❤❤❤❤❤❤congratulated so nice move and song

I remember Thorogood's version of One Bourbon as a teenager. Stalag 17 is so great, the pre Hogan's Heroes! Awesome job as always Randy.

This is an interesting series!, i have some Errol Garner and Webb Pierce but I haven't listened to them in a very long time

Great video, Randy. I enjoyed seeing your selections. I have that same Columbia noir set

You are getting into the prime doo wop years, I wasn't aware the Drifters were around as early as 1953. One Scotch, One Bourbon got homaged in reggae at least once, Lloyd Hemmings' Rude Boy goes "one draw, one cigarette, no bail". Come to think of it, Stalag 17 turned up in Jamaica as well, there was an instrumental titled after the film that the melody went on to get reused hundreds of times and become known as the Stalag rhythm. Good to see this series continuing, cheers!

There are three movies I really like from this year. My favorite is probably Stalag 17. I also really like The Robe and Roman Holiday.

Hey Randy! 'Stalag 17' is a great movie! I'm not one to watch repeated viewings of a movie, but I have seen that about 10 times. Not many fall into that category for me, but others would be; Wizard of Oz, Great Escape, and Magnificent Seven. I probably won't start making a connection with music until 1956. Great series!

Solid picks Randy. “There Stands The Glass” by Webb Pierce, is definitely an all time classic, and you really can’t go wrong with “The Big Heat”. Some of my top five favorite songs are guilty pleasures, like the politically incorrect “Mexican Joe”, by Jim Reeves, and “North Wind” by the often maligned Slim Whitman…. Also “I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know”, by The Davis Sisters, “Vaya Con Dios”, by Les Paul & Mary Ford, and “Theme From The Moulin Rouge”, by Percy Faith. -Top 5 favorite movies for me are, “The Wild One”, Shane”, “Mogambo”, “Roman Holiday”, and number one is the independent film, “Little Fugitive”. Nice video as always..

Another enjoyable vid - The music I don't know the albums or songs but I will start looking - the movies - Have Stalag and Naked Spur - the other 2 I'll track down - TV series sounds interesting

Hi Randy!!! well done and cool selections too.... had no idea "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" was written by Amos Milburn, just know the George Thorogood and JL Hooker version and i thought he wrote it!!!. Now i know were i came from, lol... cheers and be well

Great series Randy. As much as enjoy the Astaire-Rogers movies from the 30s, I have never taken the time to watch The Band Wagon. I'll try and catch it next time on TCM. A couple of Oscar heavy hitters are favorites of mine from 1953, namely Stalag 17 and From Here to Eternity. I'm a fan of Gloria Grahame, so The Big Heat is outstanding. Other film noirs from this year that I like are Angel Face, Pickup on South Street and 99 River Street. Looking forward to 1954.

Your knowledge of early American rock n roll roots is immense ! Webb Pierce was a country and western superstar, for sure ! I watched Von Ryan's Express last night.. Stalag 13 .. I want to watch it again. 😊

New to the channel. This looks like a great series. I’m a fan of physical media. I like the added caveat of you have to own the media to share. My favorite song would be Big Mama Thornton’s Hound Dog. For favorite movie from 53, I would choose Peter Pan, but also runnner up would be Roman Holiday. Just subbed the channel. Great content.

I love Stalag 17. Hard to believe Hogan’s Heroes came out of that. I haven’t seen your number one and two runners up but they sound intriguing. Especially the Big Heat. Your number one movie lost me when you said “musical”. My number one pick for 1953 is easy. War of the Worlds. I don’t really know any of the music you talked about so I can’t really comment. Keep ‘em’ coming Randy!

Congratulations to Tom Lehrer. It would be fun to see a copy of that album from Tom's original, self-produced batch. The Band Wagon is my favorite post-1930s Fred Astaire movie. It's a bold claim to personally rank it higher than Singin' in the Rain. This could have caused some controversy. I'm up for looking at both films with new eyes. Less controversially, it would have been good to see more pairings with Cyd Charisse. It's also a treat to see Oscar Levant show up in supporting roles. I once saw Nanette Fabray perform on a bill that featured the Tex Beneke Orchestra and (three of the original) Four Lads. Nanette, who was backed by Beneke's band, turned her back to the audience and flashed the musicians. I can remember one of the trombonists being particularly delighted by the experience. It took some time for the red to leave his cheeks. Co-writer, Norman Corwin, was a close friend and early champion of Ray Bradbury. 1953 was a good year for drinking songs. It's my favorite subgenre about self-destructive lifestyles. Scotland Yard looks interesting. Looking forward to 1954.

1953 is tough for favorite albums for me. I think more of favorite songs up until maybe the mid-60s. I just now looked at the Billboard top 30 songs for 1953 and there's really not anything I like that much. lol I did a similar search for tv shows that started in 1953 and I had never even heard of 90% of them. I did see that The Danny Thomas show started in 1953; I wonder if that's the same as Make Room For Daddy? Either way, I wouldn't pick it as a favorite since I've never seen that show, only heard of it. Guess who else had a tv show in 1953? Larry Storch! Corporal Agarn on F-Troop! That Jimmy Stewart movie you picked is so great. And The Big Heat is another favorite. I looked at a list of top movies for 1953 and the only one that you didn't mention that is on the same level is the one you alluded to - Shane. I'm enjoying the series Randy!

Good Evening Randy - Another enjoyable program. This was a good year for me with regard to films. I have two of the ones you highlighted. My top favourites are: At No 1 - Billy Wilder's "Stalag 17", with William Holden & Otto Preminger. At No 2 - It’s Fritz Lang’s “The Big Heat”, with Glen Ford and Gloria Grahame. At No 3 - It’s Yves Montand starring in “The Wages of Fear”. A good restoration has been done and released for this film. William Friedkin remade this film in 1977 as “Sorcerer’. The latter version also has some very exciting sequences in it. Both films are well worth the watch. I also give mention to one of my favourite horror films, namely, “House of Wax’, starring Vincent Price, that for me is the definitive version. The version starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray from 1933 “Mystery of The Wax Museum’ is still very good, but for me the Vincent Price version has the edge. I also have a series of thrillers that I have enjoyed on repeated occasions, Alfred Hitchcock’s “I Confess” with Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter and Karl Malden, Henry Hathaway’s “Niagara”, with Joseph Cotton and Marilyn Monroe, Fritz Lang’s “The Blue Gardenia”, with Anne Baxter, and finally the whodunnit “A Blueprint For Murder’, with Joseph Cotton, Jean Peters & Gary Merrill. This last film seems to be hard to track down, but worth a watch. Looking forward to 1954. Have a great week Randy.

I have that Tom Lehrer record! Stalag 17 is really good. I don't think I have seen the others or Scotland Yard.