[Beowulf9]

[Beowulf9]

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

[sparklite2]

Peaceful, fun times

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

[lee martell]

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

[bigbob]

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

[Buttons12]

“You” is one of my mom’s favorites, so I hear it regularly.

Some beautiful music they had back then.

[Candor7]

Couple of my favs!

1) Only You...the Platters:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r2pEdc1_lI

2) Bobby Darin.....Dream Lover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVHAQX5sSaU

[Rushmore Rocks]

What fun time to grow up in.

I remember:

white Band-aids
clamp on roller skates with keys to adjust them
I Love Lucy
Gillette Friday night fights
25 cent Saturday movies and a dime for popcorn and Coke
Baby Doll pajamas
lead ice cicles for Christmas trees
Green Stamps
cloth diapers and plastic pants
bobby pins
Evening in Paris perfume
formica tables
sock hops
saddle oxfords
Bobbsey Twins
Nancy Drew Mysteries
girdles and garters
drive in movies
juke boxes
“I like Ike”
Kukla, Fran and Olly
Howdy Doody
Duck and cover drills

I could go on and on. The best of times.

A fun thread.

[Bigg Red]

Not my kind of singing. Here’s one of my favorite groups:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nRU0GEBmWc

The Platters singing “Twilight Time”.

[Fiji Hill]

Some of my favorite songs from the 1950's

• Stalin Kicked the Bucket--Ray Anderson (1953)

• The Voice of Free America--Jimmy Osborne (1951)

• God, Please Protect America--The Sunshine Boys Quartet (1951)

• They Locked God Outside the Iron Curtain--Wesley Tuttle (1952)

• The Red Deck of Cards--Red River Dave (1954)

• Thank God for Victory in Korea--Jimmy Osborne (1950)

• When They Drop the Atomic Bomb--Jackie Doll & His Pickled Peppers (1951)

• No, No, Joe--Luke the Drifter (1950)

• Advice to Joe--Roy Acuff (1951)

• When That Hell Bomb Falls--Fred Kirby (1950)

• The Song of the (Socialist Unity) Party--Ernst Busch (1950)

[Fiji Hill]

The 1950s were not the best of times for Republican conservatives. The GOP was in the hands of “Modern Republicans”—we call them RINOs today—who tightened their grip following the death of Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio), the leader of the Senate’s conservatives, in 1953. Every year following the Republican victory of 1952, the number of Republicans in Congress steadily dwindled, climaxing in the Democrat blowout of 1958.

But one bright spot was the rise of Sen. Barry Goldwater as a major voice of conservatism. After he bucked the Democrat landslide to win re-election in 1958, he began to emerge as a presidential possibility.

[wyowolf]

White only drinking fountains...Etc...segregation..

[ilovesarah2012]

We didn’t have cops in our schools.

[trebb]

Jimmy Blaine doing the Ballad of John Coulter, Lorne Green with his “talkie” songs like Ringo

[Fresh Wind]

A neighbor won $32K on the $64,000 Question TV quiz program.

He spent it on a fallout shelter in his basement. LOL!

[patriot08]

How about this one, ‘Lost In The Fifties’ by Ronnie Millsap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHIw2VAHtds