29/06/2015
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.
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Ritchie Valens
La Bamba
- That'll Be The Day.
- 3.
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Sam Cooke
You Send Me
- All Hits.
- 1.
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The Crickets
Oh Boy
- Lipstick On Your Collar.
- 2.
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The Isley Brothers
Shout (Parts 1 And 2)
- Nipper's Greatest Hits: The '50s Volume 2.
- 20.
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Little Anthony & the Imperials
Tears On My Pillow
- 25 Classic Doo-Wop Ballads.
- 11.
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Nina Simone
My Baby Just Cares For Me
- Beyond The Sea CD2.
- 20.
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Lloyd Price
Personality
- Oh Boy: The Sound Of The '50s - Part 2.
- 11.
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The β5β Royales
Dedicated To The One I Love
- Before They Were Hits Volume 2.
- 2.
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Alma Cogan
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
- Alma Cogan.
- 15.
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Ray Peterson
The Wonder Of You
- Lost Male Hits Of The '50s.
- 15.
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Rosemary Clooney
Come On-A My House
- 1951.
- 15.
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Tommy Edwards
It's All In The Game
- 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll 1959.
- 19.
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Eddie Cochran
Something Else
- The Hits Of 1959.
- 21.
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Frankie Vaughan
The Green Door
- Give Me The Moonlight: The Best Of Frankie Vaughan.
- 7.
Broadcast
- Mon 29 Jun 2015 22:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2