TERRY HOKNES - MY FAVORITE MUSIC SONGS OF ALL TIME - world record largest list of music at hoknes@hotmail.com

TERRY HOKNES - MY 4,500 FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME ! hoknes@hotmail.com Completed on October 16th 2012

My favorite songs of all time PRE-1960 (the fifties and earlier)

89 different songs from PRE-1960 made my Top 4500 songs of all time chart including 2 within the Top 200.

2000 years ago music came into written form and the usage of more than 1 note played together occurred for the first time and the first non-religious songs were written. An early example of a song written a thousand years ago makes my list at #7. - a very unique instrumental and the oldest song to make my list (though the recording of course is not a thousand years old!).

The first national music charts began during WW2 covering the big band era and the evolution of country and blues into rock and roll would become a nationwide hit in 1955.

This pre-Beatles era would include the best of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Fats Domino plus all the jazz/pop flavored hits of the 1940's and 1950's.

This is a very unique list of my personal favorite songs that are all over 50 years old.

Surprisingly the only British act on the entire list is Ted Weems who had a major hit in 1947 with Heartaches. Beethoven's 5th symphony is the only classical piece to make any of my lists as I have special regard for that piece of music now over 200 years old.

1950's	RANK	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	YEAR
1	179	CHIPMUNKS	CHIPMUNK SONG	1958
2	184	PRISCILLA WRIGHT	MAN IN A RAINCOAT	1955
3	258	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN	SYMPHONY NO. 5	1808
4	361	STAN KENTON	AND HER TEARS FLOWED LIKE WINE	1944
5	364	ARTIE SHAW	FRENESI	1940
6	635	ELVIS PRESLEY	THAT'S ALRIGHT MAMA	1954
7	852	NORTON ANTHOLOGY	ISTAMPITA PALAMENTO	1000
8	1139	ELVIS PRESLEY	MYSTERY TRAIN	1955
9	1322	ELVIS PRESLEY	HEARTBREAK HOTEL	1956
10	1500	DAVID SEVILLE	WITCH DOCTOR	1958
11	1567	ELVIS PRESLEY	BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY	1954
12	1643	LES PAUL & MARY FORD	WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE	1951
13	1673	SONNY JAMES	YOUNG LOVE	1957
14	1729	JIM LOWE	GREEN DOOR	1956
15	1815	SANTO AND JOHNNY	SLEEPWALK	1959
16	1851	GUY MITCHELL	SINGING THE BLUES	1956
17	1909	PERCY FAITH	SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE	1953
18	1999	CHORDETTES	LOLLIPOP	1958
19	2092	TERESA BREWER	MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC	1950
20	2108	ARTHUR GODFREY	TOO FAT POLKA	1947
21	2266	FRANKIE LAINE	THAT LUCKY OLD SUN	1949
22	2373	PERCY FAITH	DELICADO	1952
23	2374	LITTLE RICHARD	TUTTI FRUTTI	1956
24	2524	GENE VINCENT	BE BOP A LULA	1956
25	2614	ELVIS PRESLEY	GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT	1954
26	2664	PERCY FAITH	ALL MY LOVE	1950
27	2665	ROSEMARY CLOONEY	COME ON A MY HOUSE	1951
28	2666	BUDDY HOLLY	RAVE ON	1958
29	2856	JIMMY DORSEY	BESAME MUCHO	1944
30	2857	GRACIE FIELDS	NOW IS THE HOUR	1948
31	3054	GLENN MILLER	IN THE MOOD	1940
32	3055	CHORDETTES	MR SANDMAN	1954
33	3243	GLENN MILLER	CHATANOOGA CHOO CHOO	1941
34	3244	LES PAUL & MARY FORD	I'M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD	1953
35	3245	CREW CUTS	SH-BOOM	1954
36	3246	JERRY LEE LEWIS	WHOLE LOTTA SHAKING GOING ON	1957
37	3258	JERRY LEE LEWIS	GREAT BALLS OF FIRE	1957
38	3343	RAY CONNIFF SINGERS	IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN	1959
39	3423	ROSEMARY CLOONEY	THIS OLE HOUSE	1954
40	3424	PEGGY LEE	FEVER	1958
41	3433	WOODY HERMAN	BLUES IN THE NIGHT	1942
42	3434	PATTI PAGE	TENNESSEE WALTZ	1950
43	3642	PIED PIPERS	DREAM	1945
44	3643	FRANCIS CRAIG	NEAR YOU	1947
45	3644	BILL HALEY & THE COMETS	ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK	1954
46	3645	CHIPMUNKS	ALVIN'S HARMONICA	1959
47	3689	BING CROSBY & ANDREW SISTERS	DON'T FENCE ME IN	1944
48	3690	WEAVERS	GOODNIGHT IRENE	1950
49	3691	BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS	SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL	1954
50	3692	ROSEMARY CLOONEY	HEY THERE	1954
51	3693	BOBBY HELMS	JINGLE BELL ROCK	1957
52	3694	HARRY BELAFONTE	BANANA BOAT SONG (DAY O)	1957
53	3695	BIG BOPPER	CHANTILLY LACE	1958
54	3932	ARTIE SHAW	STARDUST	1941
55	3933	PHIL PHILIPS	SEA OF LOVE	1959
56	4083	PEE WEE HUNT	TWELFTH STREET RAG	1948
57	4084	FATS DOMINO	AIN'T IT A SHAME	1955
58	4085	BUCHANAN & GOODMAN	FLYING SAUCER	1956
59	4086	COASTERS	POISON IVY	1959
60	4159	ANDREW SISTERS	RUM AND COCA COLA	1945
61	4160	TEX WILLIAMS	SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE	1947
62	4161	TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD	SIXTEEN TONS	1955
63	4164	BILL JUSTIS	RAUNCHY	1957
64	4165	ELVIS PRESLEY	ONE NIGHT	1958
65	4166	JACK SCOTT	WAY I WALK	1959
66	4286	GLENN MILLER	PENNSYLVANIA 6-5000	1940
67	4287	LES BROWN	SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY	1945
68	4288	KING COLE TRIO	GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66	1946
69	4289	FATS DOMINO	BLUEBERRY HILL	1957
70	4290	EDDIE COCHRAN	SUMMERTIME BLUES	1958
71	4363	GORDIN JENKINS & THE WEAVERS	TZENA TZENA TZENA	1950
72	4364	ELVIS PRESLEY	JAILHOUSE ROCK	1957
73	4365	DANNY AND THE JUNIORS	AT THE HOP	1958
74	4366	ELVIS PRESLEY	I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT	1959
75	4444	KAY KYSER	PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION	1943
76	4445	LEROY VAN DYKE	THE AUCTIONEER	1957
77	4446	PATSY CLINE	WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT	1957
78	4448	BOBBY DARIN	MACK THE KNIFE	1959
79	4454	PAUL EVANS	SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS SITTING IN THE BACKSEAT	1959
80	4474	WILL BRADLEY	BEAT ME DADDY EIGHT TO THE BAR	1941
81	4475	VAUGHN MONROE	RIDERS IN THE SKY	1949
82	4497	TED WEEMS	HEARTACHES	1947
83	4516	FRANKIE LAINE	I BELIEVE	1953
84	4517	FRANKIE FORD	SEA CRUISE	1959
85	4518	CONNIE FRANCIS	LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR	1959
86	4523	FRANKIE LAINE	JEALOUSY	1951
87	4537	PHIL HARRIS	THE THING	1950
88	4538	HANK WILLIAMS	JAMBALAYAH	1952
89	4556	BING CROSBY	WHITE CHRISTMAS	1942