NONSENSE
ROCK!
PLAY
↓SHOW!
EARLY rock didn’t make sense to adults in the ’50s-60s. You’ll see why from the titles below. They sound like a lost language, but remember that the big band era also had its foolish songs, such as Mairzy Doats and Bibbidy-Bobbidy-Boo!
PLAYLIST: Friday, May 8, 2025
Bama Lama, Bama Loo — Little Richard (1964)
Be-Bop-A-Lula — Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (1956)
Bop Ting-A-Ling — LaVern Baker (1955)
Chop Chop Boom — The Danderliers (1955)
Da Doo Ron Ron — The Crystals (1963)
Do-Wah Diddy — The Exciters (1963)
Great Googly Moo — The Spaniels (1958)
Iko Iko — The Dixie Cups (1965)
La Dee Dah — Billy & Lillie (1958)
Ka-Ding Dong — The G-Clefs (1956)
Ko Ko Mo — Gene & Eunice (1955)
Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 1) — Jessie Hill (1960)
Sh-Boom — The Chords (1954)
Oop Shoop — Shirley Gunter & The Queens (1954)
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow — The Rivingtons (1962)
Shimmy, Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop — Little Anthony & The Imperials (1959)
Ting-A-Ling — The Clovers (1952)
Ting-A-Ling — Buddy Holly (1956)
Ting-A-Ling — Larry Williams (1959)
Ya Ya — Lee Dorsey (1961)
Wiggle Wobble — Les Cooper & The Soul Rockers (1962)
