The Osmond’s
The Osmond’s/Donny and Marie The Osmond’s are an American family music group with a long and varied career, formed in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are devout members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Their religious values have influenced in their...
The Beatles
The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era. Their sound was a...
Alan Freed
Alan Freed - Rock n Roll in the 1950’s Alan Freed was an American disc jockey who became known for promoting a mix of blues, country and rhythm and blues music on the radio in the US and Europe under the name rock n roll. While attending Ohio State University, Freed...
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly Buddy Holly (1936-1959), whose birth name was Charles Hardin Holley, was an American musician and singer-songwriter who was a central figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. Holly was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family during the Great Depression; he...
Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens Ritchie Valens (1941-1959), was born Richard Steven Valenzuela. He was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted eight months, as it abruptly...
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan Robert Allen Zimmerman is an American singer-songwriter, artist and writer. He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when his songs chronicled social unrest,...
The Big Bopper
The Big Bopper - Jiles Perry J. P. Richardson, Jr The Big Bopper (1930-1959) The Big Bopper (1930-1959), Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr., was an American musician, songwriter, and disc jockey, whose big rockabilly look, style, voice, and exuberant personality made...
The Seventies
1) Politics Richard Nixon Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and served from 1969 to 1974. He was the only U.S. president to resign from the office. He had many successes as well such as signing the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, banning...
One Hit Wonders
Music performers with only one top 40 hit have been featured in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Additionally, every genre has had its share from rock, pop, soul, doo wop, British Invasion, Garage Rock, Psychedelic music, bubblegum pop, soft rock, disco, easy listening and...
The Fifties: Highways, space travel and new statehoods issued. 1956 to 1959
1) Politics Federal Aid Highway Act June, 29, 1956, President Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act, creating the highway system in the United States. 2) Major Events Frank Sinatra This singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and...