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  2. Category:Musicals set in the 1950s - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Musicals set in the 1950s" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. ... Bésame mucho, el musical; Blood Brothers (musical)

  3. Rivoli Ballroom - Wikipedia

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    The Rivoli Ballroom is the only intact 1950s ballroom remaining in London, England. It is famed for its original decor and interior fittings, including red velvet, flock wallpaper, chandeliers, glitter balls and oversized Chinese lanterns. The venue is often used as a film location and plays host to many dance and musical events. [1]

  4. 1950 in British music - Wikipedia

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    24 September – US musicologist Alan Lomax leaves for a tour of Europe, in the course of which he collects folk music from all over the UK, broadcasts on the BBC, and works with folklorists Peter Douglas Kennedy, Hamish Henderson, and Séamus Ennis, [3] recording among others, Margaret Barry and the songs in Irish of Elizabeth Cronin; Scots ...

  5. Music of the United Kingdom (1950s) - Wikipedia

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    Music of the United Kingdom began to develop in the 1950s; from largely insular and derivative forms to become one of the leading centres of popular music in the modern world. By 1950 indigenous forms of British popular music, including folk music, brass and silver bands, music hall and dance bands, were already giving way to the influence of ...

  6. English Dances (Arnold) - Wikipedia

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    English Dances, Op. 27 and 33, are two sets of light music pieces, composed for orchestra by Malcolm Arnold in 1950 and 1951. [1] Each set consists of four dances inspired by, although not based upon, country folk tunes and dances.

  7. Guys and Dolls - Wikipedia

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    Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, [1] [2] and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, such as "Pick the Winner".

  8. List of 1950s musical artists - Wikipedia

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    Frankie Laine (at piano) and Patti Page, c. 1950 Harry Belafonte, 1954 This is a partial list of notable active and inactive bands and musicians of the 1950s . Musicians

  9. Anything Goes - Wikipedia

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    Since its 1934 debut at the Alvin Theatre (now known as the Neil Simon Theatre) on Broadway, the musical has been revived several times in the United States and Britain. It has been adapted for film three times (in 1936 , 1956 and a filmed version of a stage production in 2021), and adapted for television also three times (in 1950, 1954 and 1962).