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Music of 1959

96 songs from 1959 analyzed for sensory sensitivity. Average intensity: 6.0.

45
Safe
37
Moderate
14
Intense

Safest picks from 1959 (45)

Desafinado
Antonio Carlos Jobim
safe
Dindi
Antonio Carlos Jobim
safe
Peace Piece
Bill Evans
safe
Blue in Green
Bill Evans
safe
Chega de Saudade
Joao Gilberto
safe
Tupelo Blues
John Lee Hooker
safe
Only Sixteen
Sam Cooke
safe
Spring Is Here
Bill Evans
safe
Crying, Waiting, Hoping
Buddy Holly
safe
On an Evening in Roma (Sott'er Celo De Roma)
Dean Martin
safe
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Ella Fitzgerald
safe
Embraceable You
Ella Fitzgerald
safe
Bim Bom
Joao Gilberto
safe
I Loves You, Porgy
Nina Simone
safe
African Mailman
Nina Simone
safe
Almost Grown
Chuck Berry
safe
S'Wonderful
Ella Fitzgerald
safe
Falsa Bahiana
Joao Gilberto
safe
Eu Sambo Mesmo
Joao Gilberto
safe
Manha de Carnaval
Joao Gilberto
safe
Caminhos Cruzados
Joao Gilberto
safe
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis
safe
Charlie Brown
The Coasters
safe
Three Cool Cats
The Coasters
safe
Shoppin for Clothes
The Coasters
safe
When My Little Girl Is Smiling
The Drifters
safe
I'll Take You Home
The Drifters
safe
I'm Sorry
The Platters
safe
I Love You 1000 Times
The Platters
safe
Red Sails in the Sunset
The Platters
safe
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Petite Fleur
Art Blakey
safe
Autumn Leaves
Bill Evans
safe
Back in the U.S.A.
Chuck Berry
safe
Someone to Watch Over Me
Ella Fitzgerald
safe
They Can't Take That Away from Me
Ella Fitzgerald
safe
Please, Please, Please
James Brown
safe
Blue in Green
Miles Davis
safe
Tenderly
Oscar Peterson
safe
If I Were a Bell
Oscar Peterson
safe
Some Kind of Wonderful
The Drifters
safe

Moderate (37)

Maudie
John Lee Hooker
moderate
Lonely Woman
Ornette Coleman
moderate
Memphis, Tennessee
Chuck Berry
moderate
Take Five
Dave Brubeck
moderate
But Not for Me
Ella Fitzgerald
moderate
Fascinating Rhythm
Ella Fitzgerald
moderate
Witchcraft
Frank Sinatra
moderate
White Lightning
George Jones
moderate
Talk That Talk
Jackie Wilson
moderate
Try Me
James Brown
moderate
Burnin' Hell
John Lee Hooker
moderate
So What
Miles Davis
moderate
Peace
Ornette Coleman
moderate
Bird Food
Ornette Coleman
moderate
Poison Ivy
The Coasters
moderate
Along Came Jones
The Coasters
moderate
Loop De Loop
The Coasters
moderate
On Broadway
The Drifters
moderate
There Goes My Baby
The Drifters
moderate
Saturday Night at the Movies
The Drifters
moderate
Money Honey
The Drifters
moderate
Crackin' Up
Bo Diddley
moderate
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Charles Mingus
moderate
Moanin'
Charles Mingus
moderate
Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
Charles Mingus
moderate
Self-Portrait in Three Colors
Charles Mingus
moderate
Nostalgia in Times Square
Charles Mingus
moderate
Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
Charles Mingus
moderate
All the Things You Could Be by Now
Charles Mingus
moderate
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Charles Mingus
moderate
Canon
Charles Mingus
moderate
I Got Rhythm
Ella Fitzgerald
moderate
To Be Loved
Jackie Wilson
moderate
Forerunner
Ornette Coleman
moderate
Since I Don't Have You
The Temptations
moderate
Jackie-Ing
Thelonious Monk
moderate
Come Rain or Come Shine
Ray Charles
moderate

Most intense (14)

Chronology
Ornette Coleman
intense
Haitian Fight Song
Charles Mingus
intense
Better Git It in Your Soul
Charles Mingus
intense
Fables of Faubus
Charles Mingus
intense
Boogie Stop Shuffle
Charles Mingus
intense
Open Letter to Duke
Charles Mingus
intense
Freedom
Charles Mingus
intense
Sue's Changes
Charles Mingus
intense
Ecclusiastics
Charles Mingus
intense
Little Queenie
Chuck Berry
intense
Shout
Isley Brothers
intense
Mr. P.C.
John Coltrane
intense
Like Sonny
John Coltrane
intense
What'd I Say
Ray Charles
intense
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