Remembering The 50s

Reader's Digest Songbooks

by William L. Simon (Editor), Reader's Digest Association (Publisher)

A timeless collection of 100 top hits from the 50s in deluxe hardcover packaging with a separate lyric book perfect for singalongs. This collection contains notes for each song and is categorized by the popular genres of the 50s. Songs include: Autumn Leaves * Blue Velvet * Blueberry Hill * Bye Bye, Love * Charlie Brown * Earth Angel * Great Balls Of Fire * The Hawaiian Wedding Song * Hound Dog * I Could Have Danced All Night * La Bamba * Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing * Love Me Tender * Mack The Knife * Misty * Peggy Sue * The Sound Of Music * Tennessee Waltz * Unchained Melody * Who's Sorry Now? * and more.

Genres: Music

252 pages, Spiral-bound

First published August 1, 1992

About the author

William L. "Bill" Simon, was a leading record producer as well as a songwriter and musician.
Before entering the record business in New York City in 1944, he ran the Music House in Buffalo, New York.
Simon produced recordings by such legendary jazz artists as Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Ben Webster, Don Byas, Erroll Garner, & Johnny Guarnieri.
He spent 22 years with Reader's Digest as the music editor.