The age of rock and roll
Born in the 1950s?
Here's what shaped your world.
The 1950s were a decade of contrasts — post-war austerity giving way to a booming consumer culture. The NHS was still brand new, rationing finally ended in 1954, and a young Queen took the throne in 1953. Then rock and roll arrived from America and changed everything.
Life in the 1950s
Pint of Beer
11p
Average House
£2,000
Prime Minister
Churchill / Eden / Macmillan
US President
Truman / Eisenhower
#1 Songs of the 1950s
“Rock Around the Clock”
Bill Haley & His Comets
“All Shook Up”
Elvis Presley
“Living Doll”
Cliff Richard
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Top TV Shows of the 1950s
What's My Line?
BBC
Sunday Night at the London Palladium
ITV
Sunday Night at the London Palladium
ITV
Famous People Born in the 1950s
You're in good company.
Steve Jobs
Madonna
Michael Jackson
Tom Hanks
Bill Gates
Oprah Winfrey
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