Welcome to the 1950s, a decade of prosperity and Pontiacs, drive-ins and tail fins, bobby socks and poodle skirts. The decade ...
Among big-band leaders only Duke Ellington exerted more ... The retooled Basie band of the 1950s was a precision instrument nicknamed "The Basie Machine" by its admirers--a phrase that caught ...
Artists such as Frankie Valli and the Four ... She is more considered a crooner, but she played a big role in 1950s and 1960s ...