The 1950s brings to mind poodle skirts, sock hops, and drive-in movies. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Leave It to Beaver were popular television shows, and Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American recording artist, singer and musician Little Richard performing live, UK, 27th June 1975. (Photo by Angela Deane-Drummond ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You can’t talk about music from this era without including Little Richard, a famed artist from Macon, Georgia. The track, "Tutti ...

Dads like things that are old. Have you seen your dad’s favorite shirt? It’s approximately 1,000 years old. His car? Yes, decades old. It’s just that way. Old, old, old. Old things are sturdy, ...

Readers who attended, heard about or wished they were at any of the evolutionary rock concerts of the 1950s through 1985 will be eager to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what really went into the ...

When we think back to the 1950s, often ideas of a squeaky-clean life come to mind. In movies, whenever characters go back in time to the 50s, life always seems so square and simple compared to today.

Some John Lennon songs and Queen’s “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” sound like the same era. John compared Queen’s “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” to tunes by an early rocker. He also discussed the ...

WAIF’s rock-and-roll-oldies program is itself old, or at least it’s approaching middle age. Time Machine, a weekly two-hour set of 1950s rock and R&B, will mark its 40th anniversary on June 16. The ...

The 1950s brought a warmth to American living rooms that no television screen could match. Families gathered around their radios, the glow of the dial matched by the glow of unforgettable voices. From ...

There never was a time like the 1950s — not even during the 1950s. Not if you have in mind the decade of conformity, of moms in pearls and churchgoing families, of patriotic youth and apple pies ...

You can’t study the history of popular music without familiarizing yourself with the best Black singers from the 50s. In fact, you might be surprised just how many music genres can trace their roots ...