The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 4 (1958)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 4 (1958 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 4

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Trip to the Moon	Wesley Reynolds	1958
2	Planet Earth [Visits Planet Earth/Interstellar Low Ways]	Sun Ra	1958
3	Sputnik II	Al Barkle and the Tri-Tones	1958
4	Blast Off	Alden Holloway	1958
5	Destination Moon	Ames Brothers	1958
6	Rocking to the Moon To-Night	Big Charles Green	1958
7	Sputnik Story	Bill Thomas	1958
8	Ghost Satellite	Bob and Jerry	1958
9	Space Aura [Visits Planet Earth/Interstellar Low Ways]	Sun Ra	1958
10	Knocked Out Joint on Mars	Buck Trail	1958
11	Satellite No. 2	Carl Mann	1958
12	Blast Off!	Jimmie Haskell and His Orchestra	1958
13	Countdown	Casey Grams	1958
14	Sputnick	Conway Twitty	1958
15	Teenie Weenie Man	Danny Wheeler	1958
16	Space Loneliness [Visits Planet Earth/Interstellar Low Ways]	Sun Ra	1958
17	Rockin' on the Moon	Deacon and the Rock 'n' Rollers	1958
18	Fly Me to the Moon	Eydie Gorme	1958
19	Moon Beat	Fabulous Imperials	1958
20	Rocket Rock and Roll	Gayle Griffith	1958
21	Explorer 1	Newsreel	1958
22	Explorer 1 - Signal	Signal	1958
23	Shake It Over Sputnik	Billy Hogan	1958
24	Honey Moon Trip to Mars	Jack Tucker	1958
25	Rock it to the Moon	Jackie Gotroe	1958
26	Little Space Girl	Jesse Lee Turner	1958
27	Rockin in the Orbit	Jimmie Haskell and His Orchestra	1958
28	Interstellar Low Ways [Visits Planet Earth/Interstellar Low Ways]	Sun Ra	1958