50s & 60s Rock Vol.01

Before we can appreciated any type of rock music, we need to understand when this genre started. Some will say it started with blues music because it is the root of rock & roll. For me, it started when it exploded on the tv screen with Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and even Jerry Lee Lewis. As a kid, I grew up listening to 70s rock, but my parents would play more of the 50s and 60s genre like the Beach Boys or Dion. This mix will have a touch of blues (if any), du-wap and rock. The best transitioning song could be the electrifying guitar sound of the Beetles ‘Revolution’ because of the slight use of du-wap within the song. I must say it was fun complying these songs together and I hope you like the choices I used to make it happen. When do you think rock started? Let me know in the comments below. Until then enjoy the mix.

0:00:02 Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley
0:02:09 Hound Dog Elvis Presley
0:04:23 Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran
0:06:18 Louie Louie Kingsmen
0:09:01 You Really Got Me Kinks
0:11:09 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band + With A Little Help From My Friends The Beatles
0:15:39 Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix
0:18:22 Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival
0:20:47 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan
0:26:42 A Whiter Of Pale Procol Harum
0:30:34 In The Year 2525 Zager and Evans
0:33:47 Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley
0:36:10 I Wonder Why Dion & The Belmonts
0:38:21 Walk Like A Man Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
0:40:33 The Wanderer Dion
0:43:13 Great Balls A Fire Jerry Lee Lewis
0:45:02 Good Golly Miss Molly Little Richard
0:47:07 Fire Jimi Hendrix
0:49:39 Light My Fire The Doors
0:56:41 Tequila The Champs
0:58:51 Hang On Sloopy The McCoys
1:02:36 I Can't Get No Satisfaction Rolling Stones
1:06:17 Wooly Bully Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
1:08:34 Sugar Shack Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs
1:10:33 Mrs Robinson Simon & Garfunkel
1:14:16 Don't Worry Baby The Beach Boys
1:16:58 Where Did Our Love Go The Supremes
1:19:23 California Dreamin' The Mamas and the Papas
1:21:56 Pretty Woman Roy Orbison
1:24:50 Tears ? and the Mysterianss
1:27:43 Ruby Baby Dion
1:30:13 Runaway Del Shannon
1:32:28 Come Go With Me The Del-Vikings
1:35:02 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
1:37:55 Dizzy Tommy Roe
1:40:38 Foxy Lady Jimi Hendrix
1:43:44 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles
1:47:32 Lion Sleeps Tonight The Tokens
1:50:09 That's All Right Elvis Presley
1:52:00 That'll Be The Day Buddy Holly
1:54:11 At The Hop Danny And The Juniors
1:56:38 Devil With The Blue Dress On Mitch Ryder
1:59:58 Magic Carpet Ride Steppenwolf
2:03:59 Sound of Silence Simon & Garfunkel
2:06:59 Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Sonny & Cher
2:09:37 You Didn't Have to Be so Nice The Lovin' Spoonful
2:11:57 Let's Dance Chris Montez
2:14:13 Rockin' Robin Bobby Day
2:16:42 Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler
2:19:12 Hey Baby Bruce Channel
2:21:26 Little Bit O' Soul Music Explosion
2:23:40 Help Me, Rhonda The Beach Boys
2:26:46 Sherry Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
2:29:16 Peppermint Twist Joey Dee
2:31:11 These Boots Nancy Sinatra
2:33:45 Soul Man Sam & Dave
2:36:18 Wild Thing The Troggs
2:38:48 La Bamba Ritchie Valens
2:40:45 Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins
2:42:56 Tutti Frutti Little Richard
2:45:19 Wipe Out Surfaris
2:47:51 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) The Byrds
2:51:35 The Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan
2:54:43 Runaround Sue Dion
2:57:16 Everyday People Sly and the Family Stone
2:59:34 Revolution The Beatles
3:02:51 The Letter The Box Tops
3:04:42 Windy The Association
3:07:28 Happy Together The Turtles
3:10:16 Under the Boardwalk The Drifters
3:12:55 Be My Baby The Ronettes
3:15:27 Will You Love Me Tomorrow The Shirelles
3:18:02 Loco- Motion Little Eva
3:20:21 Gimme Some Lovin Spencer Davis Group
3:23:09 Barbara Ann The Beach Boys
3:25:13 Good Lovin' The Rascals
3:27:39 Monday Monday The Mamas and the Papas
3:30:55 Daydream Believer The Monkees
3:33:32 Suite Judy Blue Eyes Crosby Stills Nash & Young
3:40:54 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Jimi Hendrix
3:45:58 Trouble Elvis Presley
3:48:12 Ticket To Ride The Beatles
3:51:10 Mustang Sally Wilson Pickett
3:54:09 Peggy Sue Buddy Holly
3:56:36 Baby Love The Supremes
3:59:07 Long Tall Sally Little Richard
4:01:13 Johnny B. Good Chuck Berry
4:03:48 Mony Mony Tommy James
4:06:32 Nobody But Me Human Beinz
4:08:44 When A Man Loves A Woman Percy Sledge
4:11:31 For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield
4:14:01 Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival
4:16:13 Going Up The Country Canned Heat
4:19:00 I'm Into Something Good Herman's Hermits
4:21:29 Hooked On A Feeling Blue Swede
4:24:13 Walk Like A Man Frankie Valli
4:26:21 Do Wah Diddy Diddy Manfred Mann
4:28:41 Shu Bop Dion and the Belmonts
4:32:45 Blue Moon The Marcels
4:34:58 Pretty Little Angel Eyes Curtis Lee
4:37:34 Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA - January 1968) Johnny Cash
4:40:13 Touch Me The Doors Live
4:43:21 Travellin' Man Ricky Nelson
4:45:39 Here Comes the Sun The Beatles
4:48:40 Burning Love (Lyrics) Elvis Presley
4:51:26 Build Me Up Buttercup The Foundations
4:54:18 When I Woke Up This Morning Bop Chords
4:57:11 Little Star Randy & The Rainbows
4:59:29 Peanuts Rick and the Keens
5:01:24 You've Really Got A Hold On Me Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
5:04:15 Sunshine Superman Donovan
5:08:42 Get Together The Youngbloods
5:13:14 Paint It, Black The Rolling Stones
5:16:30 Sunshine Of Your Love Cream
5:20:35 The Boxer Simon & Garfunkel
5:25:39 Mighty Quinn Manfred Mann
5:28:25 Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
5:31:38 Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Steam