List Monday - Top 10 songs of the 1950's (non-blues)

1. All shook Up - Elvis...had to pick one by the King, heartbreak hotel or jailhouse could have been here too.
2. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry...he and Little Richard are the unsung forefathers of r&r
3. Earth Angel - The Penguins...actually a b-side, one of the earliest r&r songs, and it's best ballad
4. Be Bop a Lula - Gene Vincent...derived from the bebop jazz style, prior songs included "Be-Baba-Leba" and "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop"
5. Rock around the Clock -  Bill Haley & the Comets....happy days, need i say more
6. The Great Pretender - Platters...slightly lyrically better than Only You.
7. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis....the killer, embodied r&r lifestyle
8. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino....actually dates back to 1940, but Fats made it a r&r staple
9. Little Darling - Diamonds....great doo-wop cover of an r&b song
10. Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper...a song with personality

Honorable mention:  In The Still of the Night - The Satins, Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly, Sh-boom - The Crewcuts, Get a job - Silhouettes.  Surprised to learn Duke of Earl was from 1962.