Description
Each book in the Where Are They Now? series contains over 50 songs by the artists who defined the music of the era. Plus, each book contains an essay about the times and a special "Where Are They Now?" update section on the songs and the artists.
The '50s Era artists include: Beach Boys, Bill Haley and the Comets, Debbie Reynolds, Del Shannon, Diamonds, Dion and the Belmonts, Duanne Eddy, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Everly Brothers, Fats Domino, Isley Brothers, Little Richard, Penguins, Platters, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Ritchie Valens, and more!
Title | Composer |
(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock | Max Freedman (composer); Jimmy De Knight (composer) |
Ain't That a Shame | Antoine Domino (contributor); Dave Bartholomew (contributor) |
Barbara Ann | Fred Fassert (contributor) |
Bird Dog | Boudleaux Bryant (composer) |
Blue Angel | Roy Orbison (contributor); Joe Melson (contributor) |
Blue Monday | Dave Bartholomew (contributor); Antoine Domino (contributor) |
Bye Bye Love | Boudleaux Bryant (composer); Felice Bryant (composer) |
California Girls | Brian Wilson (composer) |
Claudette | |
Cry Cry Cry | Deadric Malone (contributor) |
Crying | Joe Melson (composer); Roy Orbison (composer) |
Daddy's Home | James Sheppard (contributor); William Miller (contributor) |
Don't Worry Baby | Brian Wilson (contributor); Roger Christian (contributor) |
Donna | Ritchie Valens (composer) |
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) | Jesse Belvin (composer) |
Fun, Fun, Fun | Mike Love (composer); Brian Wilson (composer) |
Gee Whiz | Carla Thomas (contributor) |
Good Golly Miss Molly | Robert Blackwell (contributor); John Marascalco (contributor) |
Hello, Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart) | Gene Pitney (composer); Cayet Mangiaracina (composer) |
Help Me Rhonda | Mike Love (composer); Brian Wilson (composer) |
Honky Tonk | Bill Doggett (contributor); Clifford Scott (contributor); Billy Butler (contributor); Henry Glover (contributor) |
I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine | Mack David (contributor) |
I Only Have Eyes for You | Harry Warren (composer); Al Dubin (lyricist) |
I Want to Walk You Home | Antoine "Fats" Domino (composer) |
I'm Walkin' | Dave Bartholomew (composer); Antoine Domino (composer) |
In My Room | Gary Usher (composer); Brian Wilson (composer) |
Keep a Knockin' | Richard Penniman (contributor) |
La Bamba | Ritchie Valens (arranger) |
Let It Be Me | Gilbert Becaud (contributor); Mann Curtis (contributor); Pierre Delanoe (contributor) |
Milk Cow Blues | Kokomo Arnold (contributor) |
My Special Angel | Jimmy Duncan (composer) |
Oh, Pretty Woman | Roy Orbison (composer); Bill Dees (composer) |
Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) | Roy Orbison (contributor); Joe Melson (contributor) |
Peter Gunn (from "Peter Gunn") | Henry Mancini (composer) |
Rockin' Robin | Jimmie Thomas (composer) |
Runaway | Del Shannon (composer); Max D. Crook (composer) |
Sea Cruise | Huey P. Smith (composer) |
Shout | O'Kelly Isley (contributor); Ronald Isley (contributor); Rudolph Isley (contributor) |
Sixteen Candles | Luther Dixon (composer); Allyson Khent (composer) |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | Jerome Kern (contributor); Otto Harbach (contributor) |
Stagger Lee | Harold Logan (contributor); Lloyd Price (contributor) |
Summertime Blues | Jerry Capehart (composer); Eddie Cochran (composer) |
Tammy | Ray Evans (contributor); Jay Livingston (contributor) |
Tequila | Chuck Rio (contributor) |
The Stroll | Clyde Otis (contributor); Nancy Lee (contributor) |
The Wanderer | Ernie Maresca (composer) |
Wake Up Little Susie | Boudleaux Bryant (composer); Felice Bryant (composer) |
Walking to New Orleans | Antoine "Fats" Domino (composer) |
Wipe Out | The Surfaris (composer) |
Ain't That a Shame | Dave Bartholomew (composer); Antoine "Fats" Domino (composer) |