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Born In The Fifties
| Born In The Fifties | |
| Created by: | johnny_luddite |
| Tracks: | 16 |
| Length: | 00:57:01 |
| Keywords |
1. fifties 2. innovation 3. child of |
| Created on | 12/05/06 11:31am |
| Level | 6 |
| Points | 2651 |
| Total visitors | 59 |
| Unique visitors | 36 |
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For many, the sixties is the decade that started it all, music wise. The decade before though had much to commend it. Rock and Roll and the cult of the teenager were born. Blues went electric, Sinatra was at his peak, and Jazz grew up as Bebop went to new and exploratory areas. Oh yeah, and it was the decade I was born in!
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| 1 | Miles Davis : Boplicity |
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The start of the decade, and Miles Davis was defining what was cool in the world of jazz!
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Track 8 from Birth of the Cool
Length: 00:03:01 Year: 1950 |
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The start of the decade, and Miles Davis was defining what was cool in the world of jazz! SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Les Paul & Mary Ford : How High the Moon |
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Astonishing technical guitar wizadry mixed with a middle of the road vocal. It could only be the fifties.
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Track 13 from Guitar Wizard
Length: 00:02:08 Year: 0000 |
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Astonishing technical guitar wizadry mixed with a middle of the road vocal. It could only be the fifties. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Muddy Waters : I'm Ready |
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The blues had moved off the plantations years before, but now it was in the city, Chicago, Detroit, and it was [...]
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Track 2 from The Chess Box Disc 2 1954-59
Length: 00:03:04 Year: 0000 |
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The blues had moved off the plantations years before, but now it was in the city, Chicago, Detroit, and it was electric. TheMuddy Waters Blues Band were harder than anyone else at the time, none harder than this track. "Iam ready for you, I hope you're ready for me." Chess Records at its finest. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats : Rocket 88 |
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This is thought by many to be the first authentic rock and roll record, but where R&B and Blues end and R&R be [...]
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Track 5 from Great Balls Of Fire
Length: 00:02:47 Year: 1989 |
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This is thought by many to be the first authentic rock and roll record, but where R&B and Blues end and R&R begin can be debated till the end of time. What really does matter is that this record was mostly the work of an uncredited Ike Turner. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Howlin' Wolf : Moanin' At Midnight |
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Wolf recorded at Chess, with the great Hubert Sumlin on lead guitar, but earlier in the decade he had been at [...]
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Track 1 from Portrait In Blues
Length: 00:02:58 Year: 0000 |
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Wolf recorded at Chess, with the great Hubert Sumlin on lead guitar, but earlier in the decade he had been at Sun Records in memphis, when Sam Phillips used to record just black artists. That would change... SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Elvis Presley : That's Allright |
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At the time, Shake Rattle And Roll by the redneck Bill Hailey & The Comets was thought to be R&R record number [...]
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Track 1 from The Sun Sessions
Length: 00:01:57 Year: 1976 |
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At the time, Shake Rattle And Roll by the redneck Bill Hailey & The Comets was thought to be R&R record number one, but the one that really matters was recorded at Sun Studios in 1954. Elvis lets the black roots of the music show in his vocals whilst Scotty Moore quietly revolutionised forever the way guitar would be played. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Frank Sinatra : Old Devil Moon |
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Sinatra reached his peak with the "Songs For Swinging Lovers" album. Romantic orchestral music at its best.
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Track 6 from Songs For Swinging Lovers
Length: 00:03:57 Year: 1955 |
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Sinatra reached his peak with the "Songs For Swinging Lovers" album. Romantic orchestral music at its best. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Sonny Rollins : Blue |
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With his first solo album, Rollins redefined the sax solo, just as Miles was doing for the horn. Jazz and blue [...]
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Track 5 from Saxophone Colossus
Length: 00:11:14 Year: 1956 |
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With his first solo album, Rollins redefined the sax solo, just as Miles was doing for the horn. Jazz and blues collide here, and Rollins was almost never better! SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Julie London : Cry Me a River |
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Great guitar and fantastic melancholic vocals. "Now you say you love me..."
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Track 2 from The Ultimate Collection
Length: 00:02:49 Year: 2006 |
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Great guitar and fantastic melancholic vocals. "Now you say you love me..." SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Otis Rush : All Your Love |
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Rush was at the peak of his vocal and guitar powers, particularly on this track, the template Peter Green woul [...]
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Track 24 from The Cobra Sessions 1956-1958
Length: 00:02:38 Year: 0000 |
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Rush was at the peak of his vocal and guitar powers, particularly on this track, the template Peter Green would use to write 'Black Magic Woman' a decade later. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Roy Orbison : Ooby Dooby |
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I heard this when I was very young, then forgot about it till I heard it in of all things, a Star Trek film. O [...]
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Track 1 from The Big "O" - The Early Years
Length: 00:02:15 Year: 0000 |
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I heard this when I was very young, then forgot about it till I heard it in of all things, a Star Trek film. Orbison playing rockabilly in the Sun studios, and playing it very well! SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Little Richard : I Got It |
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What little Richard had was an incredible voice, soulful yet it rocked.
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Track 9 from The Essential
Length: 00:02:18 Year: 1985 |
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What little Richard had was an incredible voice, soulful yet it rocked. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Ritchie Valens : Come On Let's Go |
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The birth of La Raza rock. La Bamba would have been the obvious choice, so I went for this instead.
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Track 3 from La Bamba
Length: 00:02:02 Year: 0000 |
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The birth of La Raza rock. La Bamba would have been the obvious choice, so I went for this instead. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | John Lee Hooker : Tell Me Baby |
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Many of the important blues artists recorded at Chess at sometime in the decade. Even staunch Detroit man John [...]
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Track 13 from The Complete 50's Chess Recordings disc 2
Length: 00:03:44 Year: 2003 |
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Many of the important blues artists recorded at Chess at sometime in the decade. Even staunch Detroit man John Lee Hooker. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Jerry Lee Lewis : Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On |
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Lewis took black blues piano, only watered it down a little, and sold it back to the white kids.
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Track 13 from Jerry Lee Lewis
Length: 00:02:50 Year: 1957 |
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Lewis took black blues piano, only watered it down a little, and sold it back to the white kids. SHOW LESS
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| 16 | Miles Davis : Billy Boy |
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I had to include two Miles Davis tracks here. You can tell how jazz and Davis developed in the fifties by comp [...]
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Track 5 from Milestones
Length: 00:07:19 Year: 1958 |
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I had to include two Miles Davis tracks here. You can tell how jazz and Davis developed in the fifties by comparing the two Miles cuts here. SHOW LESS
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