50 BEST Gone Groups of the 1950s, have fallen off the radar of time...

[@jerryleeelvisberryrichard6247]

1950s rock n roll was the best rock n roll. It’s amazing how many obscure songs exist. I’m always finding new to me bangers.

[@MusicData04]

Originators of "The Twist," influencing both rock and roll and dance culture. Ranked among the top for their boundary-pushing contributions.🥰🥰🥰

[@nitaweitzel822]

Sooo many group I remember many of them and their music

[@DG-sf9ei]

Interesting how most 50's bands just disappeared into the ether. It might have something to do with that era being too early before live recordings really gained popularity in the 1970s, and tech/internet age communications to keep their fanbase energized.

[@toddworley7231]

Drifters should be top 10. Hank Balard was great!

[@lrfcarreviews2570]

Yes the Drifters are one of my favorite R&B groups!! Hank Ballard & The Midnighters are more of a forgotten band.

[@JackCooper-ix1su]

Excellent

[@drbluzer]

BEST 1950'S GROUPS : @00:45 : BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS @02:33 : DIAMONDS @04:27 : DRIFTERS @07:02 : ROBINS @08:25 : CLOVERS @09:57 : GENE VINCENT AND HIS BLUE CAPS @13:31 : CADILLAC @15:08 : CRESTS @16:58 : FIVE ROYALES @18:03 : LARKS @19:03 : DELMORE BROTHERS @20:06 : CHANTELLS @21:55 : FANKIE LYMON AND TEENAGERS @23:49 : CLEFTONES @25:15 : FIVE KEYS @27:15 : SIR JOHN'S TRIO @28:13 : HEARTBEATS @29:38 : DIABLOS @30:58 : COASTERS @32:38 : BUNNIES @33:31 : BUDDY HOLLY AND CRICKETS @34:37 : SKYLINERS @35:48 : FLAMINGOS @37:08 : LESTER FLATT AND EARL SCRUGGS AND FOGGY MOUNTAIN BOYS @38:08 : BILLY WARD AND HIS DOMINOES @39:39 : LITTLE RICHARD AND UPSETTERS @41:24 : LITTLE ANTHONY AND IMPERIALS @43:07 : MOONGLOWS @44:04 : HUEY "PIANO" SMITH AND CLOWNS @45:02 : FALCONS @46:22 : PLATTERS @47:20 : CHORDS @48:30 : LEE ANDREWS AND HEARTS @49:50 : DON JULIAN AND MEADOWLARKS @51:15 : BUDDY KNOX AND RHYTHM ORCHIDS @52:54 : JOHNNY BURNETT AND ROCK AND ROLL TRIO @53:40 : SUNNY TILL AND ORIOLES @55:55 : PENGUINS @57:30 : ISLEY BROTHERS @58:15 : FIVE SATINS @0:59:25 : EVERLY BROTHERS @1:00:19 : OTIS WILLIAMS AND CHARMS @1:02:07 : ( JOHNNY BURNETT ) ROCK AND ROLL TRIO @1:03:14 : DEL VIKINGS @1:04:02 : SPANIELS @1:05:30 : DANNY AND JUNIORS @1:06:20 : HARPTONES @1:08:28 : DELLS @1:09:24 : DION AND BELMONTS @1:10:39 : HANK BALLARD AND MIDNIGHTERS

[@russellwhite1581]

I'm not sure that Bill Haley and his comets should be on a list of "forgotten" groups.

[@lrfcarreviews2570]

I agree, they were big in the 50s. Rock Around The Clock is literally one of the songs that defines rock and roll. And Bill Haley’s Comets had a handful of hits.

[@lrfcarreviews2570]

Same thing with The Drifters, The Platters, and Little Richard’s band. They had a lot of classic songs.

[@robertclifton2211]

The Drifters should have been in the top 10 not 48th! Gave us some great songs! I grew up in the '50's and never heard of the Robbins and ahead of the Drifters? I don't think so!!

[@sandsoftime1954]

Seems like a reasonable thing to consider much of the audiences of those days have passed on, no one lives forever. Still, many younger people of today, who are interested, know who these people were. Question is, who will people be listening to in a hundred years' time. Justin Biemer, Taylor Swift and that ilk? Seems a bit doubtful.

[@jamesvincent7183]

😊😊😊😊😊

[@jules8002]

The narrator gives me a headache! He should have played snatches of the groups’ throughout the video .

[@David-pn7gh]

Amen to that!!!!

[@nitaweitzel822]

Notice some photos R courtesy of Billy Vera. Cool

[@GooRooGruntz]

Several groups mis-named. Just one example is "The Chords" (not "The Cords"), another "The Clef Tones", not the Cleft tones.

[@nitaweitzel822]

The crash that killed Buddy Holly also killed not just Richie Valance and The Big Boper, hello baby, will I what, oh Baby U know what I like

[@jules8002]

What happened to The Platters??

[@David-pn7gh]

Good question!

[@frankiehunter.]

Platters are ungorgettable, they are in the league of their own.

[@nitaweitzel822]

Omg chuck Berry.

[@nitaweitzel822]

Coasters?

[@David-pn7gh]

This guy's voice is a bit too strident ! Is there maybe a wee bit of racism here? We get to hear a whole of his singing(and he wasn't that good) and Bill Haley. The Black guys we don't hear any songs(maybe a micro second or two) Anyway, just asking.

[@JudyDavis-o6k]

If Elvis hadn't come along gene Vincent would have been a big star Elvis was the whole package he was so incredibly handsome Gene not so much

[@C.O.G.]

I like the list, but the narrator is so annoying.