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Leo Green plays the very best music from the decade that had everything. Includes hits, rare gems and the stories behind the songs and the stars.

Leo Green presents some of the best music ever recorded by the greatest voices and gives us the background stories of the songs, the performers and the writers as he plays all the best loved sounds from the decade that had everything. There's classic rock n' roll, r'n'b, country, soul, early chart hits plus classic sounds of the Capitol records recorded by stars at the very top of their respective games.

57 minutes

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Mon 22 Jun 2015 22:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Fats Domino

    Ain't That A Shame

    • 1957 British Hit Parade: Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 6 CD1.
    • 16.

  • The Chords

    Sh Boom

    • Rock And Roll: The Early Days.
    • 1.

  • Bobby Darin

    Dream Lover

    • Bobby Darin: Greatest Hits.
    • 2.

  • Guy Mitchell

    My Heart Cries For You

    • America's Greatest Hits 1950 Volume 1.
    • 18.

  • Brenda Lee

    Sweet Nothin's

    • Brenda's Best.
    • 4.

  • The Platters

    The Great Pretender

    • 1956 British Hit Parade: Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 5 Part 2 CD2.
    • 8.

  • Dakota Staton

    My Babe

    • Single.

  • Cliff Richard & The Drifters

    Move It

    • And They Said It Wouldn't Last: My 50 Years In Music CD1: The Early Years.
    • 1.

  • The Everly Brothers

    Bye Bye Love

    • 20th Century Hits For A New Millennium: 20 Hits of 1950-1959 CD1.
    • 4.

  • Perry Como

    Magic Moments

    • Perry Como: 20 Greatest Hits.
    • 1.

  • Tommy Steele and the Steelmen

    Rock With The Caveman

    • Rediscover The '50s: 1956-1959: Rock With The Caveman CD1.
    • 7.

  • Johnny Ray

    Cry

    • Popfile The Originals: Volume 2.
    • 15.

  • Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs

    Stay

    • Echoes Down The Hall: 16 Original Doo Wop Classics.
    • 11.

  • Louis Prima & Keely Smith

    Baby, Won't You Please Come Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    • Louis Prima: Capitol Collectors Series.
    • 12.

  • Dion and the Belmonts

    I Wonder Why

    • 22 Leaders Of The Pack: Volume 2.
    • 12.

  • The Chordettes

    Mr Sandman

    • The Chordettes: Greatest Hits.
    • 1.

  • Little Richard

    Rip It Up

    • 22 Classic Cuts.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Jun 2015 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2