The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 5 (1958)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 5 (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 5

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Satellite Rock	Jimmy Copeland and the J-Teens	1958
2	Gonna Ride That Satellite	Jimmy Gartin	1958
3	I Got a Rocket in My Pocket	Jimmy Lloyd	1958
4	Satellite Rock	Joe Tate and the Hi Fives	1958
5	Little Moon Men	Lee George	1958
6	Rocket to the Moon	Lenny Welch	1958
7	Rocket Number Nine Take Off forthe Planet Venus [Visits Planet Earth/Interstellar Low Ways]	Sun Ra	1958
8	Gonna Get Me a Satellite	Little Ernest Tucker	1958
9	Satellite Fever and the AsiaticFlu	Lonnie Miley	1958
10	Flying Saucer Rock N Roll	Love Brothers	1958
11	Межпланетные частушки Interplanetary Ditties	Мария Мордасова и Воронежский РНХ Mariya Mordasova and Voronezhskij RNKh	1958
12	Rock Old Sputnick	Nelson Young	1958
13	Atlas in Orbit (Project SCORE)	Newsreel	1958
14	Jupiter C	Pat and the Satellites	1958
15	Satellite Fever and the Asiatic Flu	Paul Perryman	1958
16	Somewhere in Space [VisitsPlanet Earth/Interstellar Low Ways]	Sun Ra	1958
17	Sputniks and Mutniks	Ray Anderson and the Homefolks	1958
18	Satellite Rock	Rebelaires	1958
19	Saturn [Visits PlanetEarth/Interstellar Low Ways]	Sun Ra	1958
20	Venus Rock	Roulettes	1958
21	Purple People Eater	Sheb Wooley	1958
22	Rockin' Space Girl	Jimmy Grubbs	1958
23	Rockin' on Mars	Terry Dunavan	1958
24	Rocket Ship	Tommy McCook	1958
25	Blast Off	Tyrones	1958
26	Martian Band	Wild Tones	1958