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Life in the 1950's Was Filled With Wonderful Music!

The 1950's songs were sung by Chuck Berry, Buddy Holley, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino and Little Richard! We danced for hours and we still love that same wonderful music today!

Life was simple in the 1950's. WWII was over, things were settling down. I learned to dance in the basement of our church and at home. I can well remember Mama teaching me to do the Twist, by wrapping a towel around my waist and twisting me right and left! We danced before school and after school. We watched American Bandstand and learned to dance from the kids on the screen!

We wore circle skirts and pony tails. Some of the guys greased their hair back (Elvis style)in a "duck tail".

I hope this site brings back some happy memories for you -- and if you are too young for that, I hope you have fun with our music of the 1950's-- it was the very best!

Elvis Presley, c.1950s



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The Platters sing one of my favorite 1950s songs!

Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
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The Jukebox

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We lived in a small town but I do remember a jukebox or two. You could put your money in the jukebox and choose whatever song you liked. Of course everybody in the restaurant had to listen to your selection.

I can remember my daddy letting me play the jukebox one year on my birthday! That was a really big deal to me!

Paul Anka - Diana

Oh, how I remember this one!

Paul Anka - Diana (1957)
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The Shag

South Carolina's official dance

In the South in those days, we learned to shag! The dance started at the beach and soon spread throughout the south. We danced with doorknobs at our house, and very often with our sisters or mama. These days, 2008, serious shaggers use very rote steps, but in those days, our dance was a cross between the jitterbug and the new shag. And oh, we danced!

It seemed the whole country was dancing. I remember an aunt telling me how she danced to keep warm in the winter. That was before the days when most people had central heat. (I have often wondered if that was why mama had us dancing before we walked to school -- to keep us warm on the way. Maybe?)

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Elvis Presley

elvis presley - always on my mind
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HINGS YOU DON'T HEAR ANYMORE........
Green Green Grass of Home

Be sure to refill the ice trays, we're going to have company after while.
Watch for the postman, I want to get this letter to Aunt Mary in the
mail today.
Quit slamming the screen door when you are on your way out!
Be sure and pull the windows down when you leave, it looks like a
shower is coming up.

Don't forget to wind the clock before you go to bed.
Wash your feet before you go to bed, they are nasty from playing
outside all day barefooted.

Why can't you remember to roll up your pant legs?
Getting them caught in the bicycle chain so many times is tearing them up.
You have torn the knees out of that pair of pants so many times
there is nothing left to put a patch on.

Don't you go outside with your good school clothes on!
Go comb your hair; it looks like the rats have nested in it all night.
Be sure and pour the cream off the top of the milk when you open the
new bottle.
Take that empty bottle to the store with you so you won't have
to pay a deposit on another one.

Put a dish towel over the cake so the flies won't get on it.
Quit jumping on the floor! I have a cake in the oven and you
are going to make it fall if you don't quit!
Let me know when the Fuller Brush man comes by,
I need to get a few things from him.
You boys stay close by, the car may not start and I will need you to
help push it off.

There's a dollar in my purse, get 5 gallons of gas when you go to town.
Open the back door and see if we can get a breeze through here, it is
getting hot.

You can walk to the store; it won't hurt you to get some exercise.
Don't sit too close to the TV. It is hard on your eyes.

If you pull that stunt again, I am going to wear you out!
Don't lose that button; I'll sew it back on after awhile.

Wash under your neck before you come to the table,
you have beads of dirt and sweat all under there.
Get out from under the sewing machine; pumping it messes up the thread!
Be sure and fill the lamps this morning so we don't
have to do that tonight in the dark.

Here, take this old magazine to the toilet with you when you go,
we are almost out of paper out there.
Go out to the well and draw a bucket of water so I can wash dishes.
Don't turn the radio on now, I want the battery to be up when the Grand Ole Opry comes on.

No! I don't have nine cents for you to go to the show.
Do you think money grows on trees?
Eat those vegetables, they'll make you big and strong like your daddy.
That dog is NOT coming in this house!
I don't care how cold it is out there, dogs just don't come in the house.

Sit still! I'm trying to get your hair cut straight and you keep
moving and it is all botched up.
Hush your mouth! I don't want to hear words like that! I'll wash your
mouth out with soap!
It is time for your system to be cleaned out. I am going to give you a
dose of castor oil tonight.
If you get a spanking in school and I find out about it, you'll get
another one when you get home.

Quit crossing your eyes! They will get stuck that way!
Soak your foot in this pan of coal oil so that bad cut won't get infected.
When you take your driving test, don't forget to signal each turn.
Left arm straight out the window for a left turn;
left arm bent up at the elbow for a right turn;
and straight down to the side of the door when you are going to stop.

It is: "Yes Ma'am!" and "No Ma'am!" to me, young man,
and don't you forget it!
Y'all come back now, ya hear!

And the all time biggie......wait till your father gets home!!!!

50's Music on iTunes

Track Artist Album  
Can't Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley Elvis: 30 #1 Hits
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Single) The Platters The Platters: The Magic Touch Anthology
The Great Pretender The Platters 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Series: The Best of The Platters (Remastered)

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