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The Fifties...Music
The music of the fifties…well, what can I say…
was heaven here on earth compared with that today.
Romantic, lovely sentiments of heart and soul,
with poems set to music to advise, console.
Mid-fifties music era rendered lovely songs
safeguarded in my heart these many years, belong
forever to remember, matter not how old.
These gems, mid-fifties' songs, hold memories untold.
Too many to recall, but I can single one,
the song played at our wedding, never was outdone.
The Platter’s hit song “Only You,” so touched our hearts,
its words hold true today, and here is how it starts:
“Only you can make this world seem right
Only you can make the darkness bright
Only you and you alone can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you
Only you can make this change in me
For it's true, you are my destiny
When you hold my hand I understand the magic that you do
You're my dream come true, my one and only you….”
Romantic, lovely sentiments of heart and soul,
with poems set to music to advise, console,
was heaven here on earth compared with those today.
The music of the fifties…well, what can I say…
Below, more songs and hits that then did make my day!
Memories Are Made of This ~ Dean Martin
Great Pretender ~ The Platters
Rock and Roll Waltz ~ Kay Starr
Heartbreak Hotel ~ Elvis Presley
A Tear Fell ~ Theresa Brewer
I Walk the Line ~ Johnny Cash
The Wayward Wind ~ Gogi Grant
Ivory Tower ~ Cathy Carr
On the Street Where You Live ~ Vic Damone
Allegany Moon ~ Patti Page
Tonight You Belong To Me ~ Patience and Prudence
Love Me Tender ~ Elvis Presley
True Love ~ Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly
In the Still of the Night ~ The Five Satins
Goodnight My Love ~ Jesse Belvins
The music of the fifties…well, what can I say…
Sandra M. Haight
~3rd Place~
Contest: Old or New Poems
Sponsor: Eve Roper
Judged: 07/25/2016
~4th Place~
Contest: Decades
Sponsor: Kelly Deschler
Judged: 03/22/2015
Form: Couples in iambic hexameter (12 syllables and 6 beats per line...except in 'Only You' words and list of songs).
Copyright © Sandra Haight | Year Posted 2015
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