Music of the '50s

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A community for the love of all music from 1950 to 1959.

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One song per post. Try not to post more than a few times per day (no flooding).
Posted songs should play in their entirety, automatically without needing to login or download anything.
Covers and remixes of older music released in this decade is allowed. Re-releases, live performances, and remasters by the original artist fall under the original song's release date.
Post title must include the song title, the artist or group, and the year this version of the song was originally release.
Other information in the post title, like performance type and song length, is encouraged.
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If you have additional information about the song, like behind-the-scenes trivia, including that in your post is highly encouraged.
Discussion in each post must stay on the topic of that particular song. No political discussion, unless the song in question is explicitly related to such a topic.
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Uploaded to YouTube by Cantabrigidian.

This is the original studio version, sung by Hank Ballard. Chubby Checker would re-record it with his own vocals for his album.

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