The 1950s saw the birth of rock and roll, but these original songs might have been overshadowed by their covers.

Akzidenz-Grotesk, originally released in 1898 by the Berthold Type Foundry, found renewed prominence in the 1950s. This ...

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Discover the top 35 UK male singers who revolutionized music history! Explore iconic voices, groundbreaking hits and their lasting influence.

Welcome to our new section of articles about Post War Britain; everyday life and events in the 1950s and 1960s. For those of you who remember these days, we hope you will enjoy reminiscing! Please ...

Juan García Esquivel, otherwise known as Esquivel and his popularisation of lounge music with his space age bachelor pad ...

Closer revisits the most vital decade of moviemaking in America. In this 1952 film noir thriller, Joan Crawford plays a ...

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Exercise and diet are not the only things to radically change over the last half-century. In the 1950s, a new home cost £2,000 but an office worker's average wage was just £ 14 a week.