Square and Round Dancing

'Fifties' Theme Dances

Compiled by Charlie Eskin

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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