1950s Music — Sensory Ratings

The birth of rock and roll meets lush orchestrated pop. 300 songs from this decade analyzed for dynamic range, texture, intensity, and sensory triggers.

6.3

Avg Intensity

57

Safe

181

Moderate

62

Intense

Safest picks from the 1950s (57)

Antonio Carlos Jobim

Antonio Carlos Jobim

Memories Are Made of This

In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning

One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)

I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)

Chega de Saudade

I'm in the Mood

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

You Belong to Me

Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar

Three O'Clock Blues

When You're Smiling

Well... All Right

Crying, Waiting, Hoping

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)

On an Evening in Roma (Sott'er Celo De Roma)

Standing on the Corner

Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)

Ella Fitzgerald

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Ella Fitzgerald

Embraceable You

Ella Fitzgerald

Moderate (181)

Igor Stravinsky

John Lee Hooker

Long Distance Call

You Go to My Head

Bring It to Jerome

John Lee Hooker

Louis Armstrong

Standing Around Crying

Ornette Coleman

Sweet Little Angel

Good Morning Heartache

Who Do You Love?

Mona (I Need You Baby)

Diddy Wah Diddy

Hush Your Mouth

Cops and Robbers

Down Home Special

That'll Be the Day

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Roll Over Beethoven

Sweet Little Sixteen

Memphis, Tennessee

Brown Eyed Handsome Man

Reelin' and Rockin'

Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)

Around and Around

Sweet Little Rock and Roller

Most intense (62)

Rock and Roll Music

Smokestack Lightning

Got My Mojo Working

Ornette Coleman

Hey! Bo Diddley

Haitian Fight Song

Better Git It in Your Soul

Pithecanthropus Erectus

Fables of Faubus

Boogie Stop Shuffle

Open Letter to Duke

Dizzy Gillespie

How Many More Years

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