Excellent 50's style CD
598509
This is a real treat for those who enjoy Cuban music played in a 1950's style. Shut your eyes and you could be in Plaza de Armas in old Havana. Forget about the awful cover which looks quite cheap and tacky - as do the liner notes and the map inside. The music contained on this CD is refreshingly good and the selection of songs not too obvious. Highly recommended.
4432115
There are a lot of wonderful old novelty songs on this CD that I haven't been able to find elsewhere. An excellent collection of goodies from the 1950's - on and well worth the money.
2611828
Lloyd Price was crossing over pop big time in the 50's just like Fats Domino,Chuck Berry ,Little Richard, and The Platters. He recorded hits that both the Black teenagers and White teens could immediatley identify with. Some are literally Rock and Roll standards now like "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", "Stagger Lee", "Personality", and "I'm gonna get married"- all of which are included on this fantastic cd. This cd also includes the top 10 R&B smashes "Just Because" from 1957,a song that stuck at #2 for about 3 weeks on the R&B chart titled "Come into my heart","Lady Luck", and a personal favorite of mine from the early 60's titled "Question" which I've featured on my radio show for years now. This cd is packed with hits from one of the heavy hitters of 50's and early 60's Rock n Roll and R&B. A direct influence on the sound of Arthur Alexander and many others who would come later. A must for any serious 50's collector.
1108053
Very nice collection of mid to late 60's top 40 tracks. First time true stereo on "Love Is All Around" and "Whiter Shade Of Pale", and even the ones you may have already sound better than ever. I might have left off "Keep On Dancing" for something that hasn't popped up on a dozen other compilations, but that's a minor gripe. I don't think that any oldies collector will be disappointed with this CD.  Like the other guy said, just buy it.
3321198
I love love love this CD! I am 50 yrs young and love every song on it! Very upbeat with a bit of an old school feel to it. Love it!
1075615
If you came of age in the late 60's, this cd should bring back memories of a special time and great changes.  Some old songs I had never heard before by Richie Havens and Joni Mitchell, as well several old favorites, and two good remakes of classics in Crimson and Clover and Crystal Blue Persuasion.  I have had this Cd in my car for a week now, and keep skipping though the other cd's to get back to this one.  The movie was on a cable channel several times this week, and is a good movie. The sound track establishes the timeframe (summer of 1969) as does the movie title but the sound track also is used as important part of the movie to convey the feelings of those times.  Enjoy!
665604
I really enjoyed this play list.  I'm a big fan of close-harmony singing, and there's plenty of this in here.  It's filled with classics.  As another reviewer has said, this is very much a late 50's - early 60's vibe.  Nothing here would be out of place in Back to the Future.  I was mildly confused by the double inclusion of the Lollipop by The Chordettes, but other than that, a fine playlist.
268737
I injoy music from the 60's and this cd is one of the best. The re-mixed sound is fantastic and the melodies ... well who can forget these great songs. I recommend this cd as one of the best in years.
1828885
We had VCR tapes of this CD plus the 1950-54 Billboard CD, among others. Unfortunately, the VCR no longer plays and the tapes are so worn out . . .

This music really takes you back to your youth. They don't write songs like these anymore.

The recordings are clearly mastered and sound great.&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Billboard-Pop-Memories-1955-1959/dp/B000003374/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Billboard Pop Memories: 1955-1959</a>
1902976
A wonderful CD of Perry's hits of the 50's.  Great reminiscing and to sing a-long with. Easy listening.
1373036
This CD is technically great - NO hisses or surface noises unlike other 1920's compilations. The song selection includes all of the essentials: The Charleston, Black Bottom, Varsity Drag, Button Up Your Overcoat, Pasadena and Miss Annabelle Lee. Pasadena, Varsity Drag, Collegian and Black Bottom are terrific dance songs; the sounds are so clear the bands sound live. The song selection also includes a couple of stodgy songs performed by Paul Whiteman, a favorite punching bag of contemporary Jazz critics for daring to call himself the "King of Jazz". Overall a terrific CD for 20's fans and a good CD to give people something different to listen to besides Rap and Rock.
446984
Just pulled this out of box in the closet and played it again.  The best!!  Wonderful songs of the 1940s by the best female singers of the time--mostly associated with swing bands.  Technical quality of the music is first-rate in most cases.  Includes Dinah Shore, Peggy Lee, Billie Holiday, Helen O'Connell, Keely Smith and others.  Biggest surprise -- two upbeat tunes by June Christy who I always thought of (erroneously) as the Queen of soft 50s ballads.
241470
This CD contains many hard-to-find songs by some of the more obscure vocal groups of the 1950s. The recording quality is first-rate as is the material. A must-have for the advanced (and not-so-advanced) doo-wop fan.
1057715
Great cd. Think of all your favorite songs and then put a big twist on them and have the song turned around and sang in another way by a different artist. Back in the 1960's a lot of hit songs had Dobblegangers. A same version of the song was recorded by another artist but with a twist. Like  the Drifter's Save the Last Dance for Me a number one song  and then someone like Damita Jo records I'll Save the Last Dance for you,same tune different words,and they sound great,quality is excellent . 28 songs in all. Like Mother in Law by Ernir K. Doe we got Son In Law by The Blossoms.
Like The Duke Of earl by Gene Chandler, We got Duchess of Earl by The Pearlettes,A lot of these records were made the same year as the hit song was to get popularity because of the beat and hopefully getting their record to sell because of the hit record they copied. This was a popular genre of the 1960's in the history of music. And you can listen to a great part of it with this cd
2670290
Wow.  I had heard an oldie by Gene last week, and the clarity was pretty astounding, even on an MP3 file.  I then found this CD package on Amazon at a terrific price and figured why not?  Well, I'm only halfway through it and have to say it's fabulous. This package of CDs is very well engineered and captures all of the music Gene Vincent recorded.  His music is true fifties, so if you're still into it, get these CDs.
3157230
Great CD, as all in this series have been. (I have all three 60s and eagerly await more...I hope). Good sound quality, and not all obvious hits here either, some old forgotten songs that wouldn't necessarily be played on golden oldies' radio stations. Recommended.
4066826
Given the extreme rarity of most of these tracks, the sound quality is quite good. The songs by The Enticers ("Storyteller"),The People's Choice ("Run To Me"), The Optimistics ("Should I Let Myself Go") and GQ ("Strange Feelings") justify the entire CD's price but the others are also nice and all are excellent examples of soul ballad oldies that went nowhere but that deserve to be "rediscovered" by oldies fans now that they are available on CD. Thanks to Alan Beck at ITP Records for releasing another fine compilation of rare oldies.