'50s Gold playlist

[Madison]

Jo Stafford's You Belong To Me was number one for five weeks in September-October 1952 and spent 17 weeks in the top ten. It has been featured in the movies The Last Picture Show (1971), Tin Men (1987), The Deep Blue Sea (2011), The Nun (2018), The Irishman (2019) and Don't Worry Darling (2022) and in episodes of Fallout, The White Lotus and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

This version by Jersey City quintet The Duprees reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1962.

I was posting about this earlier in the day. The Duprees was the first version of "You Belong to Me" I heard and it was on the Solid Gold Saturday Night Show with Dick Bartley. I have now heard it several times on the 50's Gold Cool Bobby B Doo Wop Show. I still remember that Sold Gold Saturday Night Show. After the Duprees, the next song was "Shake" by the Shadows of Knight. At that time, another first time ever heard for me

 

[sadchild]

(which happens to be sadchild's #1 song)

"What A Wonderful World" is almost #1, top 10 for sure.

I listened to all 3 versions of "You Belong To Me", sounds vaguely familiar. I think I heard it in a movie once, maybe it was playing on a record player or a radio in the scene?

 

[Channel98]

In the 1986 movie Down & Out In Beverly Hills, Barbara Whiteman (played by Bette Midler) sings You Belong To Me to homeless man Jerry Baskin (played by Nick Nolte) right after they....uhh....well, that's not important right now.

 

[sadchild]

October 27th 1956

10 09 PAT BOONE - FRIENDLY PERSUASION (Thee I Love)
09 11 FATS DOMINO - BLUEBERRY HILL
08 08 DORIS DAY - WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera)
07 07 PATIENCE & PRUDENCE - TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME
06 06 HUGO WINTERHALTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA - CANADIAN SUNSET
05 05 JOHNNIE RAY - JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN
04 04 BILL DOGGETT - HONKY TONK (Parts 1 & 2)
03 03 JIM LOWE with the High Fives - GREEN DOOR
02 02 ELVIS PRESLEY - LOVE ME TENDER
01 01 ELVIS PRESLEY - HOUND DOG

 

[sadchild]

Wow I actually know 40% of a 50's countdown!

Ok 3

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09 11 FATS DOMINO - BLUEBERRY HILL
08 08 DORIS DAY - WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera)
01 01 ELVIS PRESLEY - HOUND DOG

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02 02 ELVIS PRESLEY - LOVE ME TENDER

I had a friend back in the day who used to say "a hole is a hole" - this was his philosophy on dating. Not choosy. One time when we were in public, around some older ladies, he wanted to say it, but refrained. Instead he said, "You remember that old song 'Que sera sera, whatever will be will be'? I want to say something kinda like that." And from that day forward, instead of saying "a hole is a hole" he would sing "que sera sera ...."

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

4 good/ok from 1956 (same for as sadchild):

09 11 FATS DOMINO - BLUEBERRY HILL
08 08 DORIS DAY - WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera)
02 02 ELVIS PRESLEY - LOVE ME TENDER
01 01 ELVIS PRESLEY - HOUND DOG

 

[scotchandcigar]

3

09 11 FATS DOMINO - BLUEBERRY HILL
08 08 DORIS DAY - WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera)
01 01 ELVIS PRESLEY - HOUND DOG

 

[scotchandcigar]

I had a friend back in the day who used to say "a hole is a hole" - this was his philosophy on dating. Not choosy.

If I had a friend who said that, I'd never repeat it to anyone.

 

[HecticArt]

Three

09 11 FATS DOMINO - BLUEBERRY HILL
02 02 ELVIS PRESLEY - LOVE ME TENDER
01 01 ELVIS PRESLEY - HOUND DOG

 

[HecticArt]

If I had a friend who said that, I'd never repeat it to anyone.

I never said it where it wasn’t an obvious joke.

“Any port in a storm.” Was another version of that phrase.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I may have some concern as to what my friend considered holes.

 

[sadchild]

"As they say in the US Navy, there is no wrong hole." - George Carlin