M U S I C
P L A Y E R !
A fun INTRO into the great musics
of each decade
in one Music Player!
1 0 1 :
1 9 5 0 s !
by Tym Stevens
FROM 101 GREAT ALBUMS!
In chronological order,
one song per album.
Mambo! Honky Tonk! Folk!
Doo Wop! Fado! Torch Songs!
World! Exotica! Electronic!
From 1950 through 1959!
A crash course in crucial!
350 Albums: 1956-2020
The 1960s
The 1970s
The 1980s
The 1990s
The 2000s
from these 101 classic albums!
01) Les Paul, "The New Sound"
Advanced Jazz guitar.
02) Machito, "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite"
Afro-Cuban Jazz.
03) Peggy Lee, "Black Coffee"
Jazz torch songs.
4) Frank Sinatra, "Songs For Young Lovers"
Orchestral Jazz ballads.
5) Yma Sumac, "Mambo!"
Vocal Mambo exotica.
6) Hank Williams, "Honky-Tonkin'"
Honky-Tonk Country.
7) Julie London, "Julie Is Her Name"
Torch songs.
8) Bill Haley And The Comets, "Rock Around The Clock"
Rock'n'Roll.
9) Les Paul And Mary Ford, "Les And Mary"
Jazz guitar wizardry.
10) Kenny Dorham, "Afro-Cuban"
Afro-Cuban Jazz.
11) Helen Merrill, "Helen Merrill"
Jazz vocals.
12) Little Jimmy Scott, "If You Only Knew"
Jazz ballads.
13) Louis and Bebe Barron, "FORBIDDEN PLANET"
All Electronic soundtrack.
14) Elvis Presley, "Elvis Presley">
Rock'n'Roll.
15) Ella Fitzgerald, "Sings The Cole Porter Songbook"
Torch songs.
16) Johnny Burnette And The Rock N' Roll Trio, "Johnny Burnette And The Rock N' Roll Trio">
Rock'n'Roll.
17) Gene Vincent, "Bluejean Bop"
Rock'n'Roll.
18) B.B. King, "Singin' The Blues"
Blues.
19) Woody Guthrie And Will Geer, "Bound For Glory"
Folk and spoken word.
20) Odetta, "Odetta Sings Ballads And Blues"
Folk Blues.
21) The Clovers, "The Clovers"
Vocal group Rock'n'Roll.
22) Elvis Presley, "Elvis"
Rock'n'Roll.
23) Sister Rosetta Tharpe, "Gospel Train"
Gospel Blues.
24) Perez Prado, "Havana 3 A.M."
Mambo.
25) Little Richard, "Here's Little Richard">
Rock'n'Roll.
26) John Coltrane, "Blue Train"
Bebop Jazz.
27) The Crickets, "The Chirping Crickets"
Rock'n'Roll.
28) Johnny Cash, "With His Hot And Blue Guitar"
Country and Rockabilly.
29) Mickey And Sylvia, "New Sounds"
Rock'n'Roll.
30) Louis Prima, "The Wildest!"
Jump Jive.
31) Chuck Berry, "After School Session">
Rock'n'Roll.
32) Ray Charles, "Ray Charles">
Rockin' Soul.
33) Carl Perkins, "The Dance Album"
Rock'n'Roll.
34) Eddie Cochran, "Singin' To My Baby"
Rock'n'Roll.
35) Blossom Dearie, "Blossom Dearie"
Jazz ballads.
36) The Coasters, "The Coasters"
Vocal group Rock'n'Roll.
37) The "5" Royales, "Dedicated To You"
Vocal group Rock'n'Roll.
38) Sun Ra, "Supersonic Jazz"
Experimental Jazz.
39) Amalia Rodrigues, "Amalia A L'Olympia"
Fado.
40) Toshiko Akiyoshi, "The Many Sides Of Toshiko"
Jazz piano instrumentals.
41) Tito Puente, "Top Percussion"
Mambo.
42) Billie Holiday, "Lady In Satin"
Jazz ballads.
43) Buddy Holly, "Buddy Holly">
Rock'n'Roll.
44) Miles Davis, "Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud"
Bebop film soundtrack.
45) Nina Simone, "Little Girl Blue"
Jazz ballads.
46) Bo Diddley, "Bo Diddley">
Rock'n'Roll.
47) Bernard Herrmann, "VERTIGO"
Film score.
48) Buddy Holly, "That'll Be The Day"
Rock'n'Roll.
49) The Everly Brothers, "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us"
Country and Rock'n'Roll.
50) Duane Eddy, "Have 'Twangy' Guitar, Will Travel"
Rock'n'Roll.
51) Wanda Jackson, "Wanda Jackson"
Rock'n'Roll.
52) Elizabeth Cotten, "Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes"
Folk Blues.
53) Ella Fitzgerald, "Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook"
Jazz torch songs.
54) Ahmed Abdul-Malik, "Jazz Sahara"
Jazz with North African and Middle Eastern styles.
55) Johnny Cash, "Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous"
Country and Rockabilly.
56) Ricky Nelson, "Ricky Nelson"
Rock'n'Roll.
57) Jimmy Reed, "I'm Jimmy Reed">
Blues.
58) Dale Hawkins, "Daredevil" (demos)
Rock'n'Roll.
59) B.B. King, "The Blues"
Blues.
60) Jackie Wilson, "He's So Fine"
Rock'n'Soul.
61) The Champs, "Go, Champs, Go!"
Instrumental Rock'n'Roll.
62) Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudoin, "Missa Luba"
African chorals.
63) Sarah Vaughan, "Sings George Gershwin"
Jazz standards.
64) Carl Perkins, "Whole Lotta Shakin'"
Rock'n'Roll.
65) Dorothy Ashby, "In A Minor Groove"
Jazz harp.
66) The Louvin Brothers, "The Family Who Prays"
Gospel Country.
67) The Chantels, "We Are The Chantels"
Vocal group Rock'n'Roll.
68) The Robins, "Rock And Roll Featuring The Robins"
Vocal group Rock'n'Roll.
69) LaVern Baker, "Sings Bessie Smith"
1920s Blues cover versions.
70) Esquivel, "Exploring New Sounds In Stereo"
Lounge Jazz exotica.
71) Lambert, Hendricks, And Ross, "Swingers!"
Jazz vocalese.
72) Melba Liston, "Melba Liston And Her 'Bones"
Trombone Jazz.
73) Martin Denny, "Primitiva"
Exotica.
74) Dave Brubeck Quartet, "Take Five"
Bebop Jazz.
75) Duke Ellington, "ANATOMY OF A MURDER"
Jazzy film score.
76) Ornette Coleman, "The Shape Of Jazz To Come"
Free Jazz begins.
77) Chuck Berry, "Berry's On Top"
Rock'n'Roll.
78) Howlin' Wolf, "Moanin' In The Moonlight"
Blues.
79) Marty Robbins, "Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs"
Country and Western.
80) Joao Gilberto, "Chega De Saudade"
Brazilian Bossa Nova.
81) Ray Charles, "What'd I Say"
Soul begins.
82) Ella Fitzgerald, "Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook"
Jazz torch standards.
83) John Lee Hooker, "House Of The Blues"
Blues.
84) Ritchie Valens, "Ritchie Valens"
Rock'n'Roll.
85) Bo Diddley, "Go Bo Diddley"
Rock'n'Roll.
86) Tom Dissevelt And Kid Baltan, "The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music"
Electronica.
87) James Brown, "Please Please Please"
Rock'n'Soul.
88) Tom Lehrer, "An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer"
Satirical songs.
89) Chet Baker, "Chet"
Moody Jazz.
90) Jackie Wilson, "Lonely Teardrops"
Rock'n'Soul.
91) The Wailers, "The Fabulous Wailers"
Rock'n'Roll.
92) Nina Simone, "The Amazing Nina Simone"
Interpretive ballads.
93) Henry Mancini, "The Music From PETER GUNN">
Jazz and Rock soundtrack.
94) The Isley Brothers, "Shout!"
Rock'n'Roll.
95) The Flamingos, "Flamingo Serenade"
Vocal group Rock'n'Roll.
96) Quincy Jones, "The Birth Of A Band!, Vol. 2"
Symphonic Jazz.
97) Link Wray And The Wraymen, "Link Wray And The Wraymen"
Rock'n'Roll.
98) Jack Kerouac And Steve Allen, "Poetry For The Beat Generation"
Beat prose and Jazz piano.
99) The Wes Mongomery Trio, "The Wes Mongomery Trio"
Jazz guitar.
100) Ethel Azama, "Exotic Dreams"
Vocal exotica.
101) Johnny And The Hurricanes, "Red River Rock"
Rock'n'Roll.
© Tym Stevens
1) 350 GREAT ALBUMS That Will Change Your Life!
3) MUSIC 101: The 1960s
4) MUSIC 101: The 1970s
5) MUSIC 101: The 1980s
6) MUSIC 101: The 1990s
7) MUSIC 101: The 2000s
* The albums heard on the Decades series are different than the 350 Albums overview.
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