# Perky 1950's Music

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perky-1950s-music/442999>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 28, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perky-1950s-music/442999 "2008-03-28T01:32:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perky-1950s-music/442999/21 "2008-03-28T21:35:53Z")

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[QUOTE=lissener]  
Esquivel and Perez Prado were brilliant musicians; not sure why you’d call it a \*guilty \*pleasure.  
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Man, listening to this stuff brought back memories! This kind of “music” played incessantly in the department stores of my youth!

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perky-1950s-music/442999/22 "2008-03-28T22:06:24Z")

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Most of that style of music is from 1958 or later, making it more “perky 1960s music”.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perky-1950s-music/442999/23 "2008-03-28T22:33:59Z")

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[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy]  
Too bad there’s no actual video available of this… ☹  
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I know; I’ve _scoured_ the Internet for this, to no avail.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perky-1950s-music/442999/24 "2008-03-28T22:58:28Z")

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Although the term [Space Age Pop](http://www.spaceagepop.com/) probably covers quite a bit more than the “Perky 1950’s Music” of the OP, the site is a goldmine for artists and albums from the era that defy other categorizing. I will admit to being fond of a large number of these things, almost as much as the jazz of the period. In fact, I probably have at least 20 albums from the ones listed there.

Of course, the first name to pop to mind on reading the OP was [Leroy Anderson](http://leroyanderson.com/) whose amazing music is more than just “perky.” It definitely has the 50’s sound.

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