Sh boom by the crewcuts
https://youtu.be/Q9G0-4TWwewSh boom (crew cuts album cut)
I grew up listening to this - on vinyl via a coffee table console record player cabinet with radio - you could stack records up and it would cycle through them in order automatically
Lots of folk music - bill Hailey and the comets - Kingston trio - mamma's and the papa's - etc...
Still love this cut of the song - still holds up well
Lazy Sunday's after church and chores listening to music with family in the 76-80 time frame - I suppose that we were an anachronism at that point listening to music that most were not
Good tune.
Mike
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I really think the "Rock N Roll" era started with Hailey's "Rock Around the Clock". Maybe mid to late 50's? 0 -
Another song on that page was this one and the second on the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fty3Nzc-oiY0 -
So the argument can be made that sh boom in the format noted above was one of the first 10 songs that could be called rock and roll - which are the foundation of rock and roll
Bill Hailey with rock around the clock must be on the list
It's not swing and it's not folk and it's not country
In my head it's always been an early rock and roll track
One may argue and debate what the first ten rock and roll songs are and have quite an interesting discussion
I made up a twenty track play list for Mackenzie of similar songs to give her some exposure to this type of lost music
See you later alligator is on it...
Just thought some of you might remember it and still like it
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We have a record player and it is a blast! We take the boys to a record shop and they will pick out a few old recorda from the $3-$5 bin and we bring them home and let the boys dance.
They call it a ?record party? and they love it. There something so mich more satisfying about vinyl than digital music.0 -
The local college radio station used to play oldies like that on weekends for the Pintos at the State Prison in Santa Fe.
They did Dedications, shout outs, 'member whens & occasionally some Wolfman cuts.
Bobby Vinton doing Blue Velvet comes to mind, or Ferlin Husky trying to rock out.
Understandable lyrics, songs with a message, actual harmony, no oddball political crap; I guess us older folks might have called Telstar or Apache "House Music".[8D]0 -
The link that I posted leads you down a rabbit hole of some good music from that era
The link grumpy posted up (lollipop and sandman by the cordettes) are set on American bandstand and hosted by a nearly prepubescent dick Clark - watch the intro and look at the crowd...
I know that some purists will argue that rock and roll requires a guitar...
You can slice and parse it many different ways
Blueberry hill - the lion sleeps tonight - so many more...
To me when I hear "oldies" this is what the term means to me
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3 Things happened today:
1. my neighbour said he didn't like this song
2. he got hit by a bus
3. I lost my bus driver's license#65279;0 -
quote:Originally posted by Warbirds
We have a record player and it is a blast! We take the boys to a record shop and they will pick out a few old recorda from the $3-$5 bin and we bring them home and let the boys dance.
They call it a ?record party? and they love it. There something so mich more satisfying about vinyl than digital music.Sounds like a great way to spend time and have fun with your boys!!!! [:)]
I, too, prefer Vinyl over digital music. So much more detail and as you get your system closer to the sound of the original master tapes, it is incredible. I try to do a 3-5 hour Vinyl Music and Merlot evening at least once a week; mostly 60's and 70's LPs.0 -
Ah yes the authenticity and warmth of a needle sliding through grooves on vinyl or coming from a radio receiver with tubes...
Jukeboxes and album covers and colored 45's with b side tracks
A radio needing to warm up it's tubes - those late nights with clear weather and a full moon were you could pick up stations that were states away from you
Real vocals and actual instruments...
But the music can transport you back in time.
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quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
quote:Originally posted by Warbirds
We have a record player and it is a blast! We take the boys to a record shop and they will pick out a few old recorda from the $3-$5 bin and we bring them home and let the boys dance.
They call it a ?record party? and they love it. There something so mich more satisfying about vinyl than digital music.Sounds like a great way to spend time and have fun with your boys!!!! [:)]
I, too, prefer Vinyl over digital music. So much more detail and as you get your system closer to the sound of the original master tapes, it is incredible. I try to do a 3-5 hour Vinyl Music and Merlot evening at least once a week; mostly 60's and 70's LPs.Rumor has it you only drink 'Opus One Napa Valley Red Wine 2012 ,,,,,[}:)]Nah, I've switched to M?nage ? Trois California Red Wine, year doesn't matter! [:)]0 -
be bop music is not rock and roll 0 -
Sh boom and Rock Around the Clock were both from 1954. Remember them well as I was in 8th grade. Those two songs were the biggest hits that locked in the Rock & Roll era. 0 -
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be bop music is not rock and roll
Bowser might disagree with that....0 -
I don't think these songs are at the core rock and roll as we have come to know it - not saying they fit the definition perfectly...
I am saying that they were the foundation upon which rock and roll were built
They are a departure from other genres of the time even though they still have carry over traits from other styles and have roots in other types of music that influenced them greatly
Yes some of it can be dismissed or scorned as be bop or pop music or Bobby soxer fair for kids but it was a sound and a new scene and was the gateway to rock and roll
The Hawaii acoustic guitar and the development of the electric guitar both ended up playing an important roll but are absent from some of the music that started the transition
I am certain that the question and topic have been beaten to death in other forums by other experts I just saw it as a thought provoking puzzle to play with and had fun listening to some music / revisiting some tunes / dusting off some history
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Brings back memory's if setting up with my uncles, and listening to the Moondog on the old Philco magic eye radidio!
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I remember when Cars (the cartoon movie) came out and this played.....I downloaded it to my Itunes and added it to my list. I found an old ipod that my son had been using. He didn't sort my songs from his and just downloaded all the "bought" songs....so there is this odd mix of mine and his stuff on that thing. 0 -
Yes...
We picked up an iPod at a local estate sale that was still in the original packaging and appears to be damn near unused for $20.00
I also had a set of nice headphones (Ntunes made by Monster in burnt pumpkin) that I had bought on closeout at Walmart for $12.00
We gave them to Mackenzie on her birthday - she had expressed an interest in iPod's - she liked "vintage" equipment
Yes her Samsung smart phone probably does the same thing and does it better - but perhaps taking after me she prefers a separate device that is a stand alone platform for music - and requires no signal or internet connection or wi fi to operate
You don't drain the charge on your phone and can use it on a plane
I put together a play list for her every month to introduce her to music that I have an affinity for but she is unfamiliar with
It's a pretty odd mix at this point - an odd juxtaposition of disparate genres and styles / time periods
She uses them a lot at school or when working or driving
Last month was rock and roll foundation / precursor music
Before that was twenty greatest hits from Roy Orbison - early stuff
Prior to that was Stevie Ray Vaughn...
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I'm a 50s rock and roller too. But I also loved The Crew Cuts and the Four Freshmen. Anybody old enough to remember Sweet Lorraine? My sister had a live album I listened to a lot. 0 -
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I'm a 50s rock and roller too. But I also loved The Crew Cuts and the Four Freshmen. Anybody old enough to remember Sweet Lorraine? My sister had a live album I listened to a lot.Yep, but the rendition I like is probably not the one you are thinking about; Sweet Lorraine by Uriah Heep. [:D]0 -
The music I came to know as Rock & Roll and Doo Wop is not the same as the stuff that came later, mostly from the Brits. 0 -
"Blueberry hill" and "stand by me" both made the playlist...
Mike0
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