Music in the early 1950s was much like the 1940s: crooners everywhere. And the other artists that charted during his reign were rip-offs (I’m looking at you Conway Twitty).

And that’s not a bad thing, but apparently the kids thought it was. Guys like Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Chubby Checker all ushered in a brand new style of music people called “rock n’ roll.”The household also became much more modern.

Any one of these icons or trends would have made the decade memorable.

But the 1950s were also fabulous in other, more serious ways. Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional. And in 1955, Jonas Salk created a vaccine for polio.

After rock and roll started ( see one of my other webpages): 1950's teens struggling to be heard 2.

1950's Clothing Before Rock and Roll: very conservative clothing.

PHOTO4 - PHOTO5 - PHOTO61948 Shmoo Ceramic Ashtray & Cigarette Holder. This page is in response to email questions asked about the 1950's. Some of the 1950's and early 1960's history topics mentioned below are: rock and roll, 1950's clothing, styles, food, beliefs, the 1950's Superman, jobs, work, teen movies, school paper ideas, Elvis Presley and fashion, fifties Models, food, 1950's good lip sync songs, names of teen magazines, 50's teen idols clothing styles, teen rebellion, toys, fads & pastimes, games, 1950's party ideas, the poodle skirt, dances, women, men, parents and children growing up in the 1950's, prices, perfumes, income, Ads, school. 1950's Parents and teens Before rock and roll :children were seen and not heard. Below are some notes, information, on several of those happenings and other 1950's and early 1960's social history topics; a slice of life from a 1950's teeny-bopper's point of view.After World War II, during which most women worked outside the home as part of the war effort, everything changed.As the men went back to their jobs, the women were expected to return to their role as housewives, dependent on their husbands for an allowance. Also included is the 1920s Uncle Wiggily Game, all very good - Both for one price! antibiotics came out to public in 1948, but in mid 1950s there was a huge marketing campaign by this company - Lederle.