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As an era which stands out in the annals of musical history, the 1950's remain unique. Real music is one which comes from the soul. An artist makes a composition complete and renders it immortal with his voice. The strength of music shone through during this golden age and its power broke through walls of race and culture and united a dividing country. It was a music which knew no bounds and flew across the globe and into the hearts of the people. Never again was any music so capable of infusing vitality and energy into the masses, as the music of the fifties.
As an era which stands out in the annals of musical history, the 1950's remain unique. Real music is one which comes from the soul. An artist makes a composition complete and renders it immortal with his voice. The strength of music shone through during this golden age and its power broke through walls of race and culture and united a dividing country. It was a music which knew no bounds and flew across the globe and into the hearts of the people. NThe major artists whose talents emerged in the 1950's were both rock and roll artists together with those who remained entrenched in their respective genres. In the field of rock and roll, the greatest artists were Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Bill Haley and his Comets, Carl Perkins and Ray Charles with hits like "Blue Suede Shoes", "jailhouse Rock", "Johnny B. Goode", "Rock around the clock", "What'd I say" and "Bo Diddley". The other major artists who dominated in the fifties were Louis Armstrong, Johnny Cash, Nat "King" Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Orbison and BB King. These covered the most divergent genres from soft soulful music to western style and the blues.ever again was any music so capable of infusing vitality and energy into the masses, as the music of the fifties.

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