Your favorite music from 1956?

'When I Got Married' - (Champion) Jack Dupree


b/w 'Lonely Road Blues' with "Mr. Bear" (Teddy McRae)
Jack Dupree - When I Got Married

 

'I'll be Home' - the Flamingos


The Flamingos - I'll Be Home
Cover versions of I'll Be Home written by Fats Washington, Stan Lewis | SecondHandSongs

 

B.B. King - Early in the Morning

 

B.B. King - Sweet Little Angel (recorded in Little Rock, not to be confused with the slightly earlier L.A. version which has a noticeably different horn arrangement)

 

Carl Perkins - Dixie Fried

Rockabilly karaoke! Sing along with Carl.

 

Charlie and Ray


Charlie And Ray - Mad With You Baby

 

'Rubber Biscuit' - the Chips


The Chips - Rubber Biscuit

 

'I'm Wise' - Eddie Bo


78 Record: Eddie Bo - I'm Wise (1956)

 

'I've got news for you' - Priscilla Bowman and Jay McShann


follow-up to the #1 r&b hit 'Hands Off' which had been issued as Jay McShann's orchestra; vocalist - Priscilla Bowman
78 Record: Priscilla Bowman And Jay McShann - I've Got News For You (1956)

 

Long Tall Sally

 

'Since I met you baby' - Ivory Joe Hunter


Ivory Joe Hunter - Since I Met You Baby

 

Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys


Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys - On And On

 

'D-I-R-T-Y D-E-A-L' - Classie Ballou and his Tempo Kings Orchestra


Classie Ballou And His Tempo Kings Orch. - Loving Huggin Kissin My Baby
Classie Ballou

(more 1956 choices have been posted on this other thread)
Your favorite music from 1956

 

'Never Grow Old' - Aretha Franklin


first released on J-V-B in 1956; reissued on Checker in 1957
Aretha Franklin – Never Grow Old / You Grow Closer (1956, Shellac)

 

Iry Le June and his accordion


aka Iry LeJeune; seems to have been recorded in 1954, but first released on a 78 in 1956
78 Record: Iry LeJune - Grande Bosco (1956)

 

Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport
Kenny Dorham - 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - The Jazz Messengers
Horace Silver - Six Pieces of Silver
Kenny Burrell et al - All Night Long
Tal Farlow - Tal
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
That Jones - Detroit-New York Junction
Herb Ellis - Ellis in Wonderland
Charles Mingus - Pithicanthropicus Erectus

 

'Trucker from Tennessee' - Link Davis


with Hal Harris - guitar

b/w 'Don't Big Shot Me'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PCFFLYnies&ab_channel=HepKat59
Link Davis - Don't Big Shot Me / Trucker From Tennessee

FROM THE VAULTS: Link Davis born 8 July 1914

 

'Sweet Dreams' - Don Gibson


Don Gibson - Sweet Dreams
recorded September, 1955; released March, 1956
Cover versions of Sweet Dreams written by Don Gibson | SecondHandSongs

 

Great. Very Hank Williams-ish. Very likable.

 

'Slip, Slip, Slippin' In' - Eddie Bond and his Stompers


Eddie Bond And His Stompers - Slip, Slip, Slippin'-In
Eddie Bond - The man who broke Elvis Presley's heart

 

The "5" Royales - 'Right Around the Corner'


recorded December, 1955; released January, 1956
The "5" Royales - Right Around The Corner
Cover versions of Right Around the Corner written by Charles Singleton [US], Rose Marie McCoy | SecondHandSongs

 

Elvis, Everly's, Cochran, Perkins, Fats D, and the list could go on and on.

 

'If it ain't one thing (it's another)' - the Spirit of Memphis


Joe Hinton - lead
The Spirit Of Memphis - If It Ain't One Thing (It's Another)

 

Nervous Norvus in "Ultra High Fidelity"


aka Jimmy Drake; 'The Fang' was his third single of 1956 following up 'Transfusion' and 'Ape Call'
78 Record: Nervous Norvus - The Fang (1956)
The Many Mysteries Of Nervous Norvus

 

Buck Owens


'Right After the Dance'

b/w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl_2k6bWLVM&ab_channel=mrblindfreddy9999
Buck Owens - The House Down The Block