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

In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning is a song about lost love and longing for someone who is no longer there.

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.

Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock is a call to the dance floor for the audience and what an impact it would have.

Shake, Rattle & Roll is a song filled with euphemism and sexual innuendo, certainly in the original version from Big Joe Turner anyway.

My Funny Valentine is an interesting love song in that it points out that the object of affection isn’t perfect.

The Wind is another sad tale of lost love, very prevalent on this list thus far. Where are all the happy songs?

Perhaps the song allowed Billie Holiday to look back on her past and see what she had accomplished in the years that followed.

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.

The Orioles were popular in the 40s and early 50s and this number, a cover version of Crying in the Chapel is regarded as one of their best.

B.B. King rose from humble origins to the present day where he is considered one of the most influential blues musicians.

Just Walkin’ in the Rain is a song of regret with the narrator being the one alone and walking in the rain.

Many film lovers will be familiar with the sight of Gene Kelly dancing in the streets, umbrella in hand, and singing his heart out.

Le Gorille comes from Georges Brassens and is, to put it mildly, a rather unusual song and in its day a rather controversial one as well.

Amália Rodrigues certainly had an impressive voice. She was considered key in helping revitalise fado and take it to a worldwide audience.

Dust My Broom has been interpreted by some analysts as a euphemism, something of a sexual nature, but this remains open to debate.

The song is one of heartbreak with Fred Astaire singing of someone special that has been taken away from him.

Listening to Lord Kitchener sing of the warm welcome he has had in London and the open arms of the British brought a smile to my face.

Mary Ford’s vocals convey the sadness implicit in the lyrics but the highlight is without question the phenomenal guitar playing of Les Paul.

In Cry, Johnnie Ray sings of a lost sweetheart and insists that crying is not only okay but that it might even help.