1950's

Rex Elvie Allen (December 31, 1920 – December 17, 1999)

1950's

Publix Market

Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985)

Sun Records

Floyd Cramer (October 27, 1933 – December 31, 1997)

Ava Gardner

1950´s

The Everly Brothers with their father

Elizabeth Taylor

Lillian Briggs

1950´s

Eddie Cochran

Shirley McLaine, 1959

Elvis Presley

December 29, 1945 - Sheb Wooley records the first commercial records ever produced in Nashville, for the Bullet label owned by radio station WSM (home of the Grand Ole Opry). The records were given almost no promotion, however, and soon stiffed.

1956

1950's

1950´s

December 28, 1959 - Frankie Avalon's "Why" hits #1

I Love Lucy

The Jubalaires

Bob Luman and The Shadows - James Burton and James Kirkland

1950's

The Car Of Tomorrow

Danny and The Juniors

Grace Kelly

Winfield Scott "Scotty" Moore III (born December 27, 1931)

Drive Carefully, Heaven Can Wait

The Platters

December 26, 1957 - Elvis donated a truck full of Teddy Bears to the National foundation for Infantile Paralysis

Diana Dors

Kellogg's

Santa's Rocket Sleigh

 

 

 

 

 

December 25, 1958 - Hugely influential DJ Alan Freed puts on his first "Christmas Rock & Roll Spectacular" at Loews State Theatre in Manhattan, featuring, among others, Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson, Bo Diddley, Eddie Cochran, The Moonglows, The Everly Brothers, Frankie Avalon and Johnnie Ray.

1950's

Ricky Nelson

Waylon Jennings

Ricky Nelson

Nabisco

Happy Holiday

Ford

James M. Van Eaton and Billy Lee Riley

Vogue. 1950's

December 22, 1954 - Lake Cliff Club - Shreveport, LA

Muddy Waters

The Everly Brothers

Marylin Monroe

Hank Snow and his son Jimmie Rodgers Snow

Roy Orbison