“Musical Memories Of The 50s” by Various Artists - album review
| features in: (B-list) Album Chart of 1980 ● (B-list) Album Chart of the 1980s |
Compiles 16 cuts released between 1950 and 1962, including the amazing English-French hybrid version of Jane Morgan's “The Day The Rains Came” recorded live at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles in 1961.
The Jukebox Rebel
07–Feb–2010
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:52]  Bing and Gary Crosby - Sams Song (The Happy Tune) (Jack Elliot, Lew Quadling) Big Band / Jive / Swing |
| A2 | [02:40]  The Weavers - On Top Of Old Smokey (Traditional, Paul Campbell) Country |
| A3 | [02:58]  Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean A Lot (Edith Lindeman, Carl Stutz) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A4 | [02:38]  The Four Aces - Three Coins In A Fountain (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) Pop Ballad |
| A5 | [02:19]  The Poni-Tails - Born Too Late (Fred Tobias, Charles Strouse) Rock n Roll Ballad |
| A6 | [02:52]  Jane Morgan - The Day The Rains Came Down [live ’61] (Carl Sigman, Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A7 | [02:45]  Hoagy Carmichael - My Resistance Is Low (Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Adamson) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A8 | [03:04]  Debbie Reynolds - Tammy (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) Pop Ballad |
| B1 | [03:10]  Peggy Lee - Mr. Wonderful (Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss, Jerry Bock) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B2 | [02:30]  Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue (Charles Hardin Holley, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| B3 | [03:53]  Wink Martindale - Deck Of Cards (David Luke Myrick) Country |
| B4 | [02:49]  Al Hibbler - Unchained Melody (Hy Zaret, Alex North) Pop Ballad |
| B5 | [02:28] Bill Haley and his Comets - Shake, Rattle And Roll (Jesse Stone) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| B6 | [02:50]  Karen Chandler - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (Harry Noble) Pop Ballad |
| B7 | [02:14] The Crickets - That’ll Be The Day (Charles Hardin Holley, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| B8 | [02:38]  Brenda Lee - I’m Sorry (Ronnie Self, Dub Allbritten) Country |
