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There were plenty of very successful female recording artists in the 1950s. Some came out of the latter days of the big band era, like Rosemary Clooney and Doris Day. There were stars from the ...

In fact, you might be surprised just how many music genres can trace their roots back to the profound influence of the seminal Black artists who defined American music in the 1950s. Want to learn ...

How sad! In the Ireland of 1950s and 60s, our love stories began in the marvelous dance halls. These were wonderful places - full of hopes and dreams, full of music and song, full of youth and ...

Elvis Presley‘s death shocked the world. One of the most prominent singers of the 1950s was friends with Elvis and cried when he heard the news. The singer in question had a lot to say about ...

Some of the exhibiting artists had previously shown at the ICA in London and, in the 1950s, appeared regularly on popular television programmes to paint in front of the nation. Those who collected ...

Week 4: From gospel to soul The new gospel music composed in the 1940s and 1950s began to feature quartets of singers, such as the Dixie Hummingbirds and the Soul Stirrers. They introduced stylistic ...