This first era of rock and roll dates (more or less) from Eisenhower’s first election in 1952 to The British Invasion in 1964. Doo wop was a signature sound with its beautiful vocal harmonies, beat, and nonsense syllables, but there was a lot of pioneering going on with rhythm and blues, rock and roll, rockabilly, and crossovers from country music. That’s why we go beyond the doo wop genre per se and explore those years. Each blog post is just a mosaic. When put together, the posts start to provide a picture of the time. Please visit the Rec Room for a featured record on the record player, a TV with four channels, and a jukebox with 60+ songs. We have an all request Juke Box Saturday night in the rec room each weekend so you can hear your favorites from the 50s and 60s. There is also a Daily Doo Wop for videos of those golden oldies.
August 15, 2014
In this time of doo-wop music and the first era of rock and roll, Hollywood, California, dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Boulevard and Vine […]
June 16, 2014
Hollywood History So what was behind all this about the mid-century media showing married couples sleeping in twin beds? Television in the 1950s and early 1960s […]
June 6, 2014
Pop Music In the doo wop era, a young actor from the Bronx made it big in films (twice with James Dean) and in the theater. […]
May 27, 2014
1950s Movies Have Rocket, Will Travel — 1959 In the 1950s, the Cold War between the U.S. the U.S.S.R. was on. Americans feared the Soviets would […]