Faves from the Fifties

ROUTE 1 is under the weather today, and apologizes for the delay in posting the answers to this week's FRIDAY QUESTION:
"What is your favorite 50s rock-n-roll tune?"
MARY N.-P. -- Oh my Lord - there are too many to begin listing, from "Johnny Be Good" to "Be Bop A Lula" to "Rock around the Clock" to "Great Balls of Fire". It is all just the best there ever was (does that show my generational era?).
RICK T. -- "Only You" (The Platters).
BEKAH P. -- There was music in the 50s? Nah, don't believe it...
SANDYE V. -- I've got to go with "The Purple People Eater." It's probably the epitome of the 1950s novelty songs. And it's had a long shelf life.
MIKE D. -- During the revival of 1950s nostalgia in the 1970s, I recall liking "At the Hop" by Danny and the Juniors. A few years later, my brother and I used to sing Jan and Dean's "Baby Talk."
BRIAN C. -- "Not Fade Away" by Buddy Holly.
MIKE M. -- My three-year-old has a tantrum if I don't play the cassette he calls the "funny tape" whenever we're in the car. And though I've heard it a thousand times, I still can't help singing along to "Along Came Jones" by The Coasters.
ERIK H. -- "Gimme the downbeat, maestro!" Every time I hear the opening to Ronnie Dawson's 1958 rockabilly gem, "Action Packed," it makes me smile. Hear me?! I said, makes me smile! Listen to the song, and you'll get that "hear me" reference I just made.