Between 2000 and 2003 I spent all my free time downloading songs from various eras. Recordings started around 1880 - charts started around 1890 - so somebody's put together a book of all charted songs before the rock era (1955) started and I got me some 9 000 songs (including virtually all the top 40 charted songs from 1956 to 1989)
On my i-pod, right now I've got 266 songs from 1950, 223 songs from 1951 and 217 songs from 1952 plus 50 of my most favourite french songs.
WOW! Thats cool!
I love older music actually.
I love the McGuire sisters, Ricky Nelson, Glenn Miller, Billie Holiday, ELVIS!!!!!!! (what kind of southern boy would I be if I didn't love Elvis). Jimmy Rogers, Ray Price etc etc I could go on!
I'd love to hear the songs form the 19th Century. Have you ever seen the movie The Song Catcher? It has some great folk music that dates from the early 1800's. I remember hearing a lot of that sung by my Grandmother and her sisters.
When I was real little my Great Grandmother sang me an Indian Lullabye that was passed down form her Grandmother who was a Blackfoot indian from Montana.
I think Music is awesome and keeps history alive!