The blues was the genre of the decade back in the 1950s, and plenty of young people that decade couldn’t get enough of it. But if you were born a bit later, you might have missed the blues boom ...
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 ...
A sock hop was a popular event in the 1950s. At sock hops, teenagers would gather to dance to the music of the day. But these considerate teens wouldn’t want to scuff up the dance floor that they ...