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Decade: '50s

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The birth of rock 'n roll!

1950s Broadway

Great songs from the decade when Broadway ruled popular culture

1950s Jazz

The golden age of bebop, hard bop, and cool jazz

At the Hop: '50s Dance Classics

It's sock hop radio!

Comedy: 1950s & '60s

Bob Newhart, Andy Griffith, the Smothers Brothers and more

Critics' Picks: Top Songs of the '50s

Derived from hundreds of critics' lists of the best music of the decade

Feel Good '50s & '60s

Energetic and fun Oldies

Oldies 1955-64

Rock & roll's first great decade

Soul Classics 1956-65

Gospel and doo-wop combine to form the roots of soul

Tony Award Best Musicals '40s-'60s

Great Broadway shows from a classic era

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