Rollin' Stone
1950 · From The Anthology: 1947-1972
One man, one electric guitar, no band; the Chess single that later named a magazine and a British group.
★ 7.8
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1950
Showing 9 songs from 1950
La Vie en Rose (Louis Armstrong)
1950
Cut in New York with Sy Oliver's orchestra in 1950, Piaf's song rebuilt around a trumpet and a rasp.
★ 6.4
If You've Got the Money I've Got the TimeLefty Frizzell
If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time
1950
Jim Beck offered a free demo in his Dallas studio; Frizzell's stretched phrasing became the template Haggard and Jones inherited.
★ 6.2
Mona Lisa
1950
Nelson Riddle arranged it uncredited under Les Baxter's name, and Cole's baritone turned a B-side into a million seller.
★ 6.2
Please Send Me Someone to Love
1950
Cut for Art Rupe's Specialty in 1950, Mayfield's prayer for the world arrives before he asks anything for himself.
★ 6.2
Hymne a l'amour
1950
Piaf wrote these words for boxer Marcel Cerdan months before his plane went down, and recorded them the following May.
★ 6.0
Tennessee WaltzPatti Page
Tennessee Waltz
1950
Stewart reportedly wrote the lyrics on a matchbox cover, and Page's double-tracked vocal held number one for nine weeks.
★ 5.7
I'm Movin' OnHank Snow
I'm Movin' On
1950
Twenty-one weeks at number one, and a chugging beat that lets the train do all the talking.
★ 5.5
Goodnight Irene
1950
Lead Belly died months before Gordon Jenkins's orchestra carried his waltz to thirteen weeks atop the American charts.
★ 4.9