Paul Anka, Frankie Avalon, Baby Tunes Weavers, Big Bopper, Capris, Champs, Jimmy Charles, Chubbie
Checker, Chuck Berry, Clovers, Coasters, Sam Cooke, Crests, Crew Cuts, Danny & The Juniors, Bobby
Darin, Bobby Day, Joey Dee, Dion, Fats Domino, Drifters, Tommy Edwards, Everly Brothers, Five Satins,
Bill Haley and The Comets, Bobby Helms, Buddy Holly, Buddy Knox, Lettermen, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little
Anthony, Little Caesar, Little Richard, Frankie Lymon, Monotones, Ricky Nelson, Penguins, Carl Perkins,
Phil Phillips, Elvis Presley, Lloyd Price, Santo & Johnny, Neil Sedaka, Shirelles, Skyliners, Teddy Bears,
Ritchie Valens, Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers, Jackie Wilson, Leny Welch, and More!
to those who also adore and still live the sounds of that decade. When the 1950's are
mentioned, the first type of music to come to most people's minds is rock 'n roll. Developed
from a blend of Southern blues and gospel music, with an added strong back beat, this type of
music was popular with teenagers who were trying to break out of the mainstream conservative
American middle class mold. Popular artists such as Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee
Lewis were promoted on radio by just as popular disc-jockeys like Alan Freed and the Big
Bopper. The deaths of Lubbock singer Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper are still
lamented by fans. The influence of these early rockers has been felt in popular music
worldwide. However, music in the 1950's was more than just rock 'n roll. Crooners like Nat King
Cole, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como and Dinah Shore were all popular. Many of these singers
were the idols of the rockers who developed the new sounds. Many of their songs are still
being played on radios, home stereos and CD players all over the world, and this DJ in Boston
DJ John Dudley is sure to follow suit when the crowd calls for it!
