Back To The Fifties...

This page was Updated: 06-28-00

The most wonderful time in my life...Growing up in the fifties. The best cars and the greatest music came from that time. It was a time for Drive In's, Convertibles, Drag Racing, Elvis, Roller Rinks, Midnight Movies, and Sock Hops. Life was simple then. It was an age of Sweethearts, Innocence, Love Songs and just down-to-earth clean living. The kids respected their parents and teachers, and most of all, folks feared and reverenced God. The fifties was the greatest decade in the history of America.

Remember When... 

The Platters sang Only You, and Twilight Time? The Five Satins sang, In The Still Of The Night? Fats Domino sang, Blueberry Hill? And though it was a little later on, remember Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers? The best music ever recorded was Old Time Rock & Roll. I had a lot of favorite songs back then, couldn't really say which was The Favorite. Since I am sentimental, I am partial to the love songs, the ones we could "slow dance" to. Could This Be Magic, This Should Go On Forever, Lavender Blue, You'll Be My Love...The list goes on and on...Yes, the songs of the Fabulous Fifties will live forever.

The Cars...

There has never been a car that equals the '57 Chevy Belair. I never owned one but had friends that let me drive theirs.
 

And I have to mention the '59 Caddy. My dream car with its tail fins and round pointed tail lights.
 

Of course let's not forget the '55 Ford, and the '57 Ford Fairlane.

My older brother once owned a '56 Mercury just like the one pictured here.

Another friend drove a '56 Buick the same color as this picture, but his was not a convertible.

My 50's page would not be complete without...
 
 


 
 

 My Tribute To Elvis
 

I was in my early teens when I first heard Elvis sing, and fell in love with that voice. When I saw his picture, it was love at first sight. And when I saw him on the Ed Sullivan TV Show...I knew he had stolen my heart. I bought his first album and every single recording I could find on the old 45 rpms.

I had a close friend that shared the same first name as me (Lois), and we collected scrapbooks full of pictures of Elvis. We had an old loose-leaf notebook in which we copied the lyrics to all his songs. We never missed a one of his movies, and as I recall when he made his acting debut in Love Me Tender, we arrived at the theater when it opened in the afternoon and we stayed till the last feature ended, and the theater closed around midnight. We cried our hearts out.

I recall that on Elvis' 24th birthday we baked him a cake. Knowing his favorite colors were pink & black we made a pink cake with pink frosting, and after much trial and error of mixing all the food coloring we had, we came up with black frosting to trim up the cake. It was truly a masterpiece. Though Elvis never saw it, I am sure he would have been thrilled at the thought. We had a party in his honor and ate the cake. Ahhh...those were the days!

Even though I am much older, and Elvis is gone...I still find myself thinking about those wonderful times when nothing mattered but ELVIS. He will live in my heart forever. Looking at his pictures and listening to his songs still brings tears to my eyes.



Elvis Has Left The Building...

If you would like to hear some more of the great songs mentioned above, check out these links:

   Treasured Oldies  Big Pappy Land Rewind The 50’s
  Don Carroll's Midi-Riff-Bulge Page  Patchy's Lost In The Fifties Oldies JukeBoxes
 CDnow: Your Music Your Store  Wanderer's Nostalgic 50s-60s Card Shop  Top 40 Hits - 1930-1998 (Lyrics)

Luke 21:33  Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

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