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The 1950s
June 9, 2016 | Self

Posted on 06/09/2016 5:58:58 PM PDT by Beowulf9

The Aquatones - My Treasure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw6kCf3gM8U

This is a gorgeous song with the soprano voice of Lynne Nixon. This group actually only had a one-hit wonder, "You". Never heard it or them before. I do not remember hearing "You" but I ran across this song today by chance on You Tube. It made me nostalgic thinking of those days of the 50s. This was 1959 and how lovely it was back then. Peaceful, fun times. The country we had, sigh.

Thought it might be fun to see what others had to share.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 1950s; america; doowop
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1 posted on 06/09/2016 5:58:58 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw6kCf3gM8U


2 posted on 06/09/2016 5:59:20 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Peaceful, fun times


The Korean War began in 1950,
as we lived in fear of nuclear
Russia. Not so peaceful,
not so fun.


3 posted on 06/09/2016 6:03:30 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: Beowulf9

Another song from that decade was “Shout!” by the Isley Brothers. Done in full Gospel Choir style with the answering choral groups.


4 posted on 06/09/2016 6:04:34 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: sparklite2

Oh, I remember. Yes, but as a kid in the 50s it was nice. Much nicer than what is now.


5 posted on 06/09/2016 6:05:12 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: sparklite2

Korean War fighting ended by July 1953. Most of the ‘50s were peaceful.

I grew up right across the Potomac from Washington DC. We had regular duck and cover drills in school but we hardly “lived in fear of nuclear war”. That seemed a very remote possibility. The first worry like that didn’t happen until the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.


6 posted on 06/09/2016 6:10:18 PM PDT by Pelham (Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
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To: Beowulf9

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


7 posted on 06/09/2016 6:13:53 PM PDT by pookie18
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To: sparklite2

Large families with one (1) bathroom...oh yeah REAL fun times !


8 posted on 06/09/2016 6:14:14 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: timestax

That is what you base your perception of the 50’s on BATHROOMS HAHAHAH, 50’s were the best times in America,


9 posted on 06/09/2016 6:17:41 PM PDT by hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998
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To: timestax

In the 50’s in Iowa we had an OUTHOUSE, You had a BATHROOM HAHAH


10 posted on 06/09/2016 6:18:53 PM PDT by hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998
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To: pookie18

Listening :)


11 posted on 06/09/2016 6:18:53 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Great song, and talent. I’m amazed at the number of groups from that era, when your ability to get exposure depended on a handful of record promoters and key DJs, who didn’t make much of an impact, but were truly talented.

Here’s another one from the same era you might like from the opposite end of the musical spectrum - the rockabilly “Collins Kids”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF5DvDucf7w


12 posted on 06/09/2016 6:20:01 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: timestax

We lived with my uncle and his family for a few years then. Five kids, four adults, one bathroom, and the bathroom door wouldn’t lock.

When entering the bathroom, we learned to shout “stay out!”
to ensure, hopefully, privacy.


13 posted on 06/09/2016 6:21:23 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: timestax

Didn’t the Brady Bunch have the same layout in their era?


14 posted on 06/09/2016 6:21:44 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998

Lol. My stomach hurts!


15 posted on 06/09/2016 6:22:34 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Gee I don’t know, being a kid today is special. They never lose. They don’t get bullied. Everyone is a special little snowflake.


16 posted on 06/09/2016 6:30:00 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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To: timestax
Large families with one (1) bathroom...oh yeah REAL fun times !

Yup, and the supermarkets and small stores didn't like you using theirs, either. I was one of five spaced within six years total. We made do. I'll take the trade-offs ANY day.
17 posted on 06/09/2016 6:32:24 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Five in six years?
A friend’s wife in a similar situation
remarked, “It would be nice to have
a period again.”


18 posted on 06/09/2016 6:37:54 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: Pelham
"We had regular duck and cover drills in school but we hardly 'lived in fear of nuclear war'."

During the monthly air raid drills where I lived, not far from a base, it was a very welcome break for a few minutes from the school routine. And the sirens were pretty neat. ;-)


19 posted on 06/09/2016 6:38:14 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: timestax

Well, depends on what your criteria are, to talk about comparing the ‘50s to today.

Crime rates were lower.
Students learned lessons in school.
Society was more structured around family life.
Bizarre behaviors were not celebrated and mainstreamed.

Many middle class families could buy a house and do well financially on one paycheck.

Those without a college degree could still get into a job or career field and earn a good living.

On the other hand, there were negatives about the old days too.

Pollution was far worse then than now.

Minorities and women didn’t have the opportunities they have now.

Modern medicine can cure or help provide longer and better quality of life for many ailments. Many such medicines and surgeries possible today didn’t exist in the ‘50s.

In those days, larger families tended to be in houses with one bathroom, as others here have noted.

Technology we take for granted, such as cellular phones and the internet, simply didn’t exist yet.

I’m sure others can come up with many many more items.

But, just saying, to talk about the ‘50s or other periods of time, and compare to today, it all depends on your criteria and point of reference as to whether life today is better or worse.


20 posted on 06/09/2016 6:45:24 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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