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 ...

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 ...

In the 1950s, the devastation of World War II was still very ... It encompassed all forms of art, including music. Still, despite the overall darkness of these times, some artworks managed to bring in ...

In the 1950s, 303 researchers travelled through Poland and ... Jadwiga Sobieska during the Akcja Zbierania Fokloru Muzycznego (Action to Collect Folk Music) campaign, photo: Institute of Art of the ...

George Harris, one of the brains behind the exhibition, said the idea was inspired by the jukebox revolution A quirky arts project featuring music and memories from the 1950s and 60s has launched ...

Whether it was Congolese rumba in the 1950s ... number among the artists from different genres who were eager to collaborate with him. He never seemed to tire of music and his 44 album releases ...

Many of the classic songs of the 1950s not only defined an era but also paved the way for today’s music. They have been sampled in contemporary songs or rerecorded by today’s artists, showcasing the ...