Ellen Stekert is a folklorist, folk musician, and professor emerita at the University of Minnesota who recently released her ...

The 1950s brings to mind poodle skirts, sock hops, and drive-in movies. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Leave It to Beaver were popular television shows, and Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and ...

The 1950s. The dawning of a new era in popular music. The birth of rock & roll. James Brown and Chuck Berry. Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly. In 1958, Billboard released its first newly consolidated ...

We recently looked at five standout songs recorded in the 1950s that were largely overshadowed by covers that came later. Of course, there weren’t only five songs that fit that description. One of the ...

Paul Anka has written more than 900 songs throughout a 70-year-career. He goes in-depth with us about his new documentary.