Elizabeth Taylor (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 American science fiction film directed by Don Siegel and starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter.

The story depicts an extraterrestrial invasion in a small California town. The invaders replace human beings with duplicates that appear identical on the surface but are devoid of any emotion or individuality. A local doctor uncovers what is happening and tries to stop them.

Directed by: Don Siegel
Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter
Distributed by : Allied Artists Pictures Corporation

B.B. King - Singin' The Blues (1956)

B.B. King is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter acclaimed for his expressive singing and fluid, complex guitar playing.
Singin' the Blues is the 1956 compilation album on the Bihari brothers' Crown label.



Guitar, Vocals: B.B.King
Drums: Jesse Price, Jesse Sailes
Saxes: Maxwell Davis, Jewell L. Grant, Lorenzo Holden, Jack McVea, Bumps Myers, Maurice Simon, Floyd Turnham, Charles Waller
Trumpet: Jake "Vernon" Porter
Piano: Willard McDaniel

Tracklist:

Except where otherwise noted, all songs by B.B. King and Jules Taub.

1. Please Love Me" – 2:51

2. You Upset Me Baby" – 3:04

3. Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) – 2:49

4. Bad Luck" (Ivory Joe Hunter) – 2:54

5. 3 O'Clock Blues" (Lowell Fulson) – 3:03

6. Blind Love" – 3:06

7. Woke Up This Morning" – 2:59

8. You Know I Love You" – 3:06

9. Sweet Little Angel" (Lucille Bogan, ? Smith) – 3:00

10. Ten Long Years" – 2:49

11. Did You Ever Love a Woman" (D. Moore) – 2:34

12. Crying Won't Help You" (Hudson Whittaker) – 3:00

Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop! (1956)

Gene Vincent was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and roll and rockabilly. Bluejean Bop! was his first album with his Blue Caps. It was released in 1956 for Capitol Records.

Drums: Be-Bop Harrell
Bass: Jumpin' Jack Neal
Guitar: Gene Vincent, Galloping Cliff Gallup, Wee Willie Williams
Lead Vocal: Gene Vincent

Tracklist:

1. Bluejean Bop (Gene Vincent, Hal Levy)
2. Jezebel (Wayne Shanklin)
3. Who Slapped John (Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis)
4. Ain't She Sweet (Jack Yellen, Milton Ager)
5. I Flipped (Bobbie Carrol)
6. Waltz Of The Wind (Fred Rose)
7. Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back (Hadda Brooks)
8. That Old Gang Of Mine (Fain, Kahal, Raskin)
9. Jumps, Giggles And Shouts (Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis)
10. Up A Lazy River (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin)
11. Bop Street (Cliff Gallup, Sheriff Tex Davis)
12. Peg O' My Heart (Alfred Bryan, Fred Fisher)

  

Bill Doggett - Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk (1956)

Bill Doggett was an American Jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist.
"Honky Tonk" is a rhythm and blues hit which sold 4 million copies reaching #1 R&B charts and #2 Pop. Released in 1956 for King Records.


Organ: Bill Doggett
Guitar: Billy Butler
Saxophone: Clifford Scott
Drums: Shep Shepherd


Tracklist:


1. Honky Tonk (Part 1) (Butler, Doggett, Scott, Shepherd)
2. Honky Tonk (Part 2) (Butler, Doggett, Scott, Shepherd)
3. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
4. Afternoon Jump (B. Red Ellis)
5. Peacock Alley (Butler, Ellis)
6. Big Boy (Jennings)
7. Slow Walk (Austin)
8. Nothin' Yet (B. Red Ellis)
9. When Your Lover Has Gone (E.A Swan)
10. Honky Tonk Number Three (Butler, Doggett, Scott, Shepherd)
11. Leaps and Bounds (Butler, Ellis, Scott, Shepherd)

Billboard 1956

The Girl Can't Help It (1956)

The Girl Can't Help it is a 1956 comedy musical film about a gangster who hires down-and-out press agent to make his blonde bimbo girlfriend a singing star.
The movie was originally intended as a Hollywood screen-vehicle for the American sex symbol Jayne Mansfield, with the subplot being a satire of teenagers and their rock'n'roll music.


The movie features cameo performances of early rock'n'roll stars such as Little Richard, Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps.


Directed by: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien
Distributed by: Twentieth Century Fox

Grace Kelly - Modern Screen Magazine Cover (1956)