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Do you remember the music of the 50's?

From the lens 1950's Music - Rock and Roll Hits!.

  • Centavo Apr 11, 2012 @ 2:32 pm | delete
    I sure do and I love it! Thanks for sharing.
  • just_Dawn Mar 31, 2012 @ 8:12 pm | delete
    Born in the 60's but still an Elvis fan :) Nice lens! :)
  • Khali64 Feb 28, 2012 @ 4:16 am | delete
    Elvis rules! Oh, and I love Paul Anka too. Great lens and great music.
  • Lemming13 Feb 19, 2012 @ 12:44 pm | delete
    I was born in the 60s, but I still love the old 50s classics as much as the music of my own era; rock and roll will never die!
  • Centavo Feb 16, 2012 @ 2:31 pm | delete
    Joan4, thanks for the great memories. Hey, Herman, you could learn some great moves from the artists and music of this era.
  • nyclittleitaly Feb 2, 2012 @ 12:40 am | delete
    The music of the 50's was the best ever.
  • BobBlackUK Dec 21, 2011 @ 2:42 am | delete
    I was a teenager in the 1950s in the UK when the great Skiffle Craze was at its height. We jived to traditional jazz, skiffle and folk music in the cellars under coffee bars in London's Soho. I was around when Bill Hayley's "Rock around the Clock" had youngsters jiving in the aisles of cinemas, much to "adults" disgust!
  • grnidlady Dec 15, 2011 @ 7:21 pm | delete
    i was born in the 1950s and love 50s era music. i'm also a cousin of Buddy Holly so you know who my favorite 50s musician is. :)
  • sue826 Nov 30, 2011 @ 10:07 am | delete
    Your lens sure brought back many memories for me. I was born in the 50's by my older sister turned me on to music even as a young kid. Big Elvis fan. Good lens!
  • Hrsshoe Nov 29, 2011 @ 6:34 am | delete
    Love this lens
  • AvonGirl Nov 25, 2011 @ 1:25 pm | delete
    This was a great music era, Elvis was so great.
  • intermarks Nov 21, 2011 @ 11:45 pm | delete
    I born in 70's but I like the song by Elvis Presley, he is the never ever die King Rock 'n' Roll. This is really a nice lens and make me recalled of many old Rock songs that I like. Thanks!
  • bothewebguy Nov 21, 2011 @ 2:50 pm | delete
    Wasn't around then..but certainly know the music. Many influences on Beach Music are from this era!
  • GirlLovesNature Oct 14, 2011 @ 2:06 pm | delete
    I don't remember the 50s, but I do love the music - particularly the more upbeat rock n roll tracks because they are great to dance to. This is a great lens.
  • jeremiahjpwalton Oct 9, 2011 @ 12:28 am | delete
    I love this lens!
  • msarc1 Sep 23, 2011 @ 10:34 am | delete
    i love the oldies!
  • Swisstoons Sep 19, 2011 @ 9:47 am | delete
    I remember when Paul Anka did "Diana." I believe he divulged years later that Diana had been his babysitter on whom he'd had a crush. Great lens!
  • TheTravelGal Sep 14, 2011 @ 4:21 pm | delete
    Though this is before my time, I have always enjoyed the music of the 50s. It was such a basis for modern music, and a lot of the music has remained popular 60 years later. Thanks for a great rock and roll summary for this time period.
  • djeby Sep 13, 2011 @ 2:06 am | delete
    This is a really great lens. 50's rock and roll was great. Great to learn more
  • Papier Sep 6, 2011 @ 11:45 pm | delete
    oh yes! I was a growing kid, still couldn't "get" the Elvis thing, but loving the rest of it.
  • PopArtGirl Aug 31, 2011 @ 12:04 am | delete
    Wasn't born until the 1970s, but I've always loved the 1950s! Such a beautiful, fun decade!
  • mrducksmrnot Aug 23, 2011 @ 5:31 pm | delete
    I love music of all ages but the 50's, 60's & 70's were the best for sure. Love was in the air.
  • breannedodds Aug 12, 2011 @ 9:18 am | delete
    I love 50's music! It was great to learn a little more about it. Oldies are the definite best!
  • cr00059n Aug 5, 2011 @ 2:49 pm | delete
    These hits are incredible. I'll be adding them to my album soon. Thanks for the article.
  • katforeman Jul 22, 2011 @ 12:12 pm | delete
    The 50's music were my lullabyes.. older step brothers...no other like this music
  • isvaldo10 Jul 19, 2011 @ 2:20 pm | delete
    Nice music. These music always make me happy.
  • sisbrown34 Jul 18, 2011 @ 10:56 pm | delete
    I love 50's music and I wrote a lens on 50s music too1 nice lens!
  • nickmcblain Jul 17, 2011 @ 11:12 am | delete
    50's rock and roll = awesome
  • 1Bridge Jul 8, 2011 @ 6:21 pm | delete
    I wasn't around then, but the oldies are always great to listen to!
  • Anime-e Jul 7, 2011 @ 11:42 pm | delete
    this music is my type of music!! thank you
  • manfield3 Jun 23, 2011 @ 4:20 pm | delete
    Loved the oldies!
  • Jerryjg62 Jun 19, 2011 @ 1:05 pm | delete
    Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is my favorite Platters hit. I was born in 62 but this is my music. You can keep music from the 70's on up. It's the 50's and 60's for me!
  • phoenix-arizona-friends May 22, 2011 @ 12:35 am | delete
    It's amazing to think about how much music has changed since then.
  • tienlove May 18, 2011 @ 4:10 am | delete
    Nice collection of musicians. :) There was a lot of great music that came out of the 50's. Thanks for making this lens.
  • crosscreations May 13, 2011 @ 10:31 pm | delete
    YES! I wasn't a big Elvis fan but Chuck Berry ROCKS! Faved & lensrolled.
  • MrDarcy May 9, 2011 @ 10:32 am | delete
    Awesome lens! 5 stars!
  • caffimages May 4, 2011 @ 3:46 pm | delete
    Crikey, memories! My dad was was a baker and played the radio, whistling as he worked. I was a toddler. I remember nearly ALL of these. Thanks for the memories.....
  • One4Nell Apr 28, 2011 @ 7:39 pm | delete
    Oh, yes, yes, yes. Those were the days. Music of the 50s is my favorite of all time.
  • Sara_Valor Apr 24, 2011 @ 5:19 pm | delete
    I was born after the 50s but still love the music!
  • lizziehumphreys Apr 19, 2011 @ 10:29 pm | delete
    i was born in the 90s, so cant remember the music of the 50s haha :) not a big fan of rock and roll but this lens was interesting!
  • JeanC_ducky Apr 19, 2011 @ 2:06 pm | delete
    I love 50s music even tho I wasn't born until 1961 :D
  • pilegirl Apr 16, 2011 @ 11:15 pm | delete
    You danced with doorknobs? What does that mean?
  • Joan4 Apr 17, 2011 @ 5:37 am | delete
    :) When we were learning to dance and needed a partner, we grabbed a door knob. I thought everybody did that! The door moves just enough to give you dancing flexibility and movement and helps you keep that beach shag posture. When dancing the South Carolina Beach Shag, your feet do all the work, your upper body remains still. Watch some of the videos and see if you notice what I am saying here. And thank you for asking! Maybe that is an "old fashioned" way to learn to dance
  • SlightlyGrumpy Apr 14, 2011 @ 10:47 am | delete
    nice page of feel-good nostalgia
  • sushilkin Apr 11, 2011 @ 12:50 am | delete
    I love 50's music. Nice lens of music
  • garyr_h Mar 27, 2011 @ 12:36 am | delete
    Of course! I love Elvis. Rock and Roll was music.
  • Mar 23, 2011 @ 6:09 pm | delete
    bill haley & his comets rock around the clock, Elvis Presley
  • MarianaFargasch Mar 4, 2011 @ 4:46 pm | delete
    didn't know much about 50's music it was great to learn some! Thanks for the lens :)
  • Mar 2, 2011 @ 7:35 am | delete
    50's has some cool music
  • mbmusgrove Feb 19, 2011 @ 9:27 pm | delete
    Wish I had grown up in the 50's.
  • nicksimpson Feb 14, 2011 @ 11:16 pm | delete
    Rock and Roll is a culmination of a lot of earlier styles, but there is nothing like a good old back beat!
  • Cumberland Feb 10, 2011 @ 5:54 pm | delete
    This is the "good stuff". I want to toss in two more groups, Bill Haley & The Comets and The Everly Brothers. You could build a thousand lenses on the great music of the 50s & 60s. Thanks for the lens
  • superbob17 Feb 4, 2011 @ 2:26 am | delete
    Great Lens. The 1950s really did have good music. It was such a simple and uncomplicated time and its reflected in the music.
  • deantyler2504 Jan 21, 2011 @ 12:49 pm | delete
    i may be young but i love 50's music
  • MamaRuth Jan 10, 2011 @ 8:27 pm | delete
    I love 50's music. Some of my earliest musical memories are of musicians like Fats Domino and Elvis Presley. In 3rd grade I learned to do the Twist. My teenage years were more the 60's music, but I love to listen to the oldies of the 50's.
  • ToTheBrimm Dec 8, 2010 @ 9:46 pm | delete
    Herman the Merman will be able to use this lens. Thank you.
  • BodiEko Nov 20, 2010 @ 4:03 pm | delete
    Great lens! Hehe Elvis will live for ever.
  • BodiEko Nov 20, 2010 @ 4:03 pm | delete
    Great lens! Hehe Elvis will live for ever.
  • AdamZachary Nov 11, 2010 @ 4:47 pm | delete
    elvis is not dead
  • lovelylashes Nov 5, 2010 @ 8:05 pm | delete
    I was born long after the 50's but the era is fascinating!
  • DataLaura Nov 2, 2010 @ 9:46 pm | delete
    Great lens. Elvis was my Mom's favorite. Awesome!
  • kidsandbibs Oct 28, 2010 @ 2:12 pm | delete
    I don't remember the music of the 50's but yes most of the people of my age will know Elvis for sure.
  • chemrat Oct 23, 2010 @ 8:55 am | delete
    Great Lens! Lensrolled at my Chuck Berry lens, http://www.squidoo.com/ChuckBerry_concerts_and_music
  • Tipi Oct 21, 2010 @ 8:43 pm | delete
    Now I wonder what ever happened to my poodle skirt, yup, I had the poney tail too! Rock on.........
  • taliasmith23 Oct 21, 2010 @ 3:35 pm | delete
    i like your taste in music!
  • gogy Oct 12, 2010 @ 7:32 am | delete
    Unfortunately I don't remember it because I was born in 80's but all I heard about is Elvis :)
  • domainblitz Sep 24, 2010 @ 2:53 pm | delete
    Great Lens! I love them all but my favorite is Elvis.... Such classics and what a time of innocence...
  • Yourshowman Sep 20, 2010 @ 8:55 am | delete
    Hey Nice Lens.I love "johnny be goode" by chuck berry, the pioneer of rock n roll music.
  • Slothlover Sep 18, 2010 @ 7:51 pm | delete
    Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is a pretty song. Awesome lens!
  • ClinicallySignificantProductions Sep 16, 2010 @ 6:25 pm | delete
    I wasn't alive in the 50s but I grew up listening to 50s music in the late seventies and early 80s. My family has always been a custom hot rod family and 50s music is a given there. I remember listening to Chuck Berry over and over again. Johnny B. Goode was always my favorite. What an awesome time in music history...and what an awesome lens! Great job!
  • SheilaDeeth Sep 16, 2010 @ 4:10 pm | delete
    Fun lens. Family memories
  • CastleRoy Sep 16, 2010 @ 12:43 am | delete
    Very nice lens. I just love 50's music, it brings me great memories of my Mom. I have a lens on 50's music you might like. http://www.squidoo.com/50s60smusic
  • comfyc Sep 15, 2010 @ 4:04 pm | delete
    nice lens, rock and roll from the 50's rules!
  • Blonde_Blythe Sep 13, 2010 @ 4:50 pm | delete
    I was born in 1957, so of course, I don't really remember '50s music at the time it came out, but I love it! :)
  • bethd821 Sep 12, 2010 @ 3:31 pm | delete
    Love the 50s! Some even better than the 60s that I grew up with.
  • Sylvestermouse Sep 12, 2010 @ 1:04 pm | delete
    Most of my favorite music was recorded in the 50's!
  • LensbyLisa Sep 11, 2010 @ 11:12 pm | delete
    AHH...the good old days of rock and roll. I wasn't born in that era, but I still love the music. Nice lens!
  • SofiaMann Sep 10, 2010 @ 4:44 pm | delete
    I love this music. Thanks for a very good lens.
  • Grahans Sep 10, 2010 @ 6:59 am | delete
    Great lens and really nice work!
  • Joan4 May 15, 2009 @ 7:53 pm | in reply to jdluntjr | delete
    Thank you, John! I so appreciate your coming back to post your comment again! and welcome to Squidoo! :)
  • jdluntjr May 15, 2009 @ 7:48 pm | delete
    very nice lense. sorry about the protocol breach...didnt know that. Anyway. I like the lense. The 50s were a little before my time but I do like a lot of them like Chuck Berry... and hey what about the Everly Brothers. :-)
  • BevsPaper Mar 27, 2009 @ 9:18 am | delete
    Love this lens! Born in 1952 you would think I was too young to remember this music but I was born to teenage parents who had it on all of the time. At age 3 and above, Dad had me at the local teen hangout where I would "jitterbug" with him on the dance floor. 1950's music is still my favorite.
  • OhMe Dec 29, 2008 @ 7:24 am | delete
    This lens is featured on my new lens, South Carolina Symbols and More. Thank you.
  • rallison Dec 21, 2008 @ 6:21 pm | delete
    Hi Joan,
    Thought I would visit your lens again to see what's new. Everything looks great.
    I have added a lot of photos to my Elvis and Marylin Music lens.
    Take a look: http://www.squidoo.com/musicofelvisandmarylin

    Stay in Touch,
    Bob Allison
  • rallison Nov 29, 2008 @ 2:51 pm | delete
    Joan,
    Thanks you for this fantastic lens. I love it.
    I was also born in 1944 and loved every minute of the 50's.
    My all time favorite is Fats Domino with the Platters, Elvis and Paul Anka close behind.
    You did exactly what I am trying to do with my lens at:
    http://www.squidoo.com/musicofelvisandmarylin
    I will definitely post your link on my lens.
    Bob Allison
  • 0ctavias0fferings Sep 15, 2008 @ 7:44 am | delete
    Excellent lens, 5* from someone who remembers the songs of the 50s.
    My party piece as a kid was "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy, a kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you?" except that's not quite how I heard the words LOL
  • Billco Sep 14, 2008 @ 7:23 pm | delete
    Nice lens. Things were simpler back then. A lot of the music from back then sounds as good as it did when I first heard it.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Sep 14, 2008 @ 1:16 pm | delete
    I was born in the 50's but listened to the music from that era for years. I love it. The kids can keep the rap, I'd rather listen to Fats and Elvis.
    Great lens
    Lizzy
  • mulberry Aug 29, 2008 @ 7:24 pm | delete
    Fun lens. That's the great thing about movies and music...even people who come a generation or two, or three later can often enjoy them...they're recorded.
  • OhMe Aug 29, 2008 @ 6:04 am | delete
    oh wow Joan. This is great. I was smiling the whole time I read and listened to the music. What fun! 5*

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