Show Notes
Episode 306, 1950s Dance Crazes, tracks popular music about the waltz, the mambo, the rhumba, rock and roll, the cha-cha-cha and five other popular dance styles. Performers include Elvis Presley, Patti Page, Bill Haley & His Comets, Sam Cooke, The Crickets, Tony and Joe, The Diamonds, plus 11 more.
45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s
Episode 306 1950s Dance Crazes
Playlist
1 Mambo Baby Ruth Brown
2 They Were Doing the Mambo Tex Williams
3 Mambo Italiano Rosemary Clooney
4 Papa Loves Mambo Perry Como
5 Mambo Rock Bill Haley & His Comets
6 Blue Tango Leroy Anderson
7 The Tennessee Waltz Patti Page
8 Till I Waltz Again With You Teresa Brewer
9 Rock and Roll Waltz Kay Starr
10 That’ll Be The Day The Crickets
11 Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley
12 Heaven on Earth The Platters
13 The Stroll The Diamonds
14 Rhumba Boogie Hank Snow
15 Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha Sam Cooke
16 The Walk Jimmy McCrackin
17 The Freeze Tony and Joe
18 Carioca Les Paul
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