What do the words fashion, cars, and music all have in common? They were all major influences in the 1950s, and they have made great impacts on today’s modern world. In the decade after the conclusion of World War II, America was ready for innovation and change of pace in everyday culture.
Fashion is what set off this revolution. Two major groups began to form: Greasers vs. the Preps. Greaser’s attire would tend to be suede leather jackets and pants, along with denim clothing. Their trademark Greaser look was to be edgy and rough, with sleek hairstyles. On the hand, the Preps were known to look tidy and fresh. Pressed jeans and fancy cardigans were the main dress for the boys, and the girls wore poofed out circular skirts, matched with tight fitting scoop-neck blouses, accessorized with a lovely scarf.
As teens were dressing diverse, the technology of music world was changing as well. Most music consisted of Rhythm, Blues, and Country. But after the war, this started to change to Bluegrass, Pop and most importantly Rock N’ Roll. Teens loved it because it made them more energetic, and full of life, having more fun than they ever had before. Most music was played on a phonograph, with was considered a piece of furniture in most households. The sounds were sketchy, and they records were large. In this era though, they became a much better quality, in both aspects of audio and formatting more songs onto the record itself. They record players were also becoming much smaller, and inexpensive, so teens could have one in their rooms. Radios were generally on the same route. They were beginning to show up in cars more often, and lowing in price too. Thus resulting in, “Rock N’ Roll”. And lets not forget to mention the King himself, Mr. Elvis Presley.
A great site to go to, and have an idea what the Do’s and Don’ts were like at the time for relationships back then, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC4K8vcPpiU&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1
Information gathered from: Wikipedia
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Wonderful posting, very well detailed! You three have certainly done an nice job collecting interesting and accurate information, and put it together concisely, but also in a way that makes you want to read it. Way to go, great resources utilized. We'll have to watch a segment of the Dos and Don'ts video in class too.
ReplyDeleteNice work Ashley, Josh, and Maddi.
I think it's crazy how music has evolved since the 50's. Music was played from records which were huge and bulky where now we have ipods and many other ways to play our music.
ReplyDeleteWere there not as many types of music are there are now? Now people listen to all types of music and it seems that rock n' roll was the main one then.
ReplyDeletei think we should revert back to records!!!!
ReplyDeleteeven though they were big and bulky they were difficult to damage unless you moved the needle across them or just threw it