What are your favorite songs from the 1920s to 1960s?

Here are a few more from Youtube roulette!


Ironic the way Youtube roulette worked out, got the first then into a bunch of junk, but when I 'reset' by scrolling down and selecting the second song I kept likeing every song for a while.

Just playing youtube roulette again. I hadn't heard this in years. It is quite coverable.

keith99 said:

Just playing youtube roulette again. I hadn't heard this in years. It is quite coverable.

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Great song, reminded me of the songs in Dr. Zhivago and Fiddler on the Roof.
But now it's stuck in my head!

A terrific early 60s doo wop song that never made the top 40. Great infectious rhythm.

A couple more that I remember fondly. I wanted to get 3 from this group, but after listening to a dozen more songs did not find one more worth the time.

It might be that Pretty Ballerina could be used as performance music.

"Just Walk Away Rene." Great song. interesting story.

The guitarist was seeing the lead singer of the band's girl friend on the side. He finally decided 2 timing with his friend's gf was not cool so he broke it off and wrote this song to deal with his emotional state following the break up. When he presented it to the band the lead singer got very mad at him but liked the tune.

So when they recorded it, there was no guitar part.

Here are a few more. The first is actually new to me, but I suspect it is a very old song.

The last I've heard and remembered fondly, but it was the Terry Jacks version and the words are different. VERY different.

Ella I want to thank you fro creating this thread, it has led me to wander through the folk music of the 60s and find both old favorites and songs new to me that brought me joy.

I expect I'll add at least one more post soon as I've been listening to some of the Kingston Trio and The Brothers Four and I've noticed some songs are covered over and over.

So here are songs from links I pasted into notepad:






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLfRtK0oxYE

Yup at least one more to come, 500 Miles.

I think the "Cups" song from Pitch Perfect was originally from the 1930s.

Can't forget Don and Phil. A few of their prettiest songs:

Cimorene said:

I think the "Cups" song from Pitch Perfect was originally from the 1930s.

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Yup, written by A.P. Carter in 1931 and performed by the Carter family, one of the biggies in country music. I'm not big on country save for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and when they were asked if they were bluegrass they said no, they are a traditional American music band and that includes some Bluegrass.

The Carters have been on a couple of the Dirt Band's albums.

Here are videos of Perfect Pitch and the Carters.

I love the top video. The original wasn't as fun but I still like it. Ella does covers of songs with the "Cups" routine. They're on fleek.

Wow he was really attractive when he was young!

Just this last weekend I found out about a band I had never heard of before called Red Nichols and the 5 Pennies. Band Leader Nichols was a proponent of Dixieland jazz and a really hot trumpet player. He formed the band in 1929 and they toured for most of the 30s. He left the road when his daughter contracted polio so he went to work as a shipbuilder in the run up to WW2.

His band members included: Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Glen Miller and Gene Krupa. All led very successful bands after leaving Nichols.

I think I like Bonnie Raitt now. She was really great on the Grammys last night. I think she's from the 60s or 70s.

I was introduced to Rait by my college roommate back in the fall of '73.

Incredible slide guitar work. She is the only female lead guitarist in the business that has managed to STAY in the business for longer than a year or 2.

I was on holiday on a cruiseship,and they had kareoke...i just remember a few popular songs eveyone enjoyed singing to or hearing...


My way
Yellow submarine
Daydream believer
What a wonderful world
Over the rainbow

Also anything from The sound of Music!!

I like.

I also like a little "showtune" fare from time to time, and the type of stuff you may hear on old movie musicals.

Such as these: