1950s in Photographs

In film, Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Kathryn Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Rock Hudson, Paul Newman and so many more legends were silver screen stars of the day. Rock and roll dominated popular music in the mid 1950s and late 1950s. Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis. Jazz and blues was just as popular with the music of Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Frank Sinatra, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker. Country and Folk were also popular with Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger, the Weavers and more. Here are some 1950s music pictures available as fine art prints.


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