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  2. 30 Best Songs That Are Classically 1950s - AOL

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    Considered one of the greatest rock songs, “Great Balls of Fire” was featured in the 1957 movie Jamboree. Jerry Lee Lewis was on piano and vocals, and the song sold more than a million copies ...

  3. List of Billboard number-one singles from 1950 to 1958

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    Throughout most of the 1950s, the magazine published the following charts to measure a song's popularity: Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations. Most Played in Jukeboxes – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States.

  4. Billboard year-end top 30 singles of 1950 - Wikipedia

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    Bing Crosby had three songs on the year-end top 30. The Ames Brothers had three songs on the year-end top 30. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1950 according to retail sales.

  5. 1950s in music - Wikipedia

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    During the 1950s European popular music give way to the influence of American forms of music including jazz, swing and traditional pop, mediated through film and records. The significant change of the mid-1950s was the impact of American rock and roll , which provided a new model for performance and recording, based on a youth market.

  6. List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1950 - Wikipedia

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    Esther Phillips, then billed as Little Esther, was the featured vocalist on three number ones for the band led by Johnny Otis.. In 1950, Billboard magazine published two charts covering the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African-American-oriented music genres: Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records and Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues ...

  7. 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! - Wikipedia

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    20 All-Time Greatest Hits! is a compilation album by James Brown containing 20 of his most famous recordings. Released by Polydor in 1991 as a single-disc alternative to the Star Time box set, it features songs from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. 16 of the songs from the album had previously topped the US R&B charts.

  8. List of Billboard number-one singles of 1950 - Wikipedia

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    In 1950, the following four charts were produced: Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country. Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.

  9. Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1950 - Wikipedia

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    The artists with the most songs in the 1950 year-end charts were Red Foley with eight songs, Eddy Arnold with seven, Ernest Tubb with five, Hank Williams with four, and the duet pairing of Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely with four. [1]