1950
· World Events: Korean War Begins McCarthy Hearings begin
· Popular Music: Mona Lisa-Nat King Cole
· Rock n’ Roll: The Fat Man -Fats Domino
· Jazz: Rollin’ Stone-Muddy Waters
· Country: Tennessee Waltz-Patti Page
1951
· World Events: Transcontinental TV, Color TV introduced
· Music News: Radio Stations ban Dean Martin’s Wham Bam for suggestive lyrics
· Popular Music: Cry-Johnnie Ray Jazz Three O’clock Blues – BB King
· Country: Cold cold Heart-Hank Williams
· Movie Music: I Got Rhythm-Gene Kelly from American in Paris
1952
· Popular Music: My Song -Johnny Ace
· Rock n’ Roll: Lawdy Miss Clasdy-Lloyd Prince
· Jazz: Goin Home – Fats Domino
· Country: Jambalaya – Hank Williams
· Movie Music: Singing in the Rain – Gene Kelly, Make ‘em Laugh-Donald O’ Connor, Good Morining -Kelly, O’connor, Reynolds from Sining in the Rain
1953
· World Events: DNA discovered, Hillary climbs Mt. Everest
· Movie Music: Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend-Marilyn Monroe from Gentlemen Prefer Bondes
1954
· Music News: First Newport Jazz Festival
· Popular Music: Earth Angel-Penguins
· Rock n’ Roll: Rock Around the Clock – bill Haley & the Comets
1955
· World Events: Dr. Jonas Salk develops polio vaccine, Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat and challenges segregation laws, Disneyland Opens, Warsaw Pact Signed, Emmett till Murdered
· Popular Music: The Great Pretenders – Platters
· Rock n’ Roll: Tutti-Frutti – Little Richard
· Country: Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
1956
· World Events: Suez Crisis, Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco
· Music News: Elvis Shakes his hips on the Ed Sullivan Show, Million Dollar Quartet meets Dec 4, 1956
· Rock n’ Roll: Hound Hog -Elvis, Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis
· Movie Music: Que Sera, Sera-Doris Day from The Man Who Knew Too Much
1957
· World Events: Soviet Union Launches Sputnic and begins Space Age
· Music News: American Bandstand Begins
· Rock n’ Roll: Peggy Sue – Buddy Holly & the Crickets All Shook Up-Elvis
· Jazz: Blue Train -John Coltrane
· Country: Kisses Sweeter Then Wine – Jimmie Rodgers
· Movie Music: Jailhouse Rock-Elvis from Jailhouse Rock
1958
· World Events: US Satellite orbits earth Hula Hoops
· Popular Music: Lonely Teardrops-Jackie Wilson
· Rock n’ Roll: Johnnyt B. Goode-Chuck Berry, La Bamba-Ritchie Valens
· Country: All I Have to Do is Dream – Everly Brothers
1959
· World Events: Castro becomes Dictator of Cuba, US Quiz Show Scandal, Charles Lincoln Van Doren admits to cheating on NBC’s 21 Game Show
· Music News: The Day the Music Died’-Plane crash kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Balens and J.P. Richardson, First Grammy Awards
· Popular Music: I Only Have Eyes for You – Flamingos, Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin