The 1950s saw the birth of rock and roll, but these original songs might have been overshadowed by their covers.

The 1950s was a pivotal era in music, laying the groundwork for the rock and roll songs of the 1960s and the rebellious tunes of the 1970s. The decade's musical landscape was diverse, spanning ...

Welcome to the 1950s, a decade of prosperity and Pontiacs, drive-ins and tail fins, bobby socks and poodle skirts. The decade ...

This is understandable as traditional crooners paved the way for Italian-Americans in the music business. The rock n' roll ...

But a lot of 1950s mainstream music enjoyed plenty of airplay not because it was particularly ... The wave of jazz wasn’t going to be stopped, just like rock and roll wasn’t going to be stopped in the ...