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📌 #2 Added to playlist:
"Stardust" by Nat King Cole

#50sMusic #Throwback #Stars #Live

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📌 #1 Added to playlist:
"God Bless The Child" by Billie Holiday

#50sMusic #Throwback #GodBlessTheChild #JazzLegends

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📌 #2 Added to playlist:
"Walkin' After Midnight" by Patsy Cline

#50sMusic #Throwback #NightMusic #TaditionalCountry

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📌 #1 Added to playlist:
"Rosita" by Coleman Hawkins

#50sMusic #Throwback #Jazz #JazzSky

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When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along, along
There'll be no more sobbin' when he
Starts throbbin' his old sweet song.

When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin Along (feat. Paul Weston and His Orchestra)

#50sMusic
#Music

https://youtu.be/_5_n1v2VIsA?si=8oEKXtHXQxv51r9T

Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog" single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 18, 1956 and spent 11 weeks at the top of the chart.

#Music, #ElvisPresley, #50s, #50sMusic, #1950s, #1950sMusic

An Innocent Man

#billyjoel #50smusic #60smusic #80smusic #aninnocentman #billyjoel #blueeyedsoul #doowop #poprock #softrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky Billy Joel releases his 9th album on August 8, 1993 ~ his homage to the music of the 50's and 60's. The album produced three Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits -- "Tell Her About It," "Uptown Girl" and "An Innocent Man." It was nominated for Album of The Year at the 25th Annual Grammy Awards.

https://robinbannks.com/2026/08/08/an-innocent-man/

The Platters' "My Prayer" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 4, 1956 and spent two weeks at the top of the chart.

#Music, #ThePlatters, #50s, #50sMusic, #1950s, #1950sMusic

Elvis Presley's "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 28, 1956.

#Music, #ElvisPresley, #50s, #50sMusic, #1950s, #1950sMusic

Things he wouldn't tell
nobody else
Secret baby
I keep 'em to myself
Sweet nothin's.

Sweet Nothin's
Brenda Lee

#CoffeeDance
#50sMusic

https://youtu.be/Vs2h18M6ky8?si=0sGwZdzHa2G3b5Ho

Gogi Grant's "The Wayward Wind" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 16, 1956 and spent six weeks at the top of the chart.

#Music, #GogiGrant, #50s, #50sMusic, #1950s, #1950sMusic

E.T. Mensah & His Tempos Band – FomFom

https://amf.didiermary.fr/et-mensah-tempos-band-fomfom/

The original “Tempos” band was formed in 1946 as a “jam session” group by some European soldiers stationed in Accra. It played for army dances and at the Accra club. Over time, African musicians replaced the European ones, until finally it became an all-African band. Mensah joined the band in 1947. Shortly after this the […]

#50smusic #Ghana #Highlife

Alte Radiowerbung: 5 LP/5 MC/4 CD-Compilation "Heartbreaker" mit Oldie-Kuschelhits von Dominion (K-tel); Frühjahr 1994
Sprecher: Werner Reinke

https://youtu.be/kwhmm-6jPLE

#hearbreaker #compilation #oldies #oldiesmusic #oldiessongs #tearjerker #lovesongs #brendalee #platters #percysledge #royorbison #neilsedaka #deanmartin #paulanka #raypeterson #50s #60s #60er #50smusic #60smusic #dominion #ktel #karben #1994 #radiowerbung #radio #radioads #wernerreinke #flashback #throwback #nostalgie

Cool Cats Invasion

https://amf.didiermary.fr/cool-cats-invasion-highlife/

“Cool Cats Invasion” is a classic collection (102 tracks) of Highlife, Palm-wine music & Jùjú from Nigeria & Ghana, from the 50’s & 60’s.

This compilation includes unavailable tracks by Earnest Olatunde Thomas, known as Tunde Nightingale or The Western Nightingale, as well as legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Ransome Kuti‘s first [...]

#50smusic #60smusic #Compilation #FelaKuti #Ghana #JujuMusic #Nigeria #PalmWineMusic

LP-Radiowerbung (Dezember 1979) trifft Plattenschrank:
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Love Songs (K-tel)
Sprecher: Werner Reinke

#elvis #elvispresley #lovemetender #areyoulonesometonight #canthelpfallinginlove #alwaysonmymind #suspiciousminds #woodenheart #love songs #ktel #altewerbung #retro #throwback #flashback #wernerreinke #vinyl #60smusic #50smusic #50s #60s #compilation

RTL Radio - Die größten Oldies [Programmausschnitt] (1997)

https://youtu.be/69vCSvaprOM

#rtlradio #rtl #radioluxemburg #luxemburg #oldies #radio #radiosendung #radioshow #aircheck #radiomitschnitt #broadcaster #broadcasting #oldiesender #60smusic #70smusic #50smusic #80smusic #simonandgarfunkel #johnlennon #jjcale #cocaine #90er #adrianocelentano #flashback #throwback #retro #elvispresley #boneym #kennyrogers #dollyparton #trinilopez #trex #medien

LP-Radiowerbung (1974) trifft Plattenschrank:
44 Golden Greats (K-tel)
Sprecher: Werner Reinke

#compilation #sampler #ktel #44goldengreats #goldengreats #mitchmiller #dorisday #stonewalljackson #guymitchell #johnnycash #martyrobbins #pattipage #louisarmstrong #tonybennett #johnnieray #frankielaine #donovan #equals #loveaffair #shockinblue #radio #radiowerbung #ads #radioads #vinyl #record #50smusic #60smusic #crooner #wernerreinke

African Tribal Songs And Dances

https://amf.didiermary.fr/african-tribal-songs-dances-sonar-senghor/

This album, “African Tribal Songs And Dances”, recorded and distributed in the 1950s, is probably one of the first recordings to expose the traditional music of Western Africa, with music from the Malinké and Baoulé tribes. […]

#50smusic #Sénégal

Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 21, 1956 and spent eight weeks at the top of the chart.

#Music, #ElvisPresley, #50s, #50sMusic, #1950s, #1950sMusic

When April showers may come your way, they bring the flowers that bloom in May.
So, when it's raining have no regrets
because it isn't raining rain you know
It's raining violets.

April Showers
Judy Garland

#CoffeeDance
#50sMusic

https://youtu.be/zsfXi5BKkNo?si=JX4sxdseSQBAWEdJ

Bankolo Miziki – Masters of Congolese Rumba

https://amf.didiermary.fr/bankolo-miziki-wendo-alongwi-kinshasa/

Bankolo Miziki (“Masters of Music” in Lingala), subtitled “Les Pionniers de la Musique Congolaise de Leopoldville à Kinshasa” (Pioneers of Congolese Music from Leopoldville to Kinshasa) is a series of 3 compilations (anthology of sort) with multiple artists / pioneers of Congolese Rumba in the 50s. [...]

#50smusic #70smusic #Compilation #Congo #FullAlbum #Rumba #OldAfricanMusic

Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks (1956-59)

https://amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-the-skylarks-1956-59/

The Skylarks were an all-woman South African vocal group, founded by Miriam Makeba in 1956. The original lineup comprised Makeba and Johanna Radebe, Mary Rabotapi, and Mummy Girl Nketle. Later, Helen Van Rensburg and Abigail Kubeka replaced Radebe. They played a blend of South African (mbombela, kwela) and Zulu music, jazz and jive/swing. [...]

#50smusic #Jazz #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic

Les Baxter's "The Poor People of Paris" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 24, 1956 and spent four weeks at the top of the chart.

#Music, #LesBaxter, #50s, #50sMusic, #1950s, #1950sMusic

“Long Tall Sally” from Little Richard’s 1957 debut album Here’s Little Richard, which has been called “the grand blueprint” that launched the transformation of popular music. This an original mono pressing on Specialty Records. #littlerichard #rocknroll #rhythmandblues #50smusic

African Jazz & Grand Kalle – Parafifi (1957)

https://amf.didiermary.fr/african-jazz-grand-kalle-parafifi-1957/

Enregistrée dès 1953, en 78T, la chanson “Parafifi” a beaucoup évolué au fil du temps et de la composition des orchestres qui accompagnent alors l’artiste Joseph Kabasele alias Kallé.

Quelle est la signification du titre ?
C’est tout simplement la contraction de deux prénoms en dédicace à Paraiso (Para), béninois et ami de Kallé, et […]

#50smusic #Congo

Nelson Riddle's "Lisbon Antigua" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 25, 1956 and spent four weeks at the top of the chart.

#Music, #NelsonRiddle, #50s, #50sMusic, #1950s, #1950sMusic

Kay Starr's "Rock and Roll Waltz" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 18, 1956.

#Music, #KayStarr, #50s, #50sMusic, #1950s, #1950sMusic

If You Want to Make a Lover

https://amf.didiermary.fr/if-you-want-to-make-a-lover/

“Palm Wine, Akan Blues & Early Guitar Highlife, Pt. I & II” is a collection encompassing Akan blues, PalmWine and early guitar-based Highlife music, with recordings dating from the late 1920s through to the end of the 1950s.

The music included here can probably all be said to have all stemmed from a style that […]

#50smusic #Highlife #PalmWineMusic #OldAfricanMusic #Blues

#FortnightFridayMusic
Feb 6 2026
This week is all about the color #Purple (really it was although I can't find the post to prove it.)

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins - “Deep Purple” from "At Home With Screamin' Jay Hawkins" (1958)

When I think “Screamin’ Jay Hawkins” I don’t think “ballad,” nor does music of the 40s and 50s spring to mind when I hear the name "Deep Purple.” Nevertheless, here we have our high-strung friend singing a ballad of that name penned by Mitchell Parish and Peter de Rose, first recorded in 1946 by an outfit known as Paul Weston and His Orchestra on their four [shellac 10” 78rpm] disc album “Music For Memories.” (Sets like this were the origin of the term “album” for records, because each release was issued in a bound book with multiple pages of sleeves to store its multiple platters, similar to a photo album.) It appeared on Hawkins’ first release noted above; I have it via his “The Singles Collection” compilation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2uW7ZFC0Uc

#ScreaminJayHawkins
#78rpm #album #50sMusic

Saka Acquaye

https://amf.didiermary.fr/saka-acquaye/

Saka Acquaye (1923 – 2007) was a Ghanaian painter, sculptor, textile designer, teacher, arts administrator, dramatist, composer and multi-instrumentalist.

He founded the African Ensemble while in the US and, as its leader, recorded an album under the ELEKTRA label. This group was made up of American musicians. He also put together a group known as […]

#50smusic #FullAlbum #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic

Please, release me
let me go.
I don't love you anymore.

To live together is a sin
Release me
and let me love again.

Release Me
Kitty Wells

#50sMusic
#MusicWomenWednesday

https://youtu.be/_3aV9Ux-RvI?si=-e_Y2Mc5_Oc_dFpN

Dean Martin's "Memories Are Made of This" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on January 14, 1956 and spent five weeks at the top of the chart.

#Music, #DeanMartin, #50s, #50sMusic, #1950s, #1950sMusic

Easy Motion Tourist

https://amf.didiermary.fr/easy-motion-tourist/

If you love old African music, from the Golden Age of Nigerian music in particular, you’ve known the song “Easy Motion Tourist”, made popular by Fatai Rolling Dollar in his last records before his death. But, there’s a long story behind this song since the ‘50s: who created it, who made it famous…
What’s for […]

#50smusic #Highlife #Nigeria #PalmWineMusic #OldAfricanMusic

Zulu Guitar Blues

https://amf.didiermary.fr/zulu-guitar-blues/

Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950–1965. Zulu Guitar’s Pioneering Tricksters But for this compilation of rescued songs masterfully restored from rare 78 rpm shellacs, few could imagine the diversely beautiful roots of Zulu Guitar Music emerging during the period 1950 – 1965. Story-tellers and master musicians

#50smusic #60smusic #Blues #Compilation #Mbaqanga #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic

Roger Williams' "Autumn Leaves" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 29, 1955 and spent four weeks at the top of the chart.

#Music, #RogerWilliams, #50s, #50sMusic, #1950s, #1950sMusic

Chantilly lace and a pretty face
And a ponytail hangin' down
A wiggle in her walk, and a giggle in her talk,
Lord makes the world go 'round, 'round, 'round

Chantilly Lace
The Big Bopper

#50sMusic
#CoffeeDance

https://youtu.be/_0DnvC3y64I?si=3y-kIyN34CbxEpCm

🎵 🎶 🎵

Soundtrack HOF (imho) ...

American Graffiti (1973)

Don't compromise - be certain it's the original ... 41 songs strong, including a handful of intros by the incomparable Wolfman Jack himself ...

#soundtracks #soundtrack #albumSoundtrack #albumSoundtracks #50sRock #50sMusic #60sRock #60sMusic #classicRock #popRock #popMusic #music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #surfRock #oldies #oldiesRock

Mitch Miller's "The Yellow Rose of Texas" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 3, 1955 and spent six weeks at the top of the chart.

#Music, #MitchMiller, #50s, #50sMusic, #1950s, #1950sMusic