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 A Lovers Question
 A Rose And a Baby Ruth 
 A Tear Fell
 A Theme From A Three Penny Opera
 A Thousand Stars
 A'int That a Shame
 All Shook Up
 All The Way
 Alley Oop

 Almost Always
 Amoung My Souviners
 Another Saturday Night

 Are You Sincere
 Around The World In 80 Days
 At The Hop
 Banana Boat Song
 Band Of Gold
 Be Bop Baby
 Be My Guest
 Beep Beep

 Big Man
 Bird Dog
 Blue
Berry Hill
 Blue Monday


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                                          The "Cover Story"


All selections on this page were chart toppers during the 1950's.
We sometimes hear the term "Cover version". In popular music a "cover" is a new rendition of a previously recorded song. The term cover originally implied a rival version of a tune recorded by an artist after the original version was released. Popular musicians and listeners now use the word "cover" to refer to any remake of a song.
Musicians now play what they call covers of songs as a tribute to the original performer or group. Artists may also perform covers of a favorite artist's hit tunes for the simple pleasure of playing a familiar song.
Cover versions of many popular songs have been recorded, sometimes with a radically different style, sometimes virtually indistinguishable from the original, and sometimes we like the cover better than the original. Paul Mc Cartney's "Yesterday "is the most covered popular music song in history. The Beatles "Come Together" has been covered numerous times.
From early in the 20th century it was common practice among record labels to cover a rival labels "hit" tune by recording a version for their own label in hopes of cashing in on the tune's success. There was little promotion or advertising involved. When the average record buyer went to purchase a new record, they usually asked for the tune, not the artist. Distribution of records was highly localized in many cases, so a cover version of a hit song from another area could reach an audience before the original version was widely available. The highly competitive record companies were quick to take advantage of these facts.

This was all changing in the Mid century with better distribution and TV in more homes. But with the explosion of rock & roll , teenagers still wanted the song and not necessarily the artist or the album. The 45rpm record was the format of choice.

This was the period of the "copycat cover", a recording that sounded as close to the original as possible and sold at a discount price which also appealed to teenage buyers.

All selections on this page were chart toppers during the 1950's.They have been digitally re-mastered from the mid Century pressings and are the property of 108th Street Records Inc.

Title List available for Master use

Blue Suede Shoes
Blue Tango
Bongo Bongo Mambo
Born To Late
Butterfly
Bye Bye Love
Canadian Sunset
Catch a Falling Star
C'est Si Bon
Changing Partners
Chantilly Lace
Cinco Robles
Cindy,Oh Cindy
Corina Corina
Country Boy
Crying In The Chapel
Daddy O
Dancin'
Dancin' With Someone
Delicado
Devoted To You
Dianna
Doggie In The Window
Don’t
Donna
Don't Be Cruel
Don't Forbid Me
Don't You Just Know It
Downhearted
Ebb Tide
Eddie My Love
Eh,Cumpari
Eleventh Hour Medly
El Paso
Empty Arms
Even Now
Four Walls
Frendly Persuasion
Get a job
Gone
Goodbye Baby
Goodbye Jimmie Goodbye
Gotta travel on
Great Balls Of fire
Guess Things Happen That way
Handy Man
Have You Heard
Heart Of My Heart
Heartbreak Hotel
Hearts Of Stone
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
Hey Joe
Hot Diggity
I Dreamed
I Got Stung
I Hear You Knocking
I Want You,I Need You,I Love You
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself
I'm In Love Again
I'm Walkin
In The Middle Of An Island
In The Mission Of St. Augustine
It's All In The Game
It's Almost Tomorrow
It's Not For Me To Say
It's Only Make Believe
I'ts time To Cry
It's To soon to Know
Jealous lover
Jennie Lee
Jilted
Juke Box Baby
Just a Dream
Just Born
Just Keep It Up
Just walking In The Rain
Kewpie Doll
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Kookie Kookie Lend Me Your Comb
Lay Down Your Arms
Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear
Let Me Go Lover
Lisbon Antigua
Little Bitty Girl
Little Darlin
Lollipop
Lonely Teenager
Love Me
Love Me Tender
Lucky Lips
Mama Look At Boo Boo
Mambo Number 5 
Many Times
Marianne
Marina
Maybe
Memories Are Made Of This
Moonlight Gambler
Mr Lee
My Girl Josephine
My Happiness
My Heart Is An Open Book
Near You
Never Be Anyone Else
Ninety Nine Ways
No Not Much
Oh!
Oh! My Papa
Oh,Boy
Oh,Julie
Old Cape Cod
Oo,What you do to Me
Party Doll
Peggy Sue
Pledge Of Love
Poetry In Motion
Poor Little Fool
Pretend
Purple People Eater
Queen Of The Hop
Rags to riches
Raunchy
Return To Me
Reveille Rock
Riccochet
Rock & Roll Waltz
Rock And Roll Music
Rock Island Line
Round And Round
Running Bear
Sail On Silvery Moon
Santa Baby
Secretly
See You Later aligator
Seven Little Girls
Seven Lonely Days
She Say Oom Dooby Doom
Short Shorts
Since I Met You Baby
Singing The Blues
Six Nights A Week
Sixteen Candles
Song For a Summer Night
Splish Splash
Stagger Lee
Stood Up
Sugartime
Sway
Sweet Little Sixteen
Take My Heart
Tammy
Tea For Two Cha Cha
Tears On My Pillow
Teen-Age Crush
Tell Me Your Mine
Tequilla
The End
The Green Door
The Poor People Of Paris
The Stroll
Theme Form Dragnet
Theme From The Man With The Golden Arm
There's A Gold Mine In The Sky
Till I Waltz With You Again
To Know Him Is To Love Him
Tom Dooley
too Much
Tutti Fruiti
Twilight Time
Valley Of tears
Walkin After Midnight
Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
What Am I Living For
Wheel Of Fortune
White Silver Sands
Whole Lot Of Shakin Goin On
Who's Sorry Now
Why Baby Why
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Willie And The Hand Jive
Witchdoctor
With These Hands
Wonderland By Night
Yackety Yak
You Don't Know Me
You Don't Owe Me a Thing
You Got What It takes
You You You
Young Lovers