https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyGUyUgGF-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CdoYdYYOuU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UWPWtAE2qc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13W3OrMeqk4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0F8T0Hnzs0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HubzBcvlWS0
Wonderful times.
War.
Nuclear fear in a daily basis.
Polio.
Communism.
I guess there were some good things though.
Like the fact that there was pretty much no Domestic Violence laws. So beat the wife when she is bad!
Oh!!! And if your skin color resembles a darker version of yours then off to the back of the bus, diner, school, etc....
So it’s not all bad.
This could produce some serous slow dancing. Truly amazing how one can understand every word sung, unlike today’s music. Reminiscent of the tune A Thousand Stars by Kathy Young. Great tune, great voice and an enjoyable slow dance number. Give it a 10
The fifties produced some memorable moments in it’s decade.
http://www.memory-lane.org/TOPSONGSOF1950s.html
Here's one that always made me swoon: "To be Loved (Forever)" by The Pentagons from 1961. I have the 45 somewhere in my extensive collection and remember that logo of the pony-tailed girl on the Donna record label. I must have worn the record thin from playing it so much. ;)
'Twas a very special era. I'm happy to have been born into it.