Ok so I figured I would post this here in order to have an online record. Feel free to add, comment etc. I started in 1950 (should have gone back to the mid 40s, will backtrack later) and once I hit the mid-sixties, Im spending a week on each year, or at least that is the plan.

I started with the Billboard Top 30; adding other charts and lists I found along the way -

Songs listened to, (* for notables) and some comments.

Links are to my grooveshark playlists.

1950
Year:1950

* Goodnight Irene (leadbelly cover) - Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers
Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole
* Third Man Theme - Guy Lombardo
Sam's Song - Gary & Bing Crosby
Simple Melody - Gary & Bing Crosby
* Music, Music, Music - Teresa Brewer
Third Man Theme - Anton Karas
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
Harbor Lights - Sammy Kaye
* It Isn't Fair - Sammy Kaye & Don Cornell
If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked A Cake- Eileen Barton
Bonaparte's Retreat- Kay Starr
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena - Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers
There's No Tomorrow - Tony Martin
The Thing - Phil Harris
Sentimental Me - Ames Brothers
I Wanna Be Loved - Andrews Sisters & Gordon Jenkins
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
* I Can Dream, Can't I - Andrews Sisters & Gordon Jenkins
I'll Never Be Free - Tennessee Ernie Ford & Kay Starr
All My Love - Patti Page
My Foolish Heart - Gordon Jenkins
Rag Mop - Ames Brothers
Bewitched - Bill Snyder
Hoop Dee Dog - Perry Como
Bewitched - Gordon Jenkins
Can Anyone Explain? - Ames Brothers
My Foolish Heart - Billy Eckstine
Dear Hearts And Gentle People - Bing Crosby
* Cry Of The Wild Goose - Frankie Laine
* Mistrustin' Blues - Johnny Otis (Little Esther & Mel Walker)
Chicken Blues - Billy Ward & the Dominos
Moanin' the Blues - Hank Williams
Bon Ton Roula - Clarence Garlow
* Count Every Star - Ravens
* Dream A Little Dream of Me - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
The Fat Man - Fats Domino
Rollin Stone - Muddy Waters
Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Please Send Me Somone to Love - Percy Mayfield
Long Gone Lonsome Blues - Hank Williams
Bird of Paradise- Charlie Parker
Bloomdido- Charlie Parker
Mardis Gras in New Orleans- Professor Longhair
*Shotgun Blues - Lightin' Hopkins
I'm Movin On- Hank Snow
Blue Light Boogie (part 1) - Louis Jordan
Good Morning Judge- Wynonie Harris
Teardrops from My Eyes- Ruth Brown
April in Paris- Charlie Parker
Rollin' and Tumblin' pt. 1 - Muddy Waters
La vie en Rose - Edith Piaf
Just Friends- Charlie Parker
Why Dont You Love Me- Hank Williams
* Moanin the Blues- Hank Williams
* Strollin with Bones- T. Bone Walker
* Everyday I Have the Blues- Lowell Fulson
* Double Crossing Blues- Johnny Otis with the Robins & Little Ester
* Venus de Milo- Miles Davis
* Mambo No. 5- Perez Prado
* Stack-A-Lee pt. 1- Archibald
Safronia A- Calvin Boze
My Old Flame - Charlie Parker
* Virginese Del Sol (Virgins of the Sun) - Yma Sumac
I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin- Hank Williams
Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere - Joe Morris
The Golden Rocket- Hank Snow
* Hard Luck Blues- Roy Brown
* Dancing In the Dark- Charlie Paker
With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming- Patti Page
Get Happy- Bud Powell
I''ll Never Be Free- Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie Ford
I Need You So- Ivory Joe Hunter
* Bad, Bad, Whiskey- Amos Milburn
Oh Babe! - Louis Prima
* Love Don't Love Nobody- Roy Brown
* Daddy's Little Girl- The Mills Brothers
My Heart Cries for You- Guy Mitchell
Do Something For Me- The Dominoes
Bewitched- Doris Day
* I Wanna Be Loved- Dinah Washington
* Slim's Blues - Memphis Slim
Rockin with Red - Piano Red

1951
Year: 1951
* Dust My Broom - Elmore James
How High the Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford
Ramblin Man- Hank Williams
* Rocket 88- Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
* Cry - Johnnie Ray
Hey, Good Lookin- Hank Williams
* Sixty Minute Man - Billy Ward and the Dominoes
* Too Young - Nat King Cole
Cold Cold Heart - Hank Williams
* Cold Cold Heart - Tony Bennett
Cold Cold Heart - Dinah Washington
* Always Late (With Your Kisses) - Lefty Frizzell
* Flamingo - Earl Bostic
* Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
Mockingbird Hill- Patti Page
On Top of Old Smokey- The Weavers
Because of You- Tony Bennett
* Black Night- Charles Brown
* Moanin at Midnight- Howlin Wolf
* Un Poco Loco - Bud Powell
The Glory of Love- The Five Keys
* Three O'Clock Blues- B.B. King
* It Ain't the Meat- The Swallows
Be My Love - Mario Lanza
* Come On-A My House- Rosemary Clooney
* If - Perry Como
* Bloodshot Eyes- Wynonie Harris
* I'm in the Mood- John Lee Hooker
The Train Kept-A-Rollin - Tiny Bradshaw
Chains of Love- Big Joe Turner
I Can't Help It- Hank Williams
* Booted- Rosco Gordon
* Jezebel- Frankie Laine
Sin (It's No Sin) - Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
Anytime- Eddie Fisher
* My Baby Left Me- Arthur Crudup
Sweet Violets - Dinah Shore
I Get ideas- Tony Martin
Sound Off- Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise - Les Paul & Mary Ford
My Truly, Truly Fair- Guy Mitchell & Mitch Mitchell
Howlin' At The Moon- Hank Williams
The Little White Cloud that Cried- Johnny Ray
My Reverie - The Larks
It's All In the Game- Tommy Edwards
* Fool, Fool, Fool - The Clovers
Tell Me Why - Four Aces
I Apologize - Bill Eckstine
Down Yonder - Joe 'Fingers' Carr
Because of You- Les Baxter
Undecided- Ames Brothers
Aba Daba Honeymoon- Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter
A Kiss to Build a Dream On- Louis Armstrong
Shouldn't I Know - Cardinals
(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai- Doris Day
Green Tree Boogie- Bill Haley
Hey Little Girl - Professor Longhair
Sentimental Journey- Les Brown
So Long (Its Been Good To Know Yuh) - Gordon Jenkins
* Kisses Sweater than Wine - Weavers
My Real Gone Rocket- Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats
I Got Loaded- Peppermint Harris
Blue Tango - Leroy Anderson and his Pops Concert Orchestra
Lovin Machine- Wynonie Harris
April in Paris - Frank Sinatra
Slow Poke- Pee Wee King
Pack Die Badehose Ein- Conny Froboess
L'ame Des Poetes - Charles Trenet
Crazy About You Baby - Sonny Boy Williamson II
L'inconnue de Londres - Leo Ferre

Ok quite a list of songs- what isn't evident from the list is that the charts at this time reflect "songs" just as much as artists. That is, there are songs that find themselves on the charts in 1950 having being done by more than one (or two) artists. For instance - Tennessee Waltz, Count Every Star, Sentimental Me, Mona Lisa, Dearie, Bonaparte's Retreat, Rap Mop, I Wanna Be Loved, My Foolish Heart and the list goes on and on.

1952
Year:1952

Under some songs there are snippets of allmusic quotes - that I found helpful. And because I am lazy, I've left them in.

* Lawdy Miss Clawdy- Lloyd Price
Lawdy Miss Clawdy- Fats Domino
Jambalaya On the Bayou- Hank Williams
* Have Mercy- Billy Ward & The Dominoes
* Mint Julep- The Clovers
My Song- Johnny Ace
Goin' Home- Fats Domino
* Moody's Mood For Love- King Pleasure w/ Blossom Dearie
Along with Eddie Jefferson, King Pleasure was one of the early masters of vocalese -- a style in which lyrics are written and sung to the solos of jazz instrumentalists. Although Pleasure cited Jeffersonas his main influence and said that Jefferson was embracing vocalese before him, Pleasure's sax-like phrasing and scat singing proved equally influential.

*Juke- Little Walter
Singin' In the Rain - Gene Kelly
* Night Train- Jimmy Forrest
Baby Don't Do It- The 5 Royales
* Mad About You- Dinah Washington
Ill never Get Out of this World Alive- Hank Williams
* Big Ten Inch Record- Bull Moose Jackson
5-10-15 Hours- Ruth Brown
* I Dont Know- Willie Mabon
* I Believe- Elmore James
Rock the Joint- Billy Haley & the Saddlemen
High Noon - Frankie Laine
* La Mauvaise Reputation - Georges Brassens
One of French pop's most poetic songwriters, Georges Brassens, was also a highly acclaimed and much-beloved performer in his own right. Not only a brilliant manipulator of language and a feted poet in his own right, Brassens was also renowned for his subversive streak, satirizing religion, class, social conformity, and moral hypocrisy with a wicked glee.
Honky Tonk Blues- Hank Williams
Beside You- The Swallows
Aged and Mellow- Ester Phillips
Ting-A-Ling- The Clovers
The Bells- Billy Ward & His Dominoes
No More Doggin'- Rosco Gordon
Sad Hours- Little Walter
* You Belong to Me- Jo Stafford
You Belong to Me- Dean Martin
You Belong to Me- Patti Page
Im Gone- Shirley and Lee
* Five Long Years- Eddie Boyd
* She Moves Me- Muddy Waters
* The Wild Side of Life- Hank Thompson
*It Wasnt God Who Make Honky Tonk Angels- Kitty Wells
Mean Old World- Little Walter
4'33"- John Cage
Wheel Of Fortune- Kay Starr
Sweet Sixteen- Big Joe Turner
* Red Sails in the Sunset- The Five Keys
The Five Keys are generally regarded by aficionados of 1950s R&B vocal group harmony as one of the finest groups to ever record in this genre.
Somewhere Along the Way-Nat King Cole
Walking the Boogie- John Lee Hooker
Daddy Daddy- Ruth Brown
* Solitude- Billy Holiday
Hey, Miss Fannie- The Clovers
* (Now and Then) There's a Fool Like Me- Hank Snow
The Great Atomic Power- The Louvin Brothers
Nine Below Zero- Sonny Boy Williamson II
Kissa Me Baby- Ray Charles
Trouble in Mind- Dinah Washington
* Delicado- Percy Faith
Percy Faith was one of the most popular easy listening recording artists of the '50s and '60s. Not only did he have a number of hit albums and singles under his own name, but Faith was responsible for arranging hits by Tony Bennett, Doris Day, Johnny Mathis, and Burl Ives, among others, as the musical director for Columbia Records in the '50s.
Auf Weiderseh'n Sweetheart- Vera Lynn
I Cant Lose the Stuff I Use- Lester Williams
Rock Me All Night Long- The Ravens
Kalinka- The Red Army Choir
* My Funny Valentine- Chet Baker
* Hound Dog- Big Mama Thornton
Indian Love Call- Slim Whitman
Here In My Heart- Al Martino
Why Dont You Believe Me- Joni James
Wish You Were here- Eddie Fisher
* The Last of the Good Rocking Men- The Four Jacks
Kiss of Fire- Georgia Gibbs
Gator's Groove- Willis Jackson
Le Parapluie- Georges Brassens

1953
Money Honey- The Drifters
Your Cheating Heart- Hank Williams
Crying in the Chapel- The Orioles
Gee- The Crows
* Shake a Hand- Faye Adams
* Honey hush- Big Joe Turner
Mess Around- Ray Charles
(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean- Ruth Brown
Vaya Con Dios- Les Paul & Mary Ford
Soul on Fire- Lavern Baker
* There Stands the Glass- Webb Pierce
* I’m Mad- Willie Mabon
The Things That I Used to Do- Guitar Slim
* Tipitina- Professor Longhair
Santa Baby- Eartha Kitt
* Going to the River- Fats Domino
* A Sunday Kind of Love- The Harptones
* The Clock- Johnny Ace
* Please dont leave me- Fats Domino
Crazy man, crazy- Bill Haley With Haley’s Comets
* The Typewriter- Leroy Anderson
* Feelin Good- Little Junior’s Blue Flames
* Ive Got the World on a String- Frank Sinatra
Good lovin- The Clovers
I Didnt Want to Do It- The Spiders
Please Love Me- BB King
* One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer- Amos Milburn
Dragnet- Ray Anthony
* Mystery Train- Junior Parker
* That’s Amore - Dean Martin
* I Want to Be Evil- Eartha Kitt
Anna (El Negro Zumbon) - Silvana Mangano
Wild Wild Young Men - Ruth Brown
TV Mama- Big Joe Turner
You’re So Fine- Little Walter
Woke Up This Morning- BB King
C’est Si Bon- Eartha Kitt
Satin Doll- Duke Ellington
Mystery Train- Little Junior’s Blue Flames
* Golden Teardrops- Flamingos
* Just Walkin’- The Prisonaires
* Bear Cat- Rufus Thomas
Rags to Riches- Tony Bennett
Little Blue Riding Hood- Stan Freberg
My Saddest Hour- The Five Keys
Secret love- Doris Day
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - Four Lads
A Thousand Stars- The Riveleers
* Laundromat Blues- The Five Royales
Stranger in Paradise- Tony Bennett
* Blues With a Feeling- Little Walter
* 24 hours- Eddie Boyd
Baby Its You- The Spaniels
Johnny tu n’es pas un ange - Edith Piaf
They Call Me Big Mama- Big Mama Thornton
TV Is The Thing This Year- Dinah Washington
I Believe- Frankie Laine
* I Really Dont Want To Know- Eddy Arnold
La Paloma- Hans Albers
All Night Boogie- Howlin Wolf
Song from ‘Moulin Rouge’- Percy Faith
Tell Me Pretty Baby- Lloyd Price
High and Lonesome- Jimmy Reed
Big Mamou- Smiley Lewis
Matilda Matilda- Harry Belafonte
April in Portugal- Les Baxter
Early in the Morning- Elmore James

http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/playlis ... 3/34220308

1954
* Ive Got A Woman- Ray Charles
* Thats All Right- Elvis Presley
* Rock Around the Clock- Bill Haley and the Comets
Good Rockin Tonight- Elvis Presley
* Shake, Rattle and Roll- Big Joe Turner
* Earth Angel- The Penguins
* Sh-Boom- The Chords
* Im Your Hoochie Coochie Man- Muddy Waters
* Rock Island Line- Lonnie Donegan
* Mr Sandman- The Chordettes
Work with me Annie- Hank Ballard and the Midnighters
I Just Want to Make Love to You- Muddy Waters
* Riot in Cell Block #9 - The Robins
Pledging my Love- Johnny Ace
* Goodnight Sweatheart Goodnight- The Spaniels
White Christmas- The Drifters
* Evil (Is Going On)- Howlin Wolf
* Reconsider Baby- Lowell Fulson
* Misty- Erroll Garner
Heart of Stone- The Jewels
Sincerely- The Moonglows
Tweedlee Dee- Lavern Baker
* Your Cash Aint Nothing But Trash- Clovers
* Young at Heart- Frank Sinatra
Honey Love- The Drifters
Gloria- The Cadillacs
* Lucille- Drifters
Mambo Italiano- Rosemary Clooney
Where Did You Stay- Fats Domino
Smile - Nat King Cole
I Feel So Bad- Chuck Willis
All Night Long- Joe Houston
Cherry Pie- Marvin & Johnny
Oh What a Dream- Ruth Brown
I Smell A Rat- Big Mama Thornton
In the Jailhouse Now- Webb Pierce
Ling-Ting-Tong- The Five Keys
* Space Guitar- Johnny Watson
Secret Love- Moonglows
Everyday I have the Blues- BB King
You Dont Have to Go- Jimmy Reed
Jockomo- Sugarboy Crawford
* Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado
Cotton Crop Blues- Jimmy Cotton
* Release Me- Kitty Wells
Lightnin Special- Lightnin Hopkins
You Better Watch Yourself- Little Walter
Buick ‘59- Medallions
Jam Up - Tommy Ridgley
Hernando’s Hideaway- Archie Bleyer
If You Aint Lovin’ (You Aint Livin)- Faron Young
Three Coins in the Fountain- The Four Aces
The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane- Ames Brothers
Oh! My Pa-Pa (Oh Mein Papa)- Eddie Fisher

http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/playlis ... 4/34226889

1955
Tutti Frutti- Little Richard
Maybellene- Chuck Berry
* Bo Diddley- Bo Diddley
Why Do Fools Fall in Love- Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
The Great Pretender- Platters
* Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash
Mannish Boy- Muddy Waters
* Mystery Train- Elvis Presley
* Aint it a Shame- Fats Domino
Cry Cry Cry- Johnny Cash
Speedo- Cadillacs
Story Untold- Nutmegs
* My Babe- Little Walter
At My Front Door- El Dorados
* Sixteen Tons- Tennessee Ernie Ford
* Cry Me a River- Julie London
* I’m left You’re Right She’s Gone- Elvis Presley
* Only You- Platters
I Hear you Knocking- Smiley Lewis
* Baby, Lets Play House- Elvis Presley
* I’m a Man- Bo Diddley
Unchained Melody- Les Baxter
Unchained Melody- Al Hibbler
Unchained Melody- Roy Hamilton
Unchained Melody- Jimmy Young
* See You Later Alligator- Bill Haley
When You Dance- Turbans
The Wallflower- Etta James
Flip Flop Fly- Big Joe Turner
The Cattle Call- Eddie Arnold
* Dont Start Me Talking- Sonny Boy Williamson II
Black Denim Trousers- The Cheers
* Smokey Joe’s Cafe- The Robins
A Theme from The Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife )- Louis Armstrong
Milkcow Blues Boogie- Elvis Presley
See You later Alligator- Bill Haley
Memories are Made of This- Dean Martin
Love and Marriage- Frank Sinatra
Thirty Days- Chuck Berry
* Feel So Good- Shirley & Lee
Pretty Thing- Bo Diddley
A Blossom Fell - Nat King Cole
Sugar Sweet- Muddy Waters
(Love is) A Tender Trap- Frank Sinatra
What’cha Gonna Do- Drifters
Need Your Love So Bad- Little Willie John
* A Fool For You- Ray Charles
All By Myself- Fats Domino
The Yellow Rose of Texas- Mitch Miller
* Life Is But a Dream- The Harptones
This Little Girl of Mine- Ray Charles
April in Paris- Count Basie
(Will You) Come Back My Love- The Wrens
Gone Gone Gone- Carl Perkins
Learnin’ The Blues- Frank Sinatra
Movie Magg- Carl Perkins
Diddley Daddy- Bo Diddley
Adorable- Drifters
Blue Velvet- Clovers
Nite Owl- Tony Allen & His Champs
Why Dont You Write Me-The Jacks
* Who Will Be Next- Howlin Wolf
Greenbacks- Ray Charles
Eddie My Love- The Teen Queens
Lily Maebelle- The Valentines
Crazy for You- Heartbeats
The Door Is Still Open to My Heart- Cardinals
The Wayward Wind- Gogi Grant
Why Baby Why- George Jones
Morning Noon and Night- Big Joe Turner
WPLJ (White Port Lemon Juice)- Four Deuces
Lonely Nights- The Hearts
I Wish You Would- Billy Boy Arnold
* Hand Clappin’ Red Prysock
These Lonely Nights- Earl King
* Seventh Son- Willie Mabon
* Whatever Lola Wants Lola Gets- Sara Vaughn
Whatever Lola Wants Lola Gets- Dinah Shore
Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
Good Rockin Daddy- Etta James
So Doggone Lonesome- Johnny Cash
Hey Bartender- Floyd Dixon
* Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young- Faron Young

http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/playlis ... 5/34270697

1956
Long Tall Sally- Little Richard
Hound Dog- Elvis Presley
Blue Suede Shoes- Carl Perkins
Dont Be Cruel- Elvis Presley
* Be Bop A Lula- Gene Vincent
* I Put A Spell On You- Screamin Jay Hawkins
I Walk the Line- Johnny Cash
Blueberry Hill- Fats Domino
Heartbreak Hotel- Elvis Presley
* The Train Kept-A-Rollin- Johnny Burnette
Roll Over Beethoven- Chuck Berry
* Rip It Up- Little Richard
In The Still of the Night - The Five Satins
* Please Please Please- James Brown
Fever- Little Willie John
Come Go With Me- The Del-Vikings
* Honky Tonk- Bill Doggett
Jim Dandy- Lavern Baker
* Smokestack Lightnin’- Howlin Wolf
* Crazy Arms- Ray Price
Love is Strange- Mickey and Sylvia
Blue Monday- Fats Domino
Too Much Monkey Business- Chuck Berry
Banana Boat (Day-O)- Hary Belafonte
Blue Suede Shoes- Elvis Presley
You Cant Catch Me- Chuck Berry
* Hallelujah I Love Her So- Ray Charles
The Girl Cant Help It - Little Richard
Oh What a Night- The Dells
My Prayer- Platters
* Who Do you Love?- Bo Diddley
Brown Eyed Handsome Man- Chuck Berry
Ready Teddy- Little Richard
* Honey Dont- Carl Perkins
Im in Love Again- Fats Domino
Down in Mexico- Coasters
Shake Rattle and Roll- Elvis Presley
Drown in My Own Tears- Ray Charles
Since I Met You Baby- Ivory Joe Hunter
Little Girl of Mine- The Cleftones
A Thousand Miles Away- The Heartbeats
Ive Got You Under My Skin- Frank Sinatra
Tear it Up- Johnny Burnette & The RocknRoll Trio
Goodnight My Love- Jesse Belvin
Stranded in the Jungle- The Cadets
I Promise to Remember- Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
One Hand Loose- Charlie Feathers
Race With the Devil- Gene Vincent
* My Baby Left Me- Elvis Presley
* Ooby Dooby- Roy Orbison
* Without Love (There is Nothing)- Clyde McPhatter
Singing the Blues- Guy Mitchell
* Tonight You Belong to Me- Patience and Prudence
* Aint Got No Home- Clarence Frogman Henry
Transfusion- Nervous Norvus
Honey Hush- Johnny Burnette Trio
Woman Love- Gene Vincent
Corrine Corrina- Big Joe Turner
Its Too Late- Chuck Willis
The Fool- Sanford Clark
* Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) - Domenico Modungo
The Closer You Are- The Channels
(You Gave Me) Peace of Mind- The Spaniels
* Get Rhythm- Johnny Cash
* Dimples- John Lee Hooker
True Love- Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly
Young Love- Sonny James
Red headed Woman- Sonny Burgess
I Want You to Be My Girl- Frankie Lymon
Honky Tonk Man- Johnny Horton
* Lonely Avenue- Ray Charles
Im Not a Juvenile Delinquent- Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
* Louie, Louie- Richard Berry & The Pharohs
* I Cant Quit You Baby- Otis Rush
Just Walking in the Rain- Johnny Ray
Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad- Wanda Jackson
* Jump Jive an’ Wail- Louis Prima
* The Flying Saucer pt. 1 & 2- Buchanan & Goodman
Blue Days, Black Nights- Buddy Holly
* I Asked For Water- Howlin Wolf
I Dont Believe You’ve Met My Baby- Louvin Brothers
Rubber Biscuit- The Chips
Rock and Roll Waltz- Kay Starr
Party Doll- Buddy Knox
Tongue Tied Jill- Charlie Feathers
Honey Bop- Wanda Jackson
Main Title from Forbidden Planet- Louis + Bebe Barron

http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/playlis ... 6/34333760

1957

* Whole Lot Of Shakin’ Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis
Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
That’ll Be The Day - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
* Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Oh, Boy! - Buddy Holly
Rock And Roll Music - Chuck Berry
Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
You Send Me - Sam Cooke
Susie Q - Dale Hawkins
All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
* School Day - Chuck Berry
Lucille - Little Richard
* Walkin’ After Midnight - Patsy Cline
* Rocking pneumonia - Huey Piano Smith
Searchin - The Coasters
* Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
I’m Walkin - Fats Domino
* Keep a Knockin’ - Little Richard
* Matchbox - Carl Perkins
C.c. Rider - Chuck Willis
Send Me Some Lovin’ - Little Richard
At The Hop - Danny & The Juniors
* Little Darlin - The Diamonds
Get A Job - The Silhouettes
Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
* I’m a King Bee - Slim Harpo
Come Go With Me - The Dell Vikings
Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson
* Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
Twenty Flight Rock - Eddie Cochran
* Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Chances Are - Johnny Mathis
Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris
Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly
Too Much - Elvis Presley
Diana - Paul Anka
Silhouettes - The Rays
Don’t Let Go - Roy Hamilton
Short Fat Fannie - Larry Williams
Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby - Carl Perkins
* Words of Love - Buddy Holly
Jenny Jenny - Little Richard
All the Way - Frank Sinatra
Cumberland Gap - Lonnie Donegan
A White Sports Coat - Marty Robbins
* Bony Maronie - Larry Williams
Dedicated To The One I Love - The 5 Royales
Home Of The Blues - Johnny Cash
Fujiyama Mama - Wanda Jackson
* I’ll Come Running Back To You - Sam Cooke
Kisses Sweeter That Wine - Jimmie Rodgers
Could This Be Magic - The Dubs
* Just Because - Lloyd Price
It hurts me too - Elmore James
Farther Up The Road - Bobby Blue Bland
Flyin’ Saucers Rock & Roll - Billy Lee Riley
* Long Lonely Nights - Lee Andrews & The Hearts
Maybe - The Chantels
Honeycomb - Jimmie Rodgers
Whispering Bells - Dell Vikings
Teardrops - Lee Andrews & The Hearts
Tonite Tonite - Mello Kings
Lotta Lovin’ - Gene Vincent
Mr Lee - The Bobbettes
Buzz Buzz Buzz - Hollywood Flames
* Raunchy - Bill Justis
Red Hot - Billy Lee Riley
the stroll - The Diamonds
* Deserie - The Charts
* Who’s Sorry Now? [Mono Version] - Connie Francis
Over The Mountain, Across The Sea - Johnnie And Joe
We Belong Together - Robert & Johnny
* Stardust - Billy Ward And The Dominoes
Before You Accuse Me - Bo Diddley
For Sentimental Reasons - Sam Cooke
* Rock Billy Boogie - Johnny Burnette
* Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray - Patsy Cline
Stood Up - Ricky Nelson
* To The Aisle - The Five Satins
* Everyday - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Florence - The Paragons
Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track) - Johnny Burnette & The Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio
* Don’t Ask Me to Be Lonely - The Dubs
Sittin’ In The Balcony - Eddie Cochran
* Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson
Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
Peanuts - Little Joe & The Thrillers
* Jail Bait - Andre Williams & His New Group

http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/playlis ... 7/34354288

and saved for later again

one more time

cool idea. i've been thinking of doing a similar thing with film

added links to grooveshark playlists- most but not all songs are there, most others can be found on youtube.

LOVE that Ravens song/version. Gotta bust out some Louis and Hank sometime soon. Am I correct in thinking Hank had a lot of posthumous hits?

my wife are embarking on a project to watch all of the AFI Top 100. I was thinking of making a thread but I'm a pretty mediocre review writer (especially for film); might do it anyway just to spurn some discussion.

I watched most of these one summer. Pretty cool, still some holes I've got to fill. To wit: Never got around to Annie Hall.

i've got about 35 lists going up at listsofbests.com

i think my AFI list is at about 55%

It will take us forever because the AFI film is going to take the "every other movie" slot usually reserved for some terrible documentary I want to see or some equally terrible chick flick she wants to see (or, sadly, vice versa). Plus we are going into it knowing that some of these movies will be openly terrible.

updated to 1957