1950’s Dance
I’m calling a 50’s dance for the El Camino Reelers next week. They’ve done a good job on publicity; check out their radio ad.
So, I’m starting to prepare. Nick Turner did a 50’s dance last year; his program is online. (Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the URLs at dosado.com?) On the same page with Nick’s program, there’s a list of supposed 50’s music…but if you’re a stickler, be careful: there’s a lot of songs from the 60’s as well.
Here’s a list of singing calls from the 50’s that I own:
| 1950 | Music, Music, Music | Big Mac 121 | Don Pfister |
| 1950 | Hoop de Doo | TNT 233 | Al Brundage |
| 1950 | Good Night Irene | Sting 208 | Ingvar Pettersson |
| 1951 | Too Old to Cut the Mustard | Cardinal 17 | Jerry Routh |
| 1951 | Hey Good Lookin’ | Top 25191 | Deuce Williams |
| 1951 | Mariah | 4-Bar-B 6068 | John Marshall |
| 1953 | Secret Love | Petticoat Patter 126 | Toots Richardson |
| 1953 | Just Another Polka | HiHat 5115 | Ernie Kinney |
| 1953 | A Fool Such As I | Blue Ribbon 255 | Jason Dean |
| 1953 | You You You | Lou Mac 151 | Mac Letson |
| 1953 | Big Mamou | Eline 1005 | Koji Harai |
| 1953 | It’s All Right With Me | Rhythm 142 | Wade Driver |
| 1953 | Every Streets A Boulevard | Chaparral 2101 | Dave Murray |
| 1954 | Young at Heart | Red Boot 216 | Lee Kopman |
| 1954 | Hernando’s Hide-A-Way | Rockin M 303 | Nasser Shukayr |
| 1954 | Happy Wanderer | Grenn 12181 | Ben Baldwin, Jr. |
| 1954 | Goodnight Sweetheart | Red Boot 3067 | Mac McCall |
| 1954 | Sha-Boom | ESP 709 | Craig Rowe |
| 1955 | Ain’t That a Shame | Royal 219 | Tony Oxendine |
| 1955 | Mickey Mouse Club March | Stampede 601 | Nasser Shukayr |
| 1955 | Blue Suede Shoes | Quadrille 913 | Shane Greer |
| 1955 | Nuttin for Christmas | C Bar C 809 | David Cox |
| 1956 | Mack the Knife | Royal 210 | Tony Oxendine |
| 1956 | Fever | Chaparral | Ken Bower |
| 1956 | This Land Is Your Land | Grenn 12233 | Johnny Davis |
| 1956 | Hound Dog | Silver Sounds 162 | Bruce Williamson |
| 1956 | Let The Good Times Roll | Rhythm 162 | Jerry Story |
| 1956 | Standing on the Corner | ESP 915 | Steve Kopman Tony Oxendine |
| 1956 | Charlie and the M.T.A. | Silver Sounds 206 | Jack O’Leary, Bruce McCue |
| 1956 | Yes It’s Me (and I’m in Love Again) | Global Music 942 | Mike Seastrom |
| 1957 | Jamaica Farewell | Rhythm 209 | Pat Barbour |
| 1957 | Love Is Strange | Chaparral 811 | Scott Smith |
| 1957 | Yellow Bird | Petticoat Patter | Dorothy Jutti |
| 1957 | Every Day | Ranch House 901 | Mark Turner |
| 1957 | Why Baby Why | Rockin M 501 | Glen Green |
| 1957 | Jingle Bell Rock | Dance Ranch 721 | Johnnie Wykoff |
| 1957 | Round, Round, Round | Quadrille 906 | Guy Adams |
| 1957 | Till There Was You | Grand 403 | Johnny Preston |
| 1957 | Just Because / Bill Bailey | Rockin’ M 115 | Wayne Morvent, Wilma Bridal |
| 1957 | Lucky Lips | Aussie Tempos 1001 | Steve Turner |
| 1957 | Seventy-Six Trombones | TNT 250 | Gene Trimmer |
| 1957 | Honeycomb | Cimarron 303 | Jerry Rash |
| 1957 | White Sport Coat | Lou-Mac 180 | Harry Lackey |
| 1957 | The Twelfth of Never | 4 Bar B 6142 | Gary Mahnken |
| 1957 | Diana | Sting 902 | Neil Whiston |
| 1957 | Old Cape Cod | Global Music 118 | Doug Bennett |
| 1957 | Great Balls o’ Fire | Desert Gold 005 | Ron Markus |
| 1957 | Raining in my Heart | Down Under 108 | Lees Tulloch |
| 1958 | Everybody Loves a Lover | Royal 202 | Tony Oxendine |
| 1958 | Chantilly Lace | Blue Ribbon 241 | Gary Dane |
| 1958 | Johnny B. Goode | Red Boot 1340 | Kevin Lowe |
| 1958 | Lollipop | Silver Sounds 149 | Mike Iavarone |
| 1958 | Dream, Dream, Dream | Rawhide-176 | Jerry Johnson |
| 1958 | Do You Wanna Dance | Hi Hat 5150 | Erika Johansson |
| 1958 | Splish Splash | Chaparral 218 | Jerry Haag |
| 1958 | Tennessee Stud | Red Boot 1329 | Ralph Kornegay |
| 1958 | Yakety Yak | Rhythm 187 | Wade Driver |
| 1958 | Summertime Blues | Cardinal 42 | Mary Castleberry |
| 1959 | Shout | Silver Sounds 133 | Jack O’Leary and Bruce McCue |
| 1959 | I Ain’t Never | Rawhide 169 | Steve Sullivan |
| 1959 | Bonanza | JoPat/ESP 626 | Allen Tipton |
| 1959 | Kansas City | ESP-905 | Steve Kopman |
| 1959 | Charlie Brown | Royal 114 | Jerry Story |
| 1959 | Personality | Silver Sounds 134 | Mike Iavarone |
| 1959 | Pretty Blue Eyes | Blue Star 2110 | Marshall Flippo |
| 1959 | Primrose Lane | JoPat 7006 | Bill Harrison |
| 1959 | Running Bear | Grenn 12230 | Dick Jones |
| 1959 | Dream Lover | Rhythm 150 | Wade Driver |
| 1959 | Over and Over Again | Hi Hat 5212 | Wayne McDonald |
| 1959 | Along Came Jones | Rockin M 2015 | Bob Rollins |
And here’s a website focusing on the 50’s: fiftiesweb.com. I think the only “look” that I can use, as a self-respecting lesbian, would be either casual teen girl (dungarees, daddy’s white shirt, loafers) or greaser guy (the Fonz). I just can’t see me in a tight skirt and stiletto heels, or (shudder) petticoats and a poodle skirt.