The Fifties were back in full swing at Salerno's on Saturday night, as the band Daddy-O's and teenage singer Brenna celebrated both of their new record releases with a sock-hop that amplified the volume, nostalgia, and the fun.

"Basically, wherever they go, we go too," said Milly Burrows who, along with her husband Jeff and Becky and Ed Dobbs was described by Daddy-O's lead singer and guitarist "R.C." as the band's number-one fans.  "We've gone to Falmouth and all over the Cape..." said Becky Dobbs before being interrupted by a long, sustained opening note for Heartbreak Hotel, the band's introductory number.  By the next song, they were out on the dance floor.

Headed by R.C. Chandler, Daddy-O's just released their third CD of rockabilly, early rock, and doo-wop tunes.

Although Chandler said his parents played rockabilly at home, he started as a percussionist performing both classical music with the New Bedford Symphony, the Newport Symphony, and the Boston Pops as well as playing jazz in the area.

He taught himself guitar while in his early twenties and then shifted to the blues, moving to Chicago in the late 1970s and early 80s.   Rockabilly came up only about 12 years ago, completely by chance, when his blues band, Blues Alley, was down a player and trying to sort of a set list at a gig.

"We're playing in a club and an infomercial for one of those compilation retrospective CDs came on," Chandler said.  "The audience said, 'hey why don't you do that?,' and it became the main focus."

And while a rockabilly sock hop evokes very specific cultural associations, the evening's special guests Wildman Will, the saxophonist from Sha-Na-Na, and 15-year-old Brenna Joyce demonstrated that the music was timeless in its appeal.

Joyce, a vocal student of Chandler's, has been performing with the group for a year and also released her first CD.

"I'm still excited about it," Joyce said.  "It's crazy. it's all about R.C. he's given me amazing opportunities."

Chandler is full of praise for his protege.

"I've had to back up a lot of people who want to sing the Patsy Cline song "Crazy," he said.  "She nailed it in one take and added her own twist that just blew us away."

Joyce is now working on guitar so that she can write and perform her own songs, although she hit the standard "I'll Cry no More," pretty well.

"I have a bluesy voice, I like to do the funky stuff," she said.