Publisher's Synopsis
This collection of over 50 songs highlights the best songs from the '50s and early '60s, by such artists as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Ricky Nelson, Jackie Wilson, Eddie Cochran, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and more. Piano accompaniment, vocal melodies, lyrics, and guitar chord diagrams are included. Titles: Ain't That a Shame (Fats Domino) * Another Saturday Night (Sam Cooke) * April Love (Pat Boone) * Be-Bop-a-Lula (Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps) * Blue Velvet (Bobby Vinton) * C'mon Everybody (Eddie Cochran) * Come Go with Me (The Dell-Vikings) * Come Softly to Me (The Fleetwoods) * Cupid (Sam Cooke) * Deep Purple (Nino Tempo and April Stevens) * Donna the Prima Donna (Dion) * Don't Hang Up (The Orlons) * Early in the Morning (Bobby Darin) * Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) (The Penguins) * Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha (Sam Cooke) * Handy Man (Jimmy Jones) * Hey! Paula (Paul and Paula) * A Hundred Pounds of Clay (Gene McDaniels) * Hush-a-Bye (The Mystics) * I Put a Spell on You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) * I Wonder Why (Dion and The Belmonts) * I'll Be Home (The Flamingos) * I'm Walkin' (Fats Domino) * Johnny Angel (Shelley Fabares) * Lonely Avenue (Ray Charles) * Lonesome Town (Ricky Nelson) * A Lover's Prayer (Dion and The Belmonts) * Lovers Who Wander (Dion) * Mama Said (The Shirelles) * Misty (Johnny Mathis) * The Monster Mash (Bobby Boris" Pickett) * Mother-in-Law (Ernie K-Doe) * Mountain of Love (Harold Dorman) * Mr. Blue (The Fleetwoods) * Only Sixteen (Sam Cooke) * Poor Little Fool (Ricky Nelson) * (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock (Bill Haley and His Comets) * Sandy (Dion) * See You in September (The Tempos) * Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop (Little Anthony and The Imperials) * So Much in Love (The Tymes) * Splish Splash (Bobby Darin) * Sweet Talkin' Guy (The Chiffons) * A Teenager in Love (Dion and The Belmonts) * Tossin' and Turnin' (Bobby Lewis) * The Twelfth of Never (Johnny Mathis) * Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley) * Volare (Bobby Rydell) * Walking to New Orleans (Fats Domino) * Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (Jerry Lee Lewis) * Who's Sorry Now? (Connie Francis) * (What a) Wonderful World (Sam Cooke) * (Because) You Belong to Me (Sam Cooke) * You Better Know It (Jackie Wilson) * You Send Me (Sam Cooke) * (For) Your Precious Love (Jerry Butler)."
