1951-1960: Misty

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=9JwhJMFDybQ “Misty” is a jazz standard that was written in 1954 by Erroll Garner. Later, lyrics written by Johnny Burke were paired with the music. Johnny Mathis sung the song and it was put on his album, Heavenly, that was released in 1959. The song sailed to the second spot on the Billboard Charts in the United States. During the time this song was becoming popular, the ban on “obscene” rock and roll music was moving forward. The song became popular amongst the older generation as a sweet love song that reminded them of their youth, and the “good old days”. The song disappeared for a while, but made a rather noticeable reappearance in Silver Linings Playbook (2012). Many other aspects of this time are not mentioned in this song, however this is one of the last insanely popular slow songs to be released. The Beatles took over the music scene pretty soon after, with a very different sound and style.