The decade of the Fifties gave birth to Rock and Roll. When Bill Haley's
Rock Around The Clock became popular in 1955, the nation learned to swing
to a whole new sound.
But, Rock wasn't the only music of the Fifties. Other artists with other
songs had folks hummin' for much of the decade. Pat Boone, Perry Como and
Patti Page - just to mention the "Ps".
The feel-good innocence of a lot of the Fifties music reflects on the post
World War II optimism in America. The young people of the time, an emerging
force called teenagers, hadn't struggled through the war years. They were
looking for something more exciting. They discovered that vitality in Rock
and Roll.