Top 10 songs from the 1950s

1. Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry (1958): Johnny B. Goode is an autobiographical account of Berry’s career. The main character worked his way up from nothing to be a star playing his guitar. He changed the lyrics from “colored boy” to “country boy” to cross over. America remained highly segregated and Berry feared the original reference might scare off radio. The song peaked at #2 on the charts, but has grown in stature since. Carl Sagan included a copy on the Voyager spacecraft and numerous critics and historians now point to “Johnny B. Goode” as a seminal moment in the shaping of rock n roll, guitar, and the culture. 2. Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley (1957): “Jailhouse Rock” is a...