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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Feb 5, 2017 1:42:39 GMT
Mine is Bill Haley & His Comets.
Who is your favourite rock artist of the 1950s?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 2:50:12 GMT
Yep, Bill Haley & His Comets for me too.
My other top favs would be (probably forgetting some):
Big Joe Turner
Ray Charles
Little Richard
The Heartbeats
LaVern Baker
Ruth Brown
Larry Williams
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
etc
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Post by NileQT87 on Feb 7, 2017 7:30:53 GMT
The King! I've been a huge Elvis Presley fan since I was a small child and especially starting around 2003ish (An American Trilogy really got my attention). I even went to Graceland, Sun Records and other places around Memphis, TN in 2005. I used to post on several messageboards, too.
I'm a huge fan of his ballads, especially. And I love his live recordings. I have thousands of .mp3s on my hard drives. Overall, my favorite period of his career is 1968-1977. Absolute peak for me is 1969-1973.
But of course, the '50s started it all. He made his first recordings including My Happiness at Sam Phillips' Sun Records in 1953 and his first releases were That's All Right/Blue Moon of Kentucky in 1954. He started at RCA in 1956 with Heartbreak Hotel. The rest is history.
I'm also very fond of the Killer a.k.a. Jerry Lee Lewis, as well as the Platters. Bringing in the '60s here, but the Righteous Brothers and the Beach Boys are other all-time favorites of mine.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2017 19:29:26 GMT
I'll go with The King. Buddy Holly would be right up there, too.
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Post by TrueLoveWays on Feb 24, 2017 19:36:17 GMT
Buddy Holly and Ray Charles!
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Feb 25, 2017 4:52:13 GMT
ELVIS
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Post by maxwellperfect on Feb 28, 2017 19:15:56 GMT
Ritchie Valens
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Post by Sulla on Mar 1, 2017 7:43:50 GMT
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
This song is from 1954 and it sounds like early 1960s.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2017 1:06:00 GMT
Little Richard for me.
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Post by Lynx on May 25, 2017 18:14:57 GMT
I'll go along with Elvis for sure.
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Post by socalboy83 on Jun 9, 2017 18:32:35 GMT
All from the Stand by Me soundtrack.
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Post by permutojoe on Jun 10, 2017 21:59:25 GMT
Mine is Bill Haley & His Comets. Who is your favourite rock artist of the 1950s? Why were they his comets? Doesn't that seem a little unusual? As to your question, I'd agree with the favorites: Elvis, Buddy Holly, Bo Diddley, Ray Charles. How about Sinatra? I know nothing about his work in the 50's but just throwing him out there. |
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Jun 26, 2017 19:30:28 GMT
Chuck Berry
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jun 29, 2017 21:58:06 GMT
Jerry Lee Lewis. Closest thing to Hard Rock in the fifties
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