Great Music - Nomination & Discussion Thread #3 (1955-1959)

[mae]

It's time! This thread will serve to nominate and discuss the tracks for the tournament that were released between January 1, 1955 and December 31, 1959. Keep in mind that your nomination must have been initially released within this time-frame. Singles can often be released earlier or later than the album, so double check things like Wikipedia. When nominating and seconding, please follow these guidelines:

• You can nominate one track per post, and you can nominate another track after two other members have made their nominations (per thread).
• You can second one track per post, and you can second another track after two other tracks have been seconded (per thread).
• Each nomination should be supported by a video, illustrating the song being nominated.
• The video must be the version of the track being nominated (so no live versions, covers, re-recordings, or remixes).

To reiterate from the announcement post, to make a nomination, please use the following format: ARTIST - TITLE (YEAR). A nomination should also be supported by a video, illustrating the song being nominated (though not necessarily the song's official video, especially if it contains a lengthy pre-song scene). Most tracks can be found on YouTube, and that's preferred, but other video hosting services can be used, which can be embedded with your nomination. If you can't find your pick, send me a PM and I will try to locate it for you. However, please do not simply post a link or embed the video so it appears on the page. Since there will be lots of nominations per page and lots of videos, this will be too much to handle for most computers, slowing down the page tremendously. So to make your nomination, please hide the embedded video using the SPOIL tags (using this spoiler option: ) Don't forget to remove the s in https when embedding YouTube links. Also, the youtu.be sharing shortcut will not work. We need the full address (just without the s in https).

All you need to do is first click the "Insert Video" icon: . Paste your YouTube link, remove the s in https and click OK. The link should stay selected, so click the black SPOIL button, enter your ARTIST - TITLE (YEAR) into the field which appears, click OK, and you're done.

To illustrate, a sample nomination should look like this (and this track is not eligible, since it's from 2015):

Teminite - Are You Ready (2015)

Or, simply use the below template (fill in the red placeholders):

[SPOIL="ARTIST - TITLE (YEAR)"]
[video]YOUTUBELINK[/video][/SPOIL]

List of seconded tracks:

1. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (1958)
2. The Platters - Only You (And You Alone) (1955)
3. Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me (1958)
4. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (1959)
5. Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk (1959)
6. Ritchie Valens - La Bamba (1958)
7. The Platters - The Great Pretender (1955)
8. The Champs - Tequila (1958)
9. Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue (1957)
10. Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (1956)
11. The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie (1957)
12. The Chordettes - Lollipop (1958)
13. Danny and The Juniors - At the Hop (1957)
14. Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife (1959)
15. The Isley Brothers - Shout (1959)
16. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (1955)
17. Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues (1958)
18. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire (1957)
19. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel (1956)
20. The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night (1956)
21. Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill (1956)
22. Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise (1959)
23. Dion and The Belmonts - A Teenager in Love (1959)
24. Percy Faith - Theme from "A Summer Place" (1959)
25. Bobby Darin - Dream Lover (1959)
26. Buddy Holly - Everyday (1957)
27. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (1957)
28. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up (1957)
29. Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula (1956)
30. Johnny and The Hurricanes - Red River Rock (1959)
31. The Monotones - Book of Love (1957)
32. The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love (1957)
33. Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace (1958)
34. Paul Anka - Diana (1957)
35. Chuck Berry - Rock and Roll Music (1957)
36. Pat Suzuki - How High the Moon (1958)
37. Johnny Mathis - Chances Are (1957)
38. Pérez Prado - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (1955)
39. David Seville - Witch Doctor (1958)
40. Little Richard - Tutti Frutti (1955)
41. Doris Day - Que Sera, Sera (1956)
42. Pat Boone - Love Letters in the Sand (1957)
43. The Teddy Bears - To Know Him is to Love Him (1958)
44. Peggy Lee - Fever (1958)
45. Jim Lowe - Green Door (1956)
46. Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons (1959)
47. Fats Domino - Ain't That a Shame (1955)
48. Johnny Horton - The Battle of New Orleans (1959)
49. Ricky Nelson - Lonesome Town (1958)
50. Ray Charles - What'd I Say (1959)
51. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (1955)
52. Jimmie Rodgers - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (1957)
53. Frank Sinatra - Love and Marriage (1956)
54. Buddy Holly and The Crickets - Oh Boy! (1957)
55. Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser (1958)
56. Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (1956)
57. The Cadillacs - Speedoo (1955)
58. Dion and The Belmonts - I Wonder Why (1958)
59. Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Made (1959)
60. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You (1959)
61. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes (1956)
62. Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin (1958)
63. Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1956)
64. The Coasters - Yakety Yak (1958)
65. The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (1958)
66. Marty Robbins - A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation) (1957)
67. The Five Stars - Atom Bomb Baby (1957)
68. The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You (1959)
69. Chuck Berry - Maybellene (1955)
70. Billy Ward and The Dominoes - Stardust (1957)
71. Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight (1957)
72. Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes (1956)
73. Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (1959)
74. Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven (1956)
75. Buddy Holly and The Crickets - That'll Be the Day (1957)
76. Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons (1955)
77. Miles Davis - So What (1959)
78. Buddy Holly - Rave On (1958)
79. Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen (1958)
80. Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock (1957)
81. Clarence "Frogman" Henry - Ain't Got No Home (1956)
82. Neil Sedaka - Oh! Carol (1959)
83. Link Wray - Rumble (1958)
84. The Drifters - There Goes My Baby (1959)
85. The Del-Vikings - Come Go With Me (1956)
86. The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream (1958)
87. Mark Dinning - Teen Angel (1959)
88. Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater (1958)
89. Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen (1959)
90. The Platters - Twilight Time (1958)
91. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally (1956)
92. The Crests - Sixteen Candles (1958)
93. Lloyd Price - Personality (1959)
94. Fats Domino - I'm Walkin' (1957)
95. Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea (1959)
96. Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (1956)
97. Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops (1958)
98. The Coasters - Charlie Brown (1959)
99. Bobby Freeman - Do You Want to Dance (1958)
100. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You (1956)
101. Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line (1956)
102. Miles Davis - Straight, No Chaser (1958)
103. Johnny Preston - Running Bear (1959)
104. Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas (1959)
105. Ricky Nelson - Poor Little Fool (1958)
106. The Clovers - Love Potion No. 9 (1959)
107. The Coasters - Along Came Jones (1959)
108. Mickey and Sylvia - Love Is Strange (1956)
109. The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - Tea for Two Cha-Cha (1958)
110. Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel (1956)
111. Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knocking (1955)
112. Count Basie - April in Paris (1957)

List of tracks not yet seconded:

1. Miles Davis - Milestones (1959)
2. The Rays - Silhouettes (1957)
3. Billie Holiday - Fine and Mellow (1957)
4. The Coasters - Down in Mexico (1957)
5. Marty Robbins - El Paso (1959)
6. Jerry Lee Lewis - That Lucky Old Sun (1956)
7. The Cadets - Stranded in the Jungle (1956)
8. The Jamies - Summertime, Summertime (1958)
9. The Edsels - Rama Lama Ding Dong (1958)
10. Frankie Avalon - Bobby Sox to Stockings (1959)
11. The Royal Teens - Short Shorts (1958)
12. Pérez Prado - Patricia (1958)
13. Fats Domino - I Want to Walk You Home (1959)
14. Miles Davis - Bags' Groove (1955)
15. The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1958)
16. Frank Sinatra - High Hopes (1959)
17. Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying (1959)
18. The Four Aces - Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1955)
19. Ricky Nelson - Sweeter Than You (1959)
20. Johnny Otis - Willie and the Hand Jive (1959)
21. Count Basie and Joe Williams - Every Day I Have the Blues (1955)
22. Fats Domino - I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday (1959)
23. Little Richard - Keep A-Knockin' (1957)
24. Jan & Dean - Baby Talk (1959)
25. Little Richard - Slippin' and Slidin' (1957)
26. Johnny Mathis - Wonderful! Wonderful! (1956)
27. The Coasters - Searchin' (1957)
28. The Del-Vikings - Whispering Bells (1957)
29. Fats Domino - Whole Lotta Loving (1958)

List of other tracks:

1. Eartha Kitt - St. Louis Blues (1958)

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (1958)

[mae]

"Johnny B. Goode" very much seconded. Nominating:

The Platters - Only You (And You Alone) (1955)

[Jon]

Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk (1959)

[mae]

Love that track, early surf rock, I guess.

[Jon]

Good blues.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

A big fat second for The Platters - Only You (And You Alone) (1955).

[mae]

Good blues.

True. Once we get into the '60s I'm afraid I'll have to nominate quite a few surf rock tunes

[Joe315]

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (1956)

[Merlin1958]

Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me (1958)

[Joe315]

Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me (1958)

Second

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (1957)

[mae]

Nominating this classic with the one of the most recognizable intros ever:

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (1959)

[mae]

And "Sleep Walk" seconded.

[Jon]

Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (1958)

One minute / 60.

[Jon]

Good blues.

True. Once we get into the '60s I'm afraid I'll have to nominate quite a few surf rock tunes

Yes...I am going to have to pick a couple of favorite Jan and Dean tunes rather than ALL of them.

[Merlin1958]

Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel (1956)

And I second "Take Five"

[mae]

Oops, I see I jumped the gun on seconding "Sleep Walk" but now that "Take Five" has been seconded, I'll re-second it officially.

[Merlin1958]

I may be out of turn, but this song needs to be nominated......

Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife (1959)

[mae]

I may be out of turn, but this song needs to be nominated......

Certainly, but first there have to be three other nominations before you can nominate again.

[Merlin1958]

I may be out of turn, but this song needs to be nominated......

Certainly, but first there have to be three other nominations before you can nominate again.

Sigh, yes I understand. Perhaps someone else will have the fore sight to nominate this since there are so many nominations presently being posted.

[mae]

There need to be 112 nominations, so there's plenty of time to nominate it and many many others

[Merlin1958]

There need to be 112 nominations, so there's plenty of time to nominate it and many many others

As I said, I understand. Carry on , folks!!!

[Iwritecode]

Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (1958 )

Every time I hear this song I can't help thinking of the line ""Chuck, Chuck! It's Marvin! Your cousin, Marvin Berry! You know that new sound you were looking for? Well listen to THIS!"

It doesn't help that they played the entire trilogy last night and I watched 90% of it. 8)

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill (1956)