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Songs from the First Line(s) - 1950s

Guess these 1950s songs from their first line(s).
Some songs may be released the year adjacent
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1950
All my love, I give you all my love / The skies may fall, my love / But I will still be true / All my sighs will disappear at last
Song
All My Love
Artist(s)
Patti Page
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you / You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
Song
Mona Lisa
Artist(s)
Nat King Cole / Les Baxter
 
 
 
1951
Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart / What is your future, now we have to part? / Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away / Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay
Song
Rose, Rose, I Love You
Artist(s)
Frankie Laine / Paul Weston
Because of you, there's a song in my heart / Because of you, my romance had its start / Because of you, the sun will shine
Song
Because of You
Artist(s)
Tony Bennett / Percy Faith
 
 
 
1952
See the pyramids along the Nile / Watch the sun rise on a tropic isle / Just remember, darling, all the while
Song
You Belong to Me
Artist(s)
Jo Stafford
If you loved me half as much as I love you / You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do / You're nice to me when there's no one else around
Song
Half as Much
Artist(s)
Rosemary Clooney / Percy Faith
 
 
 
1953
No other love have I / Only my love for you / Only the dream we knew
Song
No Other Love
Artist(s)
Perry Como / Henri René
Now, the hacienda's dark / The town is sleeping / Now, the time has come to part / The time for weeping
Song
Vaya con Dios
Artist(s)
Les Paul / Mary Ford
 
 
 
1954
Blow me a kiss from across the room / Say I look nice when I'm not / Touch my hair as you pass my chair
Song
Little Things Mean a Lot
Artist(s)
Kitty Kallen / Jack Pleis
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream / Make him the cutest that I've ever seen / Give him two lips like roses and clover
Song
Mr. Sandman
Artist(s)
The Chordettes / Vaughn Monroe
 
 
 
1955
When they were hard to get / You wanted my kisses / When first we met / How you wanted my kisses
Song
Hard to Get
Artist(s)
Gisele MacKenzie
Born on a mountain top in Tennessee / Greenest state in the land of the free / Raised in the woods so he knew ev'ry tree
Song
The Ballad of Davy Crockett
Artist(s)
Bill Hayes
 
 
 
1956
Day-o, day-o / Daylight come and me wan' go home / Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Song
Day-O / The Banana Boat Song
Artist(s)
Harry Belafonte
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog / Cryin' all the time / You ain't nothin' but a hound dog / Cryin' all the time
Song
Hound Dog
Artist(s)
Elvis Presley
 
 
 
1957
I'm so young and you're so old / This, my darling, I've been told / I don't care just what they say / 'Cause forever I will pray
Song
Diana
Artist(s)
Paul Anka
The warden threw a party in the county jail. / The prison band was there and they began to wail.
Song
Jailhouse Rock
Artist(s)
Elvis Presley
 
 
 
1958
Para bailar La Bamba / Para bailar La Bamba / Se necesito una poca de gracia / Una poca de gracia Para mi, para ti
Song
La Bamba
Artist(s)
Ritchie Valens
I told the witch doctor I was in love with you / I told the witch doctor I was in love with you / And then the witch doctor, he told me what to do
Song
Witch Doctor
Artist(s)
David Seville / Ross Bagdasarian
 
 
 
1959
Oh! Carol / I am but a fool / Darling, I love you / Though you treat me cruel / You hurt me / And you make me cry / But if you leave me
Song
Oh! Carol
Artist(s)
Neil Sedaka
Put your head on my shoulder / Hold me in your arms, baby / Squeeze me oh so tight / Show me that you love me too
Song
Put Your Head On My Shoulder
Artist(s)
Paul Anka
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