The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 6 (1959)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 6 (1959 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 6

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Plutonian Nights [The Nubians of Plutonia]	Sun Ra	1959
2	Fly Me to the Moon	April Stevens	1959
3	Space Walk	Bel Aires	1959
4	Little Martian	Jan Amber	1959
5	Rock on the Moon	Jimmy Stewart	1959
6	Cape Canaveral	Monte Mead	1959
7	Between Two Worlds [The Nubians of Plutonia]	Sun Ra	1959
8	Rock, Rock, Rocket Ship	Rockers	1959
9	Gonna Snatch Me a Satellite	Rockin' R's	1959
10	Introducing the Mercury Astronauts	NASA Press Conference	1959
11	Space Men	Velvetones	1959
12	Spacemen in Orbit	Speedy West	1959
13	Star Time [The Nubians of Plutonia]	Sun Ra	1959
14	Rocketship to the Moon	Tex Roe and the Ramblers	1959
15	Rocket to the Moon	Tommy Danton and the Echoes	1959
16	Пионер шагает по планете The Pioneer Is Sweeping the Planet	Ансамбль п-у им. В. Локтева V. Lokteva and Ensemble	c. 1960
17	Spaceship Life	Blackie Jenkins	c. 1960
18	Rocket to the Moon	Glen Holden's Astro-Notes	c. 1960
19	Satellite	Jenny Aguirre	c. 1960
20	Rockin' Rocket	Jimmy Neils	c. 1960
21	Light My Rockets	Neil Alan	c. 1960
22	Space Dance	Royce Simpson	c. 1960