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6 days ago · The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the " Fifties " or the " '50s ") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II, aided by the post-World War II economic expansion.
2 days ago · Rock was the most popular genre of music in the U.S. and much of the Western world from the 1950s to the 2010s. Rock musicians in the mid-1960s began to advance the album ahead of the single as the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption, with the Beatles at the forefront of this development.
- 1950s and 1960s, US and UK
- Electric guitar, bass guitar, drums
4 days ago · c. 1950 - present. Location: United States. Context: civil rights. nonviolence. Major Events: Brown v. Board of Education. Freedom Rides. Loving v. Virginia. Medical Committee for Human Rights. Watts Riots of 1965. (Show more) Key People: Martin Luther King, Jr. Henry MacNeal Turner. Diane Nash. Pauli Murray. Claudette Colvin. On the Web:
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17 hours ago · Cinderella is a 1950 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on Charles Perrault 's 1697 fairy tale, it features supervision by Ben Sharpsteen. The film was directed by Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi.
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5 days ago · The term was coined by Jerry Wexler in 1947, when he was editing the charts at the trade journal Billboard and found that the record companies issuing Black popular music considered the chart names then in use (Harlem Hit Parade, Sepia, Race) to be demeaning.
- Ed Ward
1 day ago · 1. Who was the singer or band whose first recorded song was "That's All Right, Mama"?
3 days ago · During the American Revolution, George Washington, retreating from Long Island, regrouped his forces and fought the delaying Battle of Harlem Heights (September 16, 1776) just west of modern Harlem between 103rd and 120th streets. Through the 18th century Harlem was a farming and pastoral area.
