need 50's - 80's music recommendations

Every song of Joan Jett! :D

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I'll choose something from each decade you listed, lesser-known artists for each decade.

1950s-I Put a Spell on You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Hawkins had originally intended to record "I Put a Spell on You" as "a refined love song, a blues ballad". However, the producer "brought in ribs and chicken and got everybody drunk, and we came out with this weird version ... I don't even remember making the record. Before, I was just a normal blues singer. I was just Jay Hawkins. It all sort of just fell in place. I found out I could do more destroying a song and screaming it to death."from here
1960s-Kick out the Jams by MC5
Proto-punk madness.
1970s-Hassan I Sahba by Hawkwind
Space/progressive rock, among the first.
1980s-Nothing by Negative Approach
One of the pioneers of American hardcore punk.

Neil Young (Harvest Album)
Barry Maguire - Eve of Destruction
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Creedence Clearwater Revival (ANY!!)
Steve MIller Band - The Joker

https://open.spotify.com/user/achagerty/playlist/02Rwtis8LE1uonx7IDT4EB

Here;s my spotify playlist for 80's Music (I'll leave it public for 24 hours), mostly pop music but it has 68 songs.

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Gap Band - Outstanding (12" Version)
Gap Band - Yearning For Your Love

"need"

(1960's) from my vinyl collection
The Young Rascals / The Rascals
Good Lovin'
It's a Beautiful Morning
Groovin
How Can I be Sure
In the Midnight Hour
I've Been Lonely Too Long

I'll give you a couple of the very best albums ever. EVER. (The Blondie album is from before they were "famous", and while The Clash were known and it's generally considered that London Calling is their best, it wasn't their most commercially successful (Combat Rock) that everyone knows)
Tossed in a couple Ramones singles as well as bonus.

The Clash- London Calling
Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
Blondie- Plastic Letters

Ramones - I wanna be sedated
Ramones- The KKK took my baby away

New Zealand music Hey there Delta!! mostly from my vinyl collection

(1980's)
Patea Maori Club
Poi E :DDD

Crowded House
Don't Dream It's Over

Split Enz
Six Months in a Leaky Boat
Bold as Brass
I Got You
I Hope I Never
Message to my Girl
I Walk Away

The Verlaines
Death & The Maiden

DD Smash
Whaling

The Dance Exponents / The Exponents
Why Does Love Do This to Me?
I'll Say Goodbye - Even Though I'm Blue
Victoria

Too much vinyl? is that even possible?!

Kraftwerk
The Robots
Pocket Calculator

Ok... I know I'm posting too much here, (I'll try to take a break after this) but since no one else will/ has mentioned the Queen of Disco... Donna Summer with some super sexy tunes.
She was really sexy, great singer. Was never much on Disco except Donna Summer, she's transcendent talent.
Donna Summer- Love to Love You, Baby
Donna Summer- I Feel Love

OK- Well so you know Cats can sure lie if you let us, and while I was finding the two Donna Summer tunes this Wild Cherry one popped up and shit, I can't resist adding it. Cats Lie. Accept That.... I'll probably post again. ... Or am I lying?

Wild Cherry- Play That Funky Music

Peter Tosh
Legião Urbana
The Carpenters
A-HA
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Enjoy...

Some world music and interesting stuff from late 70s early 80s:

Talking Heads - Fear of Music
Brian Eno David Byrne / My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Jah Wobble,The Edge, Holger Czukay / Snake Charmer
Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart - Rising above Bedlam

Had to add this. No list complete without him.
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child

Thank you for your recommendations. I already checked out most of the links given. Will definitely check all the links. Sorry for not replying the comments. Here's a flash giveaway

Two pinnacles of prog rock

Van Der Graaf Generator - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers - 1971
King Crimson - Starless - 1974

Deep Purple - Hush
Carlos Santana - Evil Ways
Carlos Santana - Hope You're Feeling Better
Jeff Beck - A Day in the Life (Ronnie Scotts Version)
The Shadows - Apache

Late 80s early techno trash metal

Celtic Frost - Inner Sanctum - 1987
Voivod - Experiment - 1988

Late 60s heavy psych

Red Krayola - Hurricane fighter plane - 1967
Things To Come - Come Alive - 1968

The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
Nico - Janitor of Lunacy, All that is my own and everything from "The Frozen Borderline – 1968–1970"
The Stooges - We Will Fall
Fleetwood Mac - Rihannon
Violent Femmes - Add it up
Joy Divison She's Lost Control
New Order - Blue Monday
The Cure - Siamese Twins
The Cure - Killing an Arab - inspired by the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus - not the topic but highly recommend it!
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound
The Smiths - Meat is Murder
The Clash - London Calling - my favorite song by The Clash but everything they did is great! (Also Joe Strummer - Get Down Moses, more recent so...) and Guns of Brixton
Black Sabbath Iron Man
Bowie - The Prettiest Star, Modern Love
Blondie - Heart of Glass, Sunday Girl, Denis, Trainspotting flashbacks! - Debbie Harry is so amazing! Especially in this movie - Cronenberg is a god!
Slayer - Raining Blood
Metallica Master of Puppets
KSMB - Sex Noll Två
Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz, Piece of my Heart
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - Grace Slick is mesmerizing!
Sisters of Mercy - Marian, Neverland

Damn I could keep on for quite some time...
Also, because it's so freaking funny!

Well all I...

Listening to Talking Heads reminded me of their amazing concert video Stop Making Sense (RIP Jonathan Demme) and it reminded me of one of the greatest punk band documentaries ever put to film:We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen.Hence, I wanted to post some of their songs.MM were a hugely influential band, inspiring dozens of artists.
All you kids who like RHCP can thank them for that band since Flea was a huge fan.

Minutemen-What Makes a Man Start Fires lp, released in 1982 on SST Records

Don't mind me, just passing by to steal all of your links >:)