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1001 Songs Challenge #72: Heartbreak Hotel (1956)
#72 on the 1001 Songs Challenge is Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley
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1001 Songs Challenge #71: Be-Bop-A-Lula (1956)
#71 on the 1001 Songs Challenge is Be-Bop-A-Lula by Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
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1001 Songs Challenge #70: Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye (1956)
#70 on the 1001 Songs Challenge is Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye by Ella Fitzgerald
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1001 Songs Challenge #69: I’ve Got You Under My Skin (1956)
#69 on the 1001 Songs Challenge is I've Got You Under My Skin by Frank Sinatra
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1001 Songs Challenge #68: Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) (1956)
#68 on the 1001 Songs Challenge is Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) by Ella Fitzgerald
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1001 Songs Challenge #67: Burundanga (1956)
Celia Cruz would go from strength to strength despite leaving Cuba behind. She would become a symbol for exiles after Fidel Castro took power
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1001 Songs Challenge #66: Blue Monday (1956)
The track Blue Monday was originally written by Dave Bartholomew but Fats Domino would make the song his own.
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1001 Songs Challenge #65: I’m a Man (1955)
Inspired by the work of Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley penned I’m a Man, a song which would strike a chord with artists to come.
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1001 Songs Challenge #64: Sixteen Tons (1955)
Sixteen Tons was originally written by Merle Travis and inspired by the coal miners working in Kentucky, of which Merle’s father was one.
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1001 Songs Challenge #63: Cry Me a River (1955)
Julie London was not the first choice for Cry Me a River but despite this she offers a beautiful rendition.
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1001 Songs Challenge #62: Only You (and You Alone) (1955)
Only You gave The Platters one of their earliest hits when they finally hit upon a version that would prove too hard for audiences to resist.
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1001 Songs Challenge #61: Tutti Frutti (1955)
Due to the risque sexual lyrics of its original format, Tutti Frutti was edited and toned down to try to make it more appealing to the masses
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1001 Songs Challenge #60: In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (1955)
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning is a song about lost love and longing for someone who is no longer there.
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1001 Songs Challenge #59: I Get Along Without You Very Well (1954)
Chet Baker assures us that although heartbroken in the past he is now doing very well thank you very much. Really he is anything but okay.
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1001 Songs Challenge #58: Rock Around the Clock (1954)
Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock is a call to the dance floor for the audience and what an impact it would have.
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1001 Songs Challenge #57: Shake, Rattle & Roll (1954)
Shake, Rattle & Roll is a song filled with euphemism and sexual innuendo, certainly in the original version from Big Joe Turner anyway.
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1001 Songs Challenge #56: My Funny Valentine (1954)
My Funny Valentine is an interesting love song in that it points out that the object of affection isn’t perfect.
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1001 Songs Challenge #55: The Wind (1954)
The Wind is another sad tale of lost love, very prevalent on this list thus far. Where are all the happy songs?
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1001 Songs Challenge #54: Love for Sale (1954)
Perhaps the song allowed Billie Holiday to look back on her past and see what she had accomplished in the years that followed.
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1001 Songs Challenge #53: Riot in Cell Block No.9 (1954)
The song sees the narrator singing about a prison riot that broke out in Cell Block No.4 and then quickly spread before intensifying in No.9.
