Now, for the best #1 hit of 1955-1959

[NightTrain]

Here are ten reasons why I still love 1950s rock 'n' roll (even if I wasn't born until 1966). With any luck, these tunes will take the taste of my "Worst of the '50s" poll out of your mouth!

[mlawson]

1. Of those, At The Hop, I guess. It did rock.

But the others have been played to death. I would prefer "Volare", "Just a Matter of Time", some others I can't think of at the moment.

[HEyHEY]

2. that's a hard list to chose from

[GreenArrow]

3. The late, great Buddy Holly!

"TURN IT OFF, I don't like that surfin' shit. Rock and roll's been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died."
--John Milner (American Graffiti)

[kodi]

4. mac the knife, bobby darin

14th most popular single in Billboards HOT 100 history.

by far the coolest.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

5. I LOVE Bobby Darin

What a voice!

[NightTrain]

6. Whoops! Totally forgot about 'Mack the Knife'

Sorry about that. Guess I better not apply for a job at Gallup or Zogby! :-)

[sistersofmercy]

7. Hard choice but went with the Platters!

I like a lot of 50's music.

[RedEarth]

8. All of them great songs

The Everly Brothers, The Platters, Buddy Holly, Conway and Elvis. Too hard to choose just one song. I've always wondered how many more great songs Buddy Holly could have sung if he hadn't died.

Bye, bye miss american pie.......the day the music died. Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper.

A long long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while.

But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step

I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died

[mitchum]

9. I honestly couldn't choose...

and then you add "Mack The Knife"! You're not making this any easier

[BGAL1965]

10. Hey what about

Eddie Cochrane and SUMMERTIME BLUES? Or Chuck Berry`s Johnny B Goode or Maybelline ? Or Little Richard Good Golly Miss Molly Ready Teddy and Tuit Fruiti. How Bout the Champs and Tequilla or Sheb Wolley and THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATER. Then there are the Chantels with MAYBE. How about the Marcels and Blue Moon.How bout the Everly Brothers.Wake Up Little Suzy. Bird dog. Dream.Or Frankie Lyman. Why do Fools fall in Love? How Bout the SKYLINERS "Since I Don`t Have You." (My all time favorite fifties tune by the way) How Bout FATS DOMINO? Blue Berry Hill. I`m walking. Ain`t that a Shame? Jackie Wilson REET PETITE God i remember them all. The first time i heard rock and roll was one of the great moments in my life because i knew i had heard something entirely new and fresh and mennt for ME. Not my Parents or any growup it was meant for ME and my friends. It spoke to me of things that were important to me and in terms i understood. It made me laugh cry sing dance rage swear it made me feel, When i found rock and roll i found my life i found my sense of community. If someone could write about the things i was feeling and experienceing i knew i was not alone.And the people singing these wonderful songs were no different than me, They by and large came from working class families who struggled just like mine. Rock and roll was my generations indentity it gave us a sense of community and we needed it. Cause not long after the shit started in Viet Nam

[NightTrain]

11. Most of the songs you mentioned were *not* #1 hits

For god's sake, people, read the thread title! Please???

[RebelOne]

14. They were No. 1 hits with me.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. At the Hop

45 years later it's still a good dance tune.

[RebelOne]

13. I voted for Buddy Holly, but I loved all those songs.

[VermontDem2004]

15. They are pretty horrible

flame me because I am young but that is just not my type of music.

[NightTrain]

17. I can't remember the '50s either...

...but I don't close my mind to every piece of music that predates my birth.

[joeybee12]

16. Now that's REALLY before my time--and I'm not that young!

Did go with That'll Be The Day.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Went With Buddy

The Professor

[GOPisEvil]

19. Hard vote, but I went with Buddy.

I like a lot of those tunes, though. "Wake Up Little Susie" is a fave of mine...