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'Fifties' Theme Dances

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Dance Name Original Artist Date
A White Sport Coat Marty Robbins 04/27/57
A Wonderful Time Up There Pat Boone 02/17/58
All Shook Up Elvis Presley 04/06/57
American Bandstand Barry Manilow 1958
Answer Me, My Love Nat King Cole 1954
Apple Blossom Time Tab Hunter 2/59
Autumn Leaves Roger Williams 08/20/55
Beyond The Sea Bobby Darin 1959
Big Chief Buffalo Nickel Skeets McDonald 1966
Birth Of The Blues Sammy Davis, Jr. 1952
Blue Monday Fats Domino 1956
C'est Si Bon Eartha Kitt 1953
Catch A Falling Star Perry Como 01/13/58
Changing Partners Patti Page 1953
Chanson D'Amour Art & Dotty Todd 04/21/58
Chattanooga Shoe-Shine Boy Red Foley 1950
Deep Purple Billy Ward & His Dominoes 10/57
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend MM 1953
Don't Be Cruel Elvis Presley 08/04/56
Don't Get Around Much Anymore Bobby Darin 1957
Dream Awhile (La Golondrina) David Carrol 1957
Dream Lover Bobby Darin 05/04/59
Edelweiss Ed Ames 1967
Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha Sam Cooke 03/30/59
Fascination Jane Morgan 09/09/57
Fever Peggy Lee 07/21/58
Fools Fall In Love Drifters 1957
Four Walls Jim Reeves 05/06/57
Glow Worm (Firefly) Mills Brothers 1952
Good Night My Love Ray Peterson 1959
Green Door Jim Lowe 09/29/56
Hang Up My R And R Shoes Chuck Willis 05/26/58
Here Comes Summer Brian Hyland 1959
Hernando's Hideaway Archie Bleyer 1954
Hey Jealous Lover Frank Sinatra 11/03/56
How Little We Know Frank Sinatra 06/02/56
I Could Have Danced All Night Sylvia Syms 06/16/56
I Left My Heart In San Francisco Tony Bennett 1954
I'm Confessin' Kay Starr 1958
If Perry Como 1951 (Originally 1934)
It's A Sin To Tell A Lie Somethin' Smith 04/02/55
It's All In The Game Tommy Edwards 08/25/58
It's Almost Tomorrow Jo Stafford 12/03/55
Just In Time Tony Bennett 1956
Kansas City Wilbert Harrison 04/27/59
Kewpie Doll Perry Como 4/58
Ko Ko Mo Perry Como 02/05/55
Laura Ed Ames 1951
Lisbon Antigua Nelson Riddle 12/31/55
Lollipop Chordettes 03/10/58
Love And Marriage Frank Sinatra 11/05/55
Magic Moments Perry Como 01/20/58
Maria Elena Los Indios Trabajaras 1963
Memories Of You Goodman/Clooney 03/17/56 (Originally 1925)
Moon River Andy Williams 1961
Moonglow Morris Stoloff 04/21/56
More Perry Como 1956/1963
Music! Music! Music! Teresa Brewer 1950
My Foolish Heart Gordon Jenkins 1950
My Funny Valentine Johnny Mathis 1952 (Originally 1936)
My Man Peggy Lee 1957
Never On Sunday Chordettes 1961
Night Train Buddy Morrow 1960
Nola Billy Williams 02/16/59
Orange Colored Sky Nat King Cole 1950
Patricia Perez Prado 06/23/58
Perfidia Xavier Cugat 1941
Pink Shoe Laces Dodie Stevens 3/59
Primrose Lane Jerry Wallace 09/07/59
Red Sails In The Sunset Five Keys 1957
Reet Petite Jackie Wilson 1957
Remember When Burt Kaempfert 1959
Rock And Roll Waltz Kay Starr 01/07/56
Rockin' Robin Bobby Day 08/04/58
Round And Round Perry Como 1957
Sam's Song Bing Crosby 1950
September In The Rain Dinah Washington 1961
Sh-Boom Chords & Crewcuts 1954
Slow Walk Bill Doggett 12/15/56
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Platters 1959
Song From Moulin Rouge Percy Faith 1953
Spanish Eyes Al Martino 1966
Splish Splash Bobby Darin 06/30/58
Stranger In Paradise Tony Bennett 1953
Stuck On You Elvis Presley 1959
Stupid Cupid Connie Francis 08/04/58
Sweet Nothins' Brenda Lee 1959
Tammy Debbie Reynolds 07/22/57
Tea For Two Cha Cha Tommy Dorsey 09/15/58
Tenderly Rosemary Clooney 1952
Tequila Champs 1957
Third Man Theme Guy Lombardo 1950
Treat Me Nice Elvis Presley 10/21/57
Tweedle Dee Georgia Gibbs 01/29/55
Village Of St. Bernadette Andy Williams 12/28/59
Volare Dean Martin 08/11/58
Wake Up Little Susie Everly Brothers 09/30/57
Walkin' My Baby Back Home Nat King Cole 1952
Waltz Across Texas Ernest Tubb 1955
Where Or When Dion And The Belmonts 1959
Whispering Les Paul & Mary Ford 1951
White Lilacs Billy Vaughn 09/08/56
Witchcraft Frank Sinatra 01/20/58
You Make Me Feel So Young Sinatra 1956 (Originally 1946)
Young Love Tab Hunter 01/19/57

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