1950s rock and roll greasers
The teenager’s I am researching are the rock and roll era of
the 1950s I will find out about the music, fashion, films they liked and
watched the stars of this era places they went and I will look at images to get
a idea of what a average 150s teenager was like. The
word Teenager was created in the 1950's due to the tremendous population of
those in this age category and because teenagers started gaining more
independence and freedoms. Teenagers were able to buy more things like food,
clothes and music because of an increase in spending money. Teenagers were also
becoming more independent in the type of music they preferred to listen to, no
more listening to what their parents liked, teens flocked to the new music of
the decade, which was rock and roll.
Music- (rock and roll artists)
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Adolph
Rickenbacker (1886-1976) was a German-American guitar manufacturer who in 1931
founded the Electro String Instrument Corporation. His company was the first in
the United States to produce solid-bodied electric guitars.
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Elvis
Presley (1935-1977) was a working-class southerner who rose to fame in the
1950s as a rock and roll superstar. A memorial outside his childhood home
proclaims, "Presley's career as a singer and entertainer redefined popular
music."
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Sam
Phillips (1923-2003) was a record producer and owner of Sun Records. He is
credited with scouting some of the first and most legendary rock and roll artists
such as Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis. In 1986, he became one of the first
people inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Bill
Haley (1925-1981) was an early rock and roll musician who, with his group Bill
Haley & the Comets, helped popularize the genre in the '50s with hits such
as "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" and "Rock Around the Clock," a
song featured in the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle.
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Jimi
Hendrix (1942-1970) was an African-American rock musician who blew apart the
rock scene with his mind-blowing stage performances, haunting vocals, and
innovative guitar compositions.
Films-1950s rock and
roll era...
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Rocking the blues (1955)
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Rock Rock Rock
(1956)
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Rock around the clock (1956)
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Don’t knock the rock (1956)
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Love me tender (1956)
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Shake rattle and rock (1956)
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Carnival rock (1958)
Film stars of the 1950s-
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Marilyn Monroe
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Paul Newman
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Joanne Woodward
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Sal Mineo
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James Dean
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Eva Marie saint
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Elli warlatch
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John Travolta
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Olivia newton john
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Pier angelie
Fashion of the 1950s rock and roll teenagers-
During
the decade, the types of parentally approved and appropriate dress for teen
boys consisted of loose-fitting slacks, an ironed shirt and tie, a sports
jacket, and polished black or brown loafers. Haircuts were short and neat.
Clean-cut preppy boys donned tan chinos, a type of pants, that ended just below
the ankles, V-neck sweaters, and white buck shoes or Top-Siders, deck shoes.
Their female equivalents wore saddle shoes, bobby socks, blouses with pleated
skirts, or dirndl dresses, which featured lots of petticoats, and came
sleeveless or with puffed sleeves. Favored hairstyles included the ponytail and
bouffant, hair that was teased and combed up to stand high on a woman's head.
The 1950s greaser/Rocking roll teenagers-
Teenage
boys wore tight-fitting blue jeans and white T-shirts: an outfit that
represented the essence of rock 'n' roll rebellion. Or they adapted the
"greaser" look favoring tight T-shirts and dungarees, a type of jean,
along with black leather jackets. Their hair was grown long, greased with
Vaseline, and combed on both sides to extend beyond the back of the head.
Their
girlfriends expressed themselves by wearing felt poodle skirts, which often
featured such images as record players and musical notes attached to their
fronts, or they wore short, tight skirts, stockings, tight blouses and
sweaters, and an over-abundance of eye shadow and lipstick. While a preppy
couple who was "going steady," or seriously dating, exchanged class
rings or identification bracelets, a greaser girl instead put on her
boyfriend's leather jacket.
