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Frank's Favorites of the 50's

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Frank DiGiovannangelo
Philadelphia, PA
United States



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(in order as sequenced since 6/98) *

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(KEY Signatures after the titles) (C)(D)(Eb)(E)(F) etc.
Splish Splash (Bb) Bobby Darin 1958.
A Lover's Question (G) Clyde McPhatter 1959.
A Thousand Miles Away (F) The Heartbeats 1956.
Mother-In-Law (C) Ernie Doe from the early 60's.
Elusive Butterfly (C) Bob Lind from the early 60's.
Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat (F) Paul Evans 1959.
Party Doll (G) Buddy Knox 1957.
Happy,Happy Birthday,Baby (C) The Tune Weavers from 1957.
Gonna Get Along Without You Now (F) Patience&Prudence 1957 (You won't get this one out of your head for a long time).
Bo Diddley (G) Bo Diddley from 1955
Secretly (C) Jimmie Rodgers from 1958
Little Bitty Pretty One (F) Thurston Harris from 1957
Poetry In Motion (G) Johnny Tillotson from around 1960
Hey There Lonely Girl (G) From around 1964
It Hurts To Be In Love (F) Gene Pitney from the early 60's
Treat Me Nice (C) (Just updated 5/20/99) Elvis Presley 1957
Cupid (C) Another Sam Cooke song sometime in the late 50's
You Send Me (F) A Sam Cooke song from 1957
Mack The Knife (C) A Bobby Darin song from 1959
Why (Because I love You) (G) A Frankie Avalon song 1960
Guitar Boogie Shuffle (E) Original by Aurthur Smith from about 1948 and done again in the 50's
Torquay (F) From 1960 and a first
Shella (C) Tommy Roe from 1962
Detour (Eb) I have no information on this song, but I can remember playing it in the late 50's
Pipeline (G) The Chantay's from 1963
Fever (C) Peggy Lee from 1958
The House Of The Rising Sun (F) from 1964
Hang On Sloopy (C) from 1964
Singing The Blues (F) Guy Mitchell from 1956
Earth Angel (Eb) The Penguins from 1955
Only You (G) The Platters from 1955
Do You Wanna Dance (Bb) Bobby Freeman from 1958 (done completely from memory)
The One Who Really Loves You (C) Marry Wells 1962
Tom Dooley (G) The Kingston Trio from 1958
Don't (F) Elvis Presley from 1958
Purple People Eater (G) Sheb Wooley from 1958 (We drove around banging on the side of the car singing this one)
Get A Job (C) The Silhouettes from 1958
Lollipop (C) The Chordettes from 1958
Little Star (Bb) The Elegants from 1958
Yakety Yak (C) The Real Yakety Yak by the Coasters from 1958
Don't Gamble With Love (F) (Done all from memory) my favorite Paul Anka song from the late 50's
Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley from the early 50's
Bye Bye Love (F) The Everly Brothers around 1957
Where Or When (Eb) An old 30's song brought back to life in the late 50's
Duster (C) An original song I composed something like the 50's oldie called "Wild Weekend"
I'll Remember In The Still Of The Night (F) The Five Satins(Done completely from memory)
Bulldog (Bb) From sometime in the late 50's (done from memory)
Crying In The Chapel (C) An Elvis song from sometime in the late 50's or early 60's
Wonderful - Wonderful (Bb) Johnny Mathis from the late 50's
The End (C) Earl Grant From 1958 (done completely from memory)
Cara Mia (F) A song from sometime in the late 50's by Jay Black.
Love Is All We Need (C) Another Tommy Edwards song from 1958
It' All In The Game (F) Tommy Edwards 1958
Green Door (A) From 1956
Sh-boom (Eb) From 1954.
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (Ab) from the mid 60's
Need You (F) I think originally done by Donny Owens in 1958 (done from memory)
I Miss You So (G) Paul Anka form about 1958
Sea Of Love (F) Phil Phillips 1959
Hushabye (C) From about 1958
For Your Love (C) From about 1957 or 1958 (Played completely from memory)
Fame and Fortune (C) Another great Elvis song.
Can't Help Falling in Love (F) An Elvis song from 1961
Johnny Angel (F) Shelley Fabares from 1960.
Since You're Gone (G) A song from 1952 (Also done by Elvis in the late 50's)
Sandy (C) Another one from 1958
To Know Him Is To Love Him (Eb) A song from 1958
A Certain Smile (F) A Johnny Mathis song from 1958
Unchained Melody (Bb) From around 1952 (A hybrid sequence of the original song. * NOT Ghost *
Don't Be Cruel (C) A 1956 Elvis Presley song
Tragedy (C) Recorded in 1959 by Thomas Wayne (A seldom heard song)
Labamba (F) A mexican song redone in the 50's by Richie Valens. (I did this sequence like a mexican band playing the original,but with the 50's rhythm.)
When (Bb) The Kalin Twins from 1958 (done from memory - mostly ad-libbed, with as much of the original melody as I can remember.)
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Eb) Another oldie brought back to life in the 50's
The Twist (G) A song done originally by Hank Ballard then Chubby Checker
Again (G) An oldie brought back to life in the 50's
Barbara Ann (F) Another old song from the early 60's
Daddy's Home (Eb) Jermaine Jackson 1961
Kansas City (C) From the 50's
The Wonder Of You (F) Ray Peterson 1958
16 Candles (F) From 1958
Maybe (F) Done from hand written music I did from the record when I was 15yrs old
Love Me Forever (Bb) The Four Esquires song from 1957
It's Time To Cry (C) A Great Paul Anke song from 1958
The book of Love (F) A Monotones song from 1957
At The 1999 Hop (Ab) A 1999 Heavy metal version of the 1957 song.
You Talk too Much (Bb) A Joe Jones song from 1960
Whispering Bells (F) The Dell Vikings from 1957 (Done from memory)
Tequila (F) Sequence of another old song (Done from memory)
Johnny B Goode (F) Chuck Berry 1958
Poor Little Fool (C) New sequence of an old Rick Nelson song - done from memory with a Trini Lopaz sound
Stagglee (C) Lloyd Price from 1958
Night Train (Bb) New version of the old standard
Wad I Say Part 2 (E) New sequence of the old Ray Charles song- done from memory
Puff the Magic Dragon (C) A Peter, Paul and Mary Song
Silhouettes (C) New version of the old 50's song
Guantanamaro (C) A very hard hitting arrangement of this song
You're Mine an We Belong Together (C) Robert and Johnny 1958 (done from memory)
Apache (C) New arrangement of the old 60's song Apache
I Was The One (C) New sequence of an hard to find Elvis song
Happy Sax (G) An Original song by the Countdowns in 1960
- ( * Composed by me and my sax player Al Hendri - Sequence as close as I can remember it



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