Sunday, January 31, 2021

The Top 100 International songs of the 50s, in Hellas


These are The 100 Most Popular International Songs of the 50s in Hellas, especially in Hellenic Radio Stations.









Bo Mambo - YMA SUMAC (LP Mambo1954)




































































































Other International songs of the 50's, known in Hellas:



















































Peggy Sue - BUDDY HOLLY (single, 1957)

Piove (Ciao, Ciao Bambina) - DOMENICO MODUGNO (single, 1959)

Poor People Of Paris - LES BAXTER (single, 1956)

Rawhide - FRANKIE LAINE (single, 1959)

Rip It Up - LITTLE RICHARD (single, 1956)

Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody - JERRY LEWIS (single, 1956)






So What - MILES DAVIS (LP Kind Of Blue, 1959)


Sweet Little Sixteen - CHUCK BERRY (single, 1958)

Tammy - DEBBIE REYNOLDS (single, 1957)


Teen Beat - SANDY NELSON (single, 1959)

The Great Pretender - THE PLATTERS (single, 1955)

The Purple People Eater - SHEB WOOLEY (single, 1958)


There's No Business Like Show Business - ETHEL MERMAN (OST There's No... 1954)

To Know Him Is To Love Him - THE TEDDY BEARS (single, 1958)

Uska Dara - EARTHA KITT (single, 1953)

Venezuela - HARRY BELAFONTE (b side on single, 1956)

What A Diff'rence A Day Makes - DINAH WASHINGTON (single, 1959)

Who Do You Love? - BO DIDDLEY (single, 1956)



Yakety Yak - THE COASTERS (single, 1958)


You Send Me - SAM COOKE (single, 1957)




Relative unknown original 50s versions of covers well known in Hellas:


Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - PEREZ PREDO (single, 1955)
Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - MODERN ROMANCE (single, 1982)

Fever - PEGGY LEE (single, 1958) 
Fever - ELVIS PRESLEY (LP Elvis Is Back!, 1960)

Gonna Get Along Without You Now - VIOLA WILLS (1979)

Hound Dog - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1956)

Hurt - TIMI YURO (1961)
A Chi - FAUSTO LEALI (1967)

I'll Be Satisfied - SHAKIN' STEVENS (single, 1982)

Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) - JULIE LONDON (1963)

Und Jetzt Ist Es Still - HORST WINTER (single, 1948)
It's All So Quiet - BJORK (single, 1995)

I Just Want To Make Love To You - ETTA JAMES (b side on single, 1961)

Kaw Liga - HANK WILLIAMS (single, 1953)
Kaw Liga - THE RESIDENTS (1986)

Mystery Train - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1955)

Que Nadie Sepa Mi Sufrir - ALBERTO CASTILLO (1953) 
La Foule - EDITH PIAF (1957) 
Amor De Mis Amores - PACO (1988) 

Sway - DEAN MARTIN (1954)

Release Me - LITTLE ESTHER PHILLIPS (single, 1962) 
Release Me - ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (single, 1967)

(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS (single, 1954)

Cancao Do Mar - DULCE PONTES (1993) 
Harem - SARAH BRIGHTMAN (2003)

If I Had A Hammer - TRINI LOPEZ (single, 1963)


Walking By Myself - GARY MOORE (LP Still Got The Blues, 1990)


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