The '55 FASHION SHOCKER, PINK, was reserved exclusively for the underworld of ladies girdles. Then a sudden fad made the clothing scene with thousands of PINK men's shirts, ties and hatbands. The PINK Cadillac rolled off the assembly line. Years later, Aretha Franklin memorialized it in song and Henry Mancini glorified a certain Panther. Today, manicured front yards across the U.S. still pay homage to the 50's plastic PINK Flamingo lawn ornament.
'52's GO GREEN. U.S. consumers see GREEN and spent $135 million on GREEN based products including Ennds Tablets, Landers Deodorant, Beech-Nut Gum, Smith Bros. Cough Drops, Park Dog Food and "Chlorodent", the new green toothpaste. The miracle ingredient, CHLORPHYLL, promised to make them "smell daisy fresh". A sweet promise until "The Journal of the American Medical Association" said goats virtually lived on this plant component, CHLORPHYLL, and still smelled bad.
CLICK-CLICK-CLICK Americans reacted to the reality of Atomic Power. Atomic Age Prospectors bought a Geiger Counter, sample ore, claim notices and a snakebite kit for $98.50 and headed for Colorado and Canada. The URANIUM rush was on but few made individual strikes worth $100,000 or more.
1950 Top 10 Artists and Songs....
GOODNIGHT IRENE, The Weavers and Gordon Jenkins
IT ISN'T FAIR, Sammy Kaye
THIRD MAN THEME, Aston Karas
MULE TRAIN, Frankie Laine
MONA LISA, Nat "King" Cole
MUSIC! MUSIC! MUSIC!, Thersa Brewer
I WANNA BE LOVED, Andrew Sisters
IF I KNEW YOU WERE COMIN' I'D'VE BAKED A CAKE, Eileen Barton
I CAN DREAM CAN'T I, Andrew Sisters
THAT LUCKY OLD SUN, Frankie Laine
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The Bestseller Books of the '50's and....
The Periodicals, Long Gone and Alive Today
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