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The 50s, Pt. 1

Artist: Various Artists

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History of Rock 1  What a Night - The Dells Oh 2  Deserie - The Charts 3  Why Don't You Write Me - The Jacks 4  Get a Job - The Silhouettes 5  Eddie My Love - The Teen Queens 6  When You Dance - The Turbans 7  In the Still of the Night - The Five Satins 8  Tequila - The Champs 9  A - Dion & The Belmonts Teenager in Love 10  For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler 11  Tonight - The Mello-Kings Tonight 12  Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 13  Sixteen Candles - The Crests 14  The - The Channels Closer You Are 15  Trickle - The Videos Trickle 16  One Summer Night - The Danleers 17  The - The Moonglows Ten Commandments of Love 18  A - The Harptones Sunday Kind of Love 19  Come Go with Me - The Del Vikings 20  To the Aisle - The Five Satins 21  I'll Be Forever Loving You - The El Dorados 22  I'm So Happy - Louie Lymon/Teen Chords 23  Oh Gosh - The Kodaks Oh Gee 24  Goodnight - The Spaniels Goodnight, Sweetheart

• Unknown Contributor Role: Louie Lymon & the Teenchords.
  
• History of Rock: The 50s, Pt. 1 focuses mainly on doo wop and artists influenced by that pervasive '50s sound. Among the 24 tracks are quite a few classics like the Spaniels' "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight," Dion & the Belmonts' "A Teenager in Love," the Five Satins' "In the Still of the Night," and the Dells' "Oh, What a Night" as well as some worthy obscurities like the Videos' "Trickle, Trickle," the Kodaks' "Oh Gee, Oh Gosh," and the Channels' "The Closer You Are." For variety's sake, a couple of non-doo wop tracks like the Champs' "Tequila" and Bo Diddley's "Bo Diddley" are thrown in. The collection plays like an hour or so of really fun and diverse '50s oldies radio, something that is getting harder to the point of impossibility to find on your radio dial anymore. The only thing that makes the disc less than ideal is having two songs by the Five Satins. Even though these are fine songs, it would seem to make more sense to add one more group. That is a minor point, however, and shouldn't keep anyone from picking up this entertaining disc. ~ Tim Sendra