"Hits of the decades: 1950's"

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I got this for 50p from the charity shop next door. I'm going to listen to it in the car on the way home tonight. I suspect Jerry Lee is going to walk it, but we'll see.

They had a couple of other titles in the series, but this was the only one I could be arsed with.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
The Platters - "Smoke Gets in your Eyes"	10
Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great Balls of Fire"	3
Danny and the Juniors - "At the Hop"	3
Bill Haley and his Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"	2
Nat King Cole - "Unforgettable"	1
Ella Fitzgerald - "It's Only a Paper Moon"	1
Frankie Avalon - "Venus"	0
Tony Bennett - "Chicago"	0

― Mildred Dixon (Pashmina), Thursday, 11 September 2008 17:32 (seventeen years ago)

Funny, I'd rather geuss The Platters be walking it :)

― t**t, Thursday, 11 September 2008 17:46 (seventeen years ago)

I meant walk it as the one I'll enjot most on the drive home! A fair point, though.

― Mildred Dixon (Pashmina), Thursday, 11 September 2008 17:48 (seventeen years ago)

"Unforgettable".

50s rock'n'roll is overrated. Rock began with The Beatles.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 11 September 2008 20:35 (seventeen years ago)

And here I thought ilx looked all different these days...

― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 11 September 2008 23:19 (seventeen years ago)

50s rock'n'roll is overrated. Rock began with The Beatles.

― Geir Hongro

you are suggest banned.

― DZL (deeznuts), Thursday, 11 September 2008 23:20 (seventeen years ago)

'smoke gets in your eyes' btw

― DZL (deeznuts), Thursday, 11 September 2008 23:21 (seventeen years ago)

(and only had Lenny Welch's 'Since I Fell For You' hadn't came out in 1963)

― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 11 September 2008 23:21 (seventeen years ago)

50s rock'n'roll is overrated. Rock began with The Beatles.
What makes Geir so amazing is his consistent ability to always top himself.

― Jazzbo, Thursday, 11 September 2008 23:52 (seventeen years ago)

Oh, and Jerry Lee has The Beatles in his stool.

― Jazzbo, Thursday, 11 September 2008 23:53 (seventeen years ago)

The Platters is so much better than anything else here.

― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Friday, 12 September 2008 19:50 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 16 September 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

I just realized the other day that only part of "Splish Splash" takes place in a bathtub; not the entire thing.

― Abbott loves her turtle (Abbott), Tuesday, 16 September 2008 23:30 (seventeen years ago)

I voted for my second-favorite Platters song. But I have to admit some kinship with Geir here: I have little use for much pre-Beatles rock. A few Four Seasons songs, but really not much else.

― Joseph McCombs, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 07:46 (seventeen years ago)

"50s rock'n'roll is overrated"

this phrase sounds like an oxymoron, really.
50s rock n roll IS rock n roll.

― Marco Damiani, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 08:52 (seventeen years ago)

it's the platters, fuckos. what a track!

― dog latin, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 08:53 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

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