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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 ...
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Pages in category "Musicals set in the 1950s" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. ... Bésame mucho, el musical; Blood Brothers (musical)
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 ...
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
Enjoy these classic tunes from our favorite 1950s musical movies. From ‘Damn Yankees’ to ‘Jailhouse Rock,’ we love these films!
Topics specifically related to the decade 1950s in the music of United Kingdom, i.e. in the years 1950 to 1959. ... List of UK singles chart number ones of the 1950s; M.
It becomes the longest-running musical in British theatre history until overtaken by Oliver! in 1960. 14 September – Benjamin Britten conducts the premiere of his opera The Turn of the Screw at Teatro La Fenice, Venice. [3]