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From: Lanny and Judy Royer

To: dalton59@...

Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 11:42 AM

Subject: Re: [dalton59] Favorite songs of the 50's

I had many favorites in the 50s, mostly ballad types, here were some of my favorites, might have spilled into the early 60s too.? Burl Ives, Jimmy Rogers, Vaughn Monroe, Billy Vaughn, Tennessee Ernie, Eddy Arnold, Frankie Lane, Marty Robbins, Patti Page, Joni James, Brenda Lee, Connie Francis, Fats Domino, Platters, Kingston Trio, Brothers Four and I'm sure others.

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Lanny

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From: jhdouglas59 yahoo.com>
To: dalton59@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 2:27:25 PM
Subject: [dalton59] Favorite songs of the 50's

We're blessed to have been there in 1959 to hear live the last of the
50's music. What's your favorite song from the fabulous 50's? There
will never be another era like that.

What was your favorite song?

Who was your favorite singer?

Who was your favorite group?

Remember the old 45 rpm vinyls with the big hole in the middle and the
lousy sound (which was state of the art then before 33 lp albums)? I
thought I had the deluxe record player back then. I think it was a
Voice of Music (VM) two tone record player with a hinged lid. Wow!
Even though I got an occasional shock from the stupid thing, it was as
they say "groovy" (no pun intended since, remember records had grooves
in them). It must have gone to the great record player in the sky
graveyard. Can't recollect what happened to it. Lost in space I guess.

I still listen to the oldies on Sirius satellite radio (Channel 05)and
can recollect (more or less) where I was when they play the songs of
the 50's with no commercials.

I think I still have my old 45's but I haven't listened to them in a
long time because I don't have a record player that plays 45 rpm
records.

I still have a JVC turntable that plays 33 vinyls. The good news is
that I bought a USB turntable to convert vinyls to CD's or some Ipod
MP3 (whatever that is--grandchildren understand completely). The bad
news is that I bought it about six months ago and is still in the box
waiting for me to comprehend how to get the vinyls converted on the
computer to CD's. Talk about a generation gap.

Personally, I don't really trust anything I can't see spinning around.
I made the big step to 8 track tapes, then cassette tapes (which I
still use to tape recordings from the Sirius satellite radio), and
CD's. Now that CD's are almost obsolete, I guess I'm almost obsolete
too. That MP3 thing is a mystery to me.

Like to hear from you if you can remember back that far.

The Weaselmeister