The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 2 (1955-1956)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 2 (1955-1956 г.)

The annual global celebration of "Yuri's Night," commemorating the April 1961 flight of Vostok 1, increases in popularity every year. As we enter the second half-century of human spaceflight, it is a time to reflect on the development of global space culture. It began in the 1950's as two distinct cultures--Soviet and American--reflecting the Cold War rivalry that fueled the Space Race. In the intervening decades there has been a blending of these two initial cultures, other nations have added their cultural voices, and the center of the emerging global space culture has shifted. National space cultures have displayed different emphases on science fiction and UFO themes versus devotion to national astronautic accomplishments. These and other factors may be leading cultural indicators of the vigour of national space efforts and their relevance to the global thrust into the final frontier.

The researcher seeks co-researchers with backgrounds in cultural anthropology and musicology with a strong interest in space history. Of particular interest is collaboration with researchers who are familiar with space-themed music from non-English speaking cultures.

At present, the music collection of nearly 1500 tracks is organized chronologically into 100 segments, each approximating the running time of a compact disc (CD), which include voice clips of important events to provide historical context. The play lists are being rolled out incrementally as research continues. Most of the music can be found online and downloaded free of charge. In addition, a library of song lyrics is in development.

This is music to fly to Mars by. If you listened to one hour every day, you would almost be there at the end of this collection!

CD 2

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Martian Theme Song	Satellite Singers	1955
2	Martians Go Home	Shorty Rogers and His Giants	1955
3	Moon Rocket	Art Pettibone	1955
4	When I Was a Boy on Mars	Satellite Singers	1955
5	Martians Come Back	Shorty Rogers and His Giants	1956
6	Boppin' Martian	Dick Robinson	1956
7	Adventure in Space	Sun Ra	1956
8	March of the Martians	Shorty Rogers and His Giants	1956
9	Rocket 69	Fluffy Hunter	1956
10	Rock and Roll Mister Moon	Harold Shutters	1956
11	Fly Me to the Moon	Johnny Mathis	1956
12	Fang	Nervous Norvus	1956
13	Astral Alley	Shorty Rogers and His Giants	1956
14	Мой Вася My Vasya	Нина Дорда Nina Dorda	1956
15	Satellite Baby	Skip Stanley	1956
16	Satellite	Teresa Brewer	1956
17	Chant of the Cosmos	Shorty Rogers and His Giants	1956