When the 1950s are mentioned, the first type of music to come to most people’s minds is the boom of Rock ‘n Roll, the peak of Jazz, and the revival of American Folk. Even today, baby-boomers and generation X hipsters can reminisce over music that withstood the test of time.
These include:

Frank Sinatra:
Revered for his traditional pop and swing stylings‘, Frank Sinatra is most famous today for classics that he created in the 50’s like “In Read the rest of this entry »

Who can even imagine of a time when there wasn’t rock and roll. The rock and roll genre has influenced every generation since it was first called rock and roll, and I don’t just mean music wise. It influenced not only music, but also fashion, cars, food, slang terms to name a few. It seems like the term rock and roll has been around since the beginning of time. Actually it was in 1951 (not quite the beginning of time) that a disc jockey by Read the rest of this entry »

The 1950′s was a critical turning point in the music industry. Many of the big band sounds were being replaced by a new sound of music that was coming from electric guitars. Rock N Roll was now on the scene and had taken the world by storm. Much of the music that is mainstream today was made possible by the artists that opened the doors in the 1950′s. Elvis Presley is still considered a pioneer in the fact that he took music that was typically played in juke joints by black singers and brought it into a white world. Read the rest of this entry »

Today’s great singers owe a debt to the singers who came before them, paving the way for new musical and interpretive styles. Among the great innovators of the century, these five singers stand out:

Louis Armstrong

Armstrong’s performing and recording career spanned from the 1920s to the 1970s, and he was one of the first jazz musicians to interpret mainstream music in a jazz format.

Mable Mercer

Remembered primarily by connoisseurs of American popular song, Mable Mercer specialized Read the rest of this entry »

The quality of the recordings isn’t the high definition audio we are used to. The subject of the music wasn’t as raunchy and suggestive as today’s hits. There also wasn’t state of the art equipment with multiple tracks laid down on top of each other. In fact, many of the recordings were made with just one or two microphones. Music from the 1950’s was very different from today, but also similar enough to set the pace for the future.Want more? Click here{{/tag} Read the rest of this entry »