SARAH VAUGHAN

Sarah Vaughan (27 March 1924 – 3 April  1990)  an American jazz singer  "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century"

                            DON'T BLAME ME

OVER THE RAINBOW

WHATEVER LOLA WANTS

French oldies of 50's

JULIETTE GRECO

ACCORDEON

DESHABILLEZ-MOI

GEORGES BRASSENS

MOURIR POUR LES IDEES

QUATRE VINGT QUINZE POUR CENT

LES PASSANTES

 

MOULOUDGI

UN JOUR TU VERRAS

LINE RENAUD

FROUFROU

MR BUNJO

GEORGES GUETARY

RENATO CAROSONE

Renato Carosone  (3 January 1920 – 20 May 2001), born in Napoli one of the great figures of the italian music scene
During the 50's he gave us a lot of unforgettable hits

CHE LA LA

 tu vuoi fa' l'americano

PICOLISSIMA SERENATA

TORERO

GUAGLIONE

CATERINA VALENTE

Caterina Valente (born in Paris,14 January 1931,) talented singer, dancer, and actress, italian origin
During the 50's she became famous with musical films and songs in many languages

                                    JALOUSIE

MALAGENA

                                                               THE BREEZE AND I

                                                           SPIEL NOCH EINMAL

MARIA HELENA

TIPITIPITIPSO

GANZ PARIS TRAUMT VON DER LIEBE

bonjour Kathrin musical film 1956

DEAN MARTIN

Dean Martin  american singer and actor, born Dino Paolo Crocetti (7 June  1917 – 25 December 1995), with a lot of hits as "That's amore", "volare","Mambo italiano","Everybody love somebody"
During the early 50's he featured in somevery successful filmswith Jerry Lewis (until 1956)
Then he continued solo
In the film "Some came running" (1958), he starred alongside Frank Sinatra

                                                 THAT'S AMORE

VOLARE

MAMBO ITALIANO

Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds (1932) american actress, singer and dancer.
She appeared in many musicals during the 1950's and had some hit records during this period.
Hits:
"Aba Daba Honeymoon" ( in the  film Two weeks with Love as a duet with Carleto Carpenter) was a top hit in 1951.
Tammy in the film Tammy and the bachelor (1957)

She featured in the film in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
also in Bundle of Joy (1956) with Eddie Fischer.

In 1959, Reynolds recorded her first album called Debbie, with her own selection of 12 standards including "Mean To Me" and "Time After Time","S’posin", "Moonglow".
Other hits " a very special love (1958)

                                    TAMMY

WANNA TO BE LOVED BY YOU

                         ABBA DABA HONEYMOON

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                         AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET

SINGIN'IN HE RAIN

TOP TEN SINGERS of 50's

ELVIS PRESLEY LOVE ME TENDER

JAILHOUSE ROCK

FRANK SINATRA LOVE AND MARRIAGE

PERY COMO A BUSHEL AND A PECK

CHUCK BERRY JOHNNY GOODE

PATTI PAGE The Doggie In The Window

NAT KING COLE Unforgettable and Too Young

FATS DOMINO BLUBERRY HILL

ROSEMARY CLOONEY JUST THE TWO OF US

JOHNNY MATHIS CHANCES ARE

                      EDDIE FISCHER LADY OF SPAIN

The Diamonds

The Diamonds, Canadian vocal  quartet of the 1950s and early 1960s with first hit "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," .

The Diamonds biggest hits were 1957's "Little Darlin'" and 1958's "The Stroll"

                                                                LITTLE DARLING

THE STROLL

WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE

Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee ( 1920 –  2002) with norvegian and swedish origin, was an American jazz and pop  singer, songwriter and actress in a long career . She began singing as a vocalist on local radio with Benny Goodman's big band. She also wrote music for films

FEVER

BLACK COFFEE

MANIANA

JOHNNY GUITAR

WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT?

I LOVE THE WAY YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART

DANCING in the 1950's

TWIST

ROCK'N ROLL

The New Teenager

The new type of teenager inspires the american market that becomes youth oriented
the films of this decade show a new exciting symbol of rebellion
Marlon Brando, arrogant, rebellious is the symbol of a new adolescent

                                        MARLON BRANDO, streetcar named desire 1951

THE WILD ONE 1953

JAMES DEAN, the first teenager. Introspective and sensitive, but also with delinquent behavior
His first role was in Elia Kazan's adaptation of Steinbeck's novel "East of Eden" 1955, then  in "Rebel without cause" 1955
                             the symbol of a generation

ELVIS PRESLEY " THE KING OF ROCK'N ROLE"

new fashion style

love me tender 1956

JAIL HOUSE ROCK 1957

                                LOVING YOU 1957

Fashion in 1950's

Jacques Fath's fashion

SHOES, BOOTS

PARIS' FASHION

CELEBRITY FASHION STYLE

TEENS

Life in 1950's in USA

Life in a small american town in the 50's

family life of 1950's

Tv ad

famous people of 50's

middle class life in a suburb

EARTHA KITT

Eartha Mae Kitt (17 January 1927 –  25 December  2008) American  singer and actress known for her highly distinctive singing style . Orson Welles  called her the "most exciting woman in the world."
In the 1960s, she took the role of Catwoman in the television series Batman 


                                                       DO YOU REMEMBER

                                                       SANTA BABY

                                               OLD FASHIONED MILLIONAIRE

                                                       

HARRY BELAFONTE

Harry Belafonte born Harold George Belafonete, Jr. (March 1, 1927) is an American  singer, actor, and also a social activist.
His first successful single, was "Matilda",  1953
One of his first big success was the album Calypso (1956) with a caribbean style music


                                                     MATILDA

                                                         BANANA BOAT

JAMAICA FAREWELL

COCONUT WOMAN

MAMA LOOK A BOO BOO

NAT KING COLE

Nat King Cole, born Nathaniel Adams Coles (17 March  1919 – 15 February  1965), the singer with the velvet voice  was an american musician known first as a leading jazz pianist
He began singing  jazz and gospels but also classical music with a barytone voice.
One of hir first success "Mona Lisa", then "Unforgattable" and the hits go on
                        
                                                                MONA LISA

UNFORGETTABLE

NATURE BOY

AUTOMN LEAVES

FASCINATION

FLY ME TO THE MOON

STARDUST

WHEN I FALL IN LOVE

RAMBLIN' ROSE

PERFIDIA

SMILE