The Everly Brothers - Cadence Classics: Their 20 Greatest Hits

Cadence Classics: Their 20 Greatest Hits

The Everly Brothers had many rock and roll and rockabilly songs in the 50s and 60s. These are mostly their 50s songs. My favorites are "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Wake Up Little Susie". Other songs hare are "Bye Bye Love", "I Wonder If I Care as Much", "This Little Girl of Mine", "Brand New Heartache", "Hey Doll Baby", "Claudette", "Bird Dog", "Devoted to You", "Problems", "Love of My Life", "I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail", "Take A Message to Mary", "Poor Jenny", "('Til) I Kissed You", "Let It Be Me", "Since You Broke My Heart", "Like Strangers", and "When Will I Be Loved".

Dion & Belmonts - Greatest Hits

Dion & Belmonts - Greatest Hits

Dion and the Belmonts had many 50s and 60 pop and rock songs. My favorite 50s songs are "A Teenager in Love", "I Wonder Why". Songs from the 60s I like are "The Wanderer", "Little Diane", "In the Still of the Night", "When You Wish Upon a Star", and "Sandy".

Chuck Berry - The Definitive Collection

The Definitive Collection

Chuck Berry has many 50s and 60s rock and roll hits. My favorite 50s songs are "Johnny B. Goode", "Rock and Roll Music", and "Maybellene". Other songs I like are "Thirty Days", "You Can't Catch Me", "Too Much Monkey Business", "Brown Eyed Handsome Man", "Reelin' and Rockin'", "Sweet Little Sixteen", and "Sweet Little Rock & Roller". "Let It Rock" and "Promised Land" are some 60s songs I like.

Carl Perkins - Original Sun Greatest Hits

Carl Perkins - Original Sun Greatest Hits

Carl Perkins 50s rockabilly music. My favorite song is "Blue Suede Shoes". Other songs I like are "Honey Don't", "Boppin' the Blues", "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby", "All Mama's Children", "Put Your Cat Clothes On", "Matchbox", "Dixie Fried", "You Can Do No Wrong", "Glad All Over", "Gone, Gone, Gone".

The Very Best of The Drifters

The Very Best of The Drifters

The Drifters had many popular R&B songs. This is a good collection of their hits from the 50s and 60s. My favorite song is "Under the Boardwalk". Other songs I like are "There Goes My Baby", "(If You Cry) True Love, True Love", "Dance With Me", "This Magic Moment", "Save the Last Dance for Me", and "I Count the Tears".

Jerry Lee Lewis - 25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings

25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings

Jerry Lee Lewis has many 50s and 60s rock and roll songs. Many 50s songs are on here. "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Great Balls of Fire", "Crazy Arms", "Breathless", "High School Confidential", "Down the Line", "Break-Up", and "Lovin' Up a Storm". His 60s songs I like are "Save the Last Dance for Me", "Sweet Little Sixteen ", and "Good Golly Miss Molly".

The Essential Elvis Presley

The Essential Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley is still so popular even today. This is a big collection of his hits. My favorite songs from the 50s are "All Shook Up", "Blue Suede Shoes", "Don't Be Cruel", "That's All Right", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock", and "Love Me Tender". My favorite 60s songs are "Suspicious Minds", "Are You Lonesome Tonight", "Memories", and "In the Ghetto". Many more of his songs are on this collection.

The Very Best of Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers

The Very Best of Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers

Frankie Lymon & the teenagers are a 50s group from New York City. Frankie Lymon has an amazing voice for someone in their early teens. Their songs are doo-wop, rock and roll, and pop music. My favorites are "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", "The ABC's of Love", and "Little Bitty Pretty One". Other songs here are "Please Be Mine", "I Want You to Be My Girl", "I'm Not a Know-It-All", "I Promise to Remember", "Who Can Explain?", "Share", "Im Not a Juvenile Delinquent", "Baby, Baby", "Am I Fooling Myself Again", "Teenage Love", "Paper Castles", "Out in the Cold Again", and "Goody Goody".

Bobby Darin - The Hit Singles Collection

The Hit Singles Collection

This is a big collection of Bobby Darin's 50s and many 60s songs. "Mack the Knife", "Queen of the Hop", and "Splish Splash", are my favorite 50s songs. Some other songs I like are "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", "Early in the Morning", "Plain Jane", "Beyond the Sea", "Lazy River", "18 Yellow Roses", and "Lovin' You".

Bill Haley - Rock Around the Clock

Rock Around the Clock

Some very fun 50s songs by Bill Haley are on this collection. My favorite song is "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock". Other songs I like are "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town)", "Two Hound Dogs", "Happy Baby", "Mambo Rock", "Burn That Candle", "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie", "R-O-C-K", and "The Saints Rock 'N Roll".

Must hear 50s songs

Here is my list of must hear 50s songs. I listed 59 songs in total so far. More will be added. All of them are listed in alphabetical order by the artist. A lot of these artists had other hits years later and even before the 50s that you should look into also.

Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle and Roll

Bill Haley and His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock

Bill Haley and His Comets - R-O-C-K

Bill Haley and His Comets - Shake, Rattle and Roll

Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife

Bobby Darin - Queen of the Hop

Bobby Darin - Splish Splash

Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin

Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Buddy Holly - That'll Be the Day

Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue

Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes

Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode

Chuck Berry - Maybellene

Chuck Berry - Rock and Roll Music

Danny & the Juniors - At the Hop

Danny & the Juniors - Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay

Dion and the Belmonts - A Teenager in Love

Dion and the Belmonts - I Wonder Why

Elvis Presley - All Shook Up

Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes

Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog

Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock

Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender

Elvis Presley - That's All Right

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - Little Bitty Pretty One

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The ABC's of Love

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire

Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line

Johnny Maestro & the Crests - Sixteen Candles

Johnny Maestro & the Crests - The Angels Listened In

Johnny Mathis - Chances Are

Little Richard - Tutti Frutti

Mitch Miller - The Yellow Rose of Texas

Nat King Cole - Unforgettable

Paul Anka - Diana

Paul Anka - Put Your Head on My Shoulder

Paul Anka - You Are My Destiny

Peggy Lee - Fever

Ritchie Valens - La Bamba

Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano

Shirley and Lee - Let the Good Times Roll

The Champs - Tequila

The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman

The Coasters - Charlie Brown

The Coasters - Yakety Yak

The Del Vikings - Come Go with Me

The Drifters - There Goes My Baby

The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream

The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie

The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night

The Five Satins - The Jones Girl

The Monotones - The Book of Love

The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)

The Royal Teens - Short Shorts

The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You