Many of the songs in the 1950s hinted at the simmering racial tension that would later usher in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The 1950s was a pivotal era in music, laying the groundwork for ...

The simple design worn at the party — a snug waist, a swaying bell of fabric and fanciful appliqués — became one of the defining looks of the 1950s as it evolved into the “poodle skirt ...