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 90 – 81

By Steve Crawford | March 28, 2020

shot with a jolt of electricity

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 100 – 91

By Steve Crawford | March 25, 2020

Walking can be hazardous to your health

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 110 – 101

By Steve Crawford | March 21, 2020

rip the keys

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 120 – 111

By Steve Crawford | March 18, 2020

This is a pop record, daddy-o!

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 130 – 121

By Steve Crawford | March 14, 2020

a key link between the era of the Delta blues and the blues based rock of the British Invasion

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 140 – 131

By Steve Crawford | March 11, 2020

a patriotic anthem regardless of the original political intent

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 150 – 141

By Iman Lababedi | March 7, 2020

this upbeat R&B number went Top Ten in the U.K

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 170 – 161

By Steve Crawford | March 4, 2020

a straight-up slow burner

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 160 – 151

By Steve Crawford | February 29, 2020

The big man bellows with hip-swiveling and tranquility-defying buoyancy

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 180 – 171

By Steve Crawford | February 26, 2020

It’s almost spooky how much Roger Miller would later sound like the Don Gibson vocally

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 190 – 181

By Steve Crawford | February 22, 2020

If I had any ambition, it was to be as good as Arthur Crudup

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 210 – 201

By Steve Crawford | February 15, 2020

rocking, ripping, shaking, and balling

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 220 – 211

By Steve Crawford | February 12, 2020

a love song for the ages

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 230 – 221

By Steve Crawford | February 8, 2020

an important, even defiant, statement for the much maligned youth movement

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 240 – 231

By Steve Crawford | February 5, 2020

yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip mum mum mum mum mum mum sha na na doo wop classic

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 250 – 241

By Steve Crawford | February 1, 2020

The budding guitarist/farm laborer/truck driver relocated to Bakersfield

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 270 – 261

By Steve Crawford | January 25, 2020

“ultra-rubbery Telecaster break”

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 280 – 271

By Steve Crawford | January 22, 2020

sung by the mixed-race Creoles of New Orleans at Mardi Gras

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 290 – 281

By Steve Crawford | January 18, 2020

a leisurely and enjoyable stroll

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 300 – 291

By Steve Crawford | January 15, 2020

the hurt lover

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 310 – 301

By Steve Crawford | January 11, 2020

A fierce statement of intent

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 320 – 311

By Steve Crawford | January 8, 2020

a catchphrase used by young black men in Georgia

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 330 – 321

By Steve Crawford | January 4, 2020

a classic guitar riff with a horn section that sounds like heavy artillery

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 340 – 331

By Steve Crawford | January 1, 2020

Happy 1950s

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 350 – 341

By Steve Crawford | December 28, 2019

Just a bunch of guys humming in harmony

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 360 – 351

By Steve Crawford | December 25, 2019

a dynamic piece of music

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 370 – 361

By Iman Lababedi | December 21, 2019

Elvis sings about geometry

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 380 – 371

By Steve Crawford | December 18, 2019

not even Hank Williams monopolized the country popularity charts as did Webb Pierce

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 390 – 381

By Steve Crawford | December 14, 2019

brought the quiet storm to the bobby sox generation

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 400 – 391

By Steve Crawford | December 11, 2019

recorded in Martin’s pre-suave era

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 410 – 401

By Steve Crawford | December 7, 2019

Price crossed over to pop success

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 420 – 411

By Steve Crawford | December 4, 2019

It’s a tale of a working class badass, fighting a system that can never be beaten

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 430 – 421

By Steve Crawford | November 30, 2019

classic tear jerker

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 450 – 441

By Steve Crawford | November 23, 2019

more playful than lascivious

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 460 – 451

By Steve Crawford | November 20, 2019

Buddy offered to teach Paul guitar if Paul would write him a song

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 470 – 461

By Iman Lababedi | November 16, 2019

they had a short romantic relationship

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 480 – 471

By Steve Crawford | November 13, 2019

pretty eye catching

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 490 – 481

By Steve Crawford | November 9, 2019

a young Bob Crewe

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 500 – 491

By Steve Crawford | November 6, 2019

a song of triumph rather than one of desperation

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s – The Intro

By Steve Crawford | November 2, 2019

The Big Bang