In my humble opinion, Elvis's best 1950s song is easily "Don't Be Cruel". It's catchy, it was a massive hit, and it is a joy ...

The 1950s. The dawning of a new era in popular music ... It hit Number Eleven and opened the door for seven other Top Five hits (though never a Number One) for CCR over the next several years.

The aforementioned songs became actual hits and are still quite recognisable today. But a lot of 1950s mainstream music enjoyed plenty of airplay not because it was particularly good or popular but ...