Before Rock and Roll exploded on the scene in the mid-50s, there had been periods when novelty and fad dances were the rage. But Rock was accompanied by a plethora of songs that had a dance connected with them. Can you remember dancing to these musical numbers?
First a little history, new dances are being introduced [...]
Jerry Lee Lewis celebrates his 75th birthday nearly 54 years after “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On” became the first of Killer’s many hits during the early days of Rock and Roll. Pre-boomers were amazed by the intensity and wild antics of this musician/showman who not only burned up the keyboard he often set the [...]
Here they are the moldy oldies, blats from the past, the knocked out nifties. If you were born between 1930 and 1945, the music of the fifties will always be part of your life. As a pre-boomer, you’ll remember these hits.
1950: Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole), Music! Music! Music! (Teresa Brewer), The Tennessee Waltz (Patti [...]
One recent Saturday morning I took the freeway to the Westside of Los Angeles. At the foot of the off ramp there was a gathering of men, maybe two dozen strong. They were hanging out waiting for someone, anyone, who had work for them. I drove another block and noticed more men scattered throughout the [...]
“We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness –“ this famous
phrase from the Declaration of Independence is the corner stone on which our nation was built. So what [...]
