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 talk about music from this era without including Little Richard, a famed artist from Macon, Georgia. The track, "Tutti Frutti," was written by Richard and Dorothy LaBostrie and recorded in ...

The term “bubblegum” has long been used to describe things in popular culture. Indeed, the bubble in that way puts the pop in pop culture. The stuff is meant to be enjoyed, inflated and then discarded ...

During a 1974 interview with Rolling Stone’s Paul Gambaccini, Gambaccini mentioned how Wings performed a cover of Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally” on tour. “The first time I ever sang on a stage I ...

Music from the 1950s will no doubt have a longer shelf life than the music from the 1940s, which is virtually impossible to hear in southern New Jersey, because some of the 1950s hits were rock 'n' ...

We understand that 'best dance songs' are subjective, but we have found a list that has some great dance songs dating to 1950 ...

Frankie Lymon's soaring soprano epitomized 1950s pop, but behind the sunny melodies lay a life plagued by racism, trauma, and ...

Madonna‘s songs ruled the 1980s and the 1990s. However, one song proved that she could have been a 1950s goddess if she had been born at a different time. Interestingly, the track was inspired by a ...