1955 Music Hits: Rock and Roll, Doo-Wop, Adult Pop, R&B, Jukebox Favorites, and Early Oldies Classics 1955 music was the year rock and roll stopped knocking politely and started rattling the windows. Traditional pop, vocal groups, movie songs, instrumentals, and crooners were still powerful, but records by Bill Haley, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley,
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Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1950?1950 Pop Culture Highlights and Fun Facts1950 began a transformative decade in history, pop culture, and entertainment. As the post-World War II era gave way to a period of optimism and innovation, the 1950s introduced iconic trends, memorable music, groundbreaking films, and fascinating historical events. From the first
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1957 Music Hits: Rock and Roll, Doo-Wop, Calypso, Teen Idols, R&B, Country Crossover, and Early Oldies Classics1957 was one of the great early rock and roll years. Elvis Presley was everywhere, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino were helping shape rock’s vocabulary, Jerry Lee Lewis was pounding the piano like it owed him money, doo-wop was
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1956 Music Hits: Elvis Presley, Rock and Roll, Doo-Wop, R&B, Country Crossover, Adult Pop, and Early Oldies Classics 1956 music was the year rock and roll fully kicked open the door. Elvis Presley crossed pop, R&B, and country in a way no one had quite done before, while Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Frankie Lymon, Fats
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Summer Songs of the 1950s and Earlier: Oldies, Jukebox Hits, and Sunny Classics Summer songs of the 1950s and earlier sound different from later beach-party, surf-rock, and classic rock summer playlists. Before the 1960s turned summer into a full pop-music industry, warm-weather music came from Tin Pan Alley, jazz bands, crooners, early rock and roll,
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Novelty Songs and Comedy Songs: Funny Hits, Weird Records, Parodies, and Viral MusicNovelty songs and comedy songs have always had their own strange little corner of popular music. Some are parody records. Some are funny story songs. Some are character songs. Some are viral videos. Some are holiday songs. Some are dance crazes. Some are
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Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1959?59 Trivia Questions for 1959 History(answers)1. 375 people sang The Battle Hymn of the Republic and reached number 13 on the Billboard pop charts. Name that group.2. what was the average movie theater ticket price in 1959 to the nearest quarter?3. Released in January 1959, what was the
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The 60s Bubblegum Pop Hits: Sweet, Catchy and Built for Singalongs The 60s bubblegum pop hits were bright, catchy, simple, and proudly built for instant sing-along value. This was pop music with big hooks, teen appeal, handclaps, cheerful choruses, and just enough sugar to make your dentist nervous. Strictly speaking, bubblegum pop really came into
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1958 Music Hits: Rock and Roll, Doo-Wop, Novelty Songs, Instrumentals, Dance Records, and Pop Favorites 1958 music had one foot in clean-cut pop and the other tapping hard into rock and roll, doo-wop, novelty records, and instrumental hits. This was the year of Tequila, All I Have to Do Is Dream, Rumble, Fever, Get a
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Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1955?55 Trivia Questions for 1955 History(answers)1. What was the highest-grossing film of 1955?2. This actor, who died in 1955, was the first to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Who was he?3. In 1955, what was the average life expectancy in the United States?4. Ray
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Top 100 Moldy Oldies 1955-1958: Pre-Beatles, Pre-Motown Oldies Favorites The Top 100 Moldy Oldies 1955-1958 list celebrates the pre-Beatles, pre-Motown oldies that still get requested, remembered, played, and sung along with generations later. These are the songs from the first big rock-and-roll era, mixed with doo-wop, teen idols, early soul, pop standards, novelty hits, and
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Worst Pop Songs of All Time: The PCM Debate ListThe worst pop songs of all time are not always bad in the same way. Some are overplayed. Some are silly. Some are too sincere. Some are novelty hits that escaped containment. Some were perfectly enjoyable once, then radio played them until the chorus started filing
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Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1953?1953 Trivia: How Much Do You Know About This Landmark Year?1953 was a year that left its mark on history, pop culture, and innovation—and now it’s your turn to see how much you know! This trivia-packed page is here to challenge and delight, uncovering fascinating stories and events
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Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1952?52 Trivia Questions for 1952 History(answers)1. This 1952 toy was later famously voiced by Don Rickles.2. What was the Biggest Number One Song of 1952?3. In 1952, what was the average life expectancy in the United States?4. The book by Norman Vincent Peale went on to sell over
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1959 Music Hits: Doo-Wop, Rock and Roll, Teen Idols, R&B, Instrumentals, Pop Ballads, and the Day the Music Died1959 music stood at a turning point in early rock and roll. The first wave of rock stars had already changed pop radio, but the year also carried a sense of loss after the plane crash that
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Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1956?56 Trivia Questions for 1956 History(answers)1. What was Elvis Presley’s first nationwide released single, also his first number-one record?2. Norma Jean Mortenson changed her name to what?3. Based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play Pygmalion, this Broadway Show opened in March 1956…4. What was the highest-grossing film of
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Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1951?51 Trivia Questions for 1951 History(answers)1. What was the Biggest Number One Song of 1951?2. What was the Second Biggest Number One Song of 1951?3. Who was Tony the Tiger the mascot for, starting in 1951?4. In 1951, what was the average life expectancy in the United States?5.
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About Music of the Fifties: Rock and Roll, Doo-Wop, Teen Idols, Crooners, Country, R&B, Novelty Songs, and the Birth of Modern PopThe music of the 1950s changed American pop culture for good. The decade started with crooners, vocal groups, big-band leftovers, country hits, rhythm and blues, jazz, gospel, and polished pop records. By the end
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Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1954?54 Trivia Questions for 1954 History(answers)1. What was the highest-grossing film of 1954?2. Name the first nuclear-powered submarine, launched in Groton, Connecticut.3. In 1954, what was the average life expectancy in the United States?4. What was the Top-Rated TV Show in the 1953/1954 season5. Who ran the first-mile
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Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1957?57 Trivia Questions for 1957 History(answers)1. Who was the President of the United States in 1957?2. What was the Biggest Number One Song of 1957?3. To the nearest quarter, what was the average movie theater ticket price in 1957?4. Published in 1957, this Dr. Seuss book used 236
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Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1958?58 Trivia Questions for 1958 History(answers)1. Name the first #1 hit on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart.2. How many people lived in the United States in 1958?3. How many people lived in the World in 1958?4. Who won the Stanley Cup in 1958?5. What was the Biggest Number One
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Top 100 Movie Comedies 1. Airplane! (Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, 1980) 2. Some Like It Hot (Directed by Billy Wilder, 1959) 3. Groundhog Day (Directed by Harold Ramis, 1993) 4. This Is Spinal Tap (Directed by Rob Reiner, 1984) 5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Directed by Terry Gilliam
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The Cod WarsThe Cod Wars were a series of disputes between the United Kingdom and Iceland over fishing rights in the North Atlantic, which took place between 1958 and 1976, involving several confrontations at sea, diplomatic tensions, and economic repercussions for both countries.The root of the conflict lay in Iceland’s attempts to expand its exclusive
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Sexy Songs from Yesteryear: 69 Classic Seduction Songs, Double Entendre Tunes, and Romantic Oldies Sexy songs did not begin with music videos, club remixes, or pop stars whispering into expensive microphones. Long before modern pop learned every trick in the studio, singers, bands, composers, blues players, jazz artists, Broadway writers, and rock-and-roll troublemakers were already
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Top 100 Doo-Wop Hits: The Best Doo-Wop Songs and Vocal Group OldiesDoo-wop songs are some of the most recognizable oldies ever recorded. Built around vocal harmony, street-corner singing, romantic lyrics, nonsense syllables, tight bass parts, and soaring lead vocals, doo-wop helped shape early rock and roll, rhythm and blues, pop harmony, soul, and the sound
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Top Oldies Songs from 1959 to 1963: Pre-Beatles Pop, Girl Groups, Doo-Wop, Surf Rock, Soul, and Instrumentals The top oldies from 1959 to 1963 came from one of pop music’s most underrated transition eras. Rock and roll had survived its first explosion, doo-wop was still strong, girl groups were rising, teen idols were everywhere, surf
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1959 Billboard Number One Hits: Every Hot 100 Chart-TopperThe 1959 Billboard Number One Hits list captured early rock and roll, vocal-group pop, teen idols, country crossover, novelty records, instrumentals, and the last big pre-1960s sounds before the next pop wave arrived. The Chipmunks opened the year with The Chipmunk Song, Johnny Horton delivered Billboard’s year-end
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1959 Trivia, Fun Facts, and Pop Culture HistoryIn 1959, Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states, and the United States became geographically what it is today. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in an Iowa field on February 3, though the phrase “the day the music died” would not be
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Popular and Best-selling Books From 1950:Across the River and into the Trees by Ernest HemingwayThe Adventurer by Mika WaltariThe Cardinal by Henry Morton RobinsonThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Disenchanted by Budd SchulbergThe Egyptian – Mika WaltariFloodtide by Frank YerbyJoy Street by Frances Parkinson KeyesJubilee Trail by Gwen BristowThe Parasites by Daphne du MaurierStar Money by Kathleen WinsorThe
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1959 Music Hits: Rock and Roll, Doo-Wop, R&B, Teen Idols, Instrumentals, and the Last Big Blast of the 1950s 1959 music hits closed out the 1950s with a jukebox full of rock and roll, doo-wop, R&B, teen idols, country crossover, jazz-pop, novelty songs, and instrumentals. The year had Bobby Darin’s stylish Mack the Knife, Ray
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