Many of the songs in the 1950s hinted at the simmering racial ... After performing the song on the CBS television show Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts, the song shot up the charts and gave ...

and Leave It to Beaver were popular television shows, and Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley were some of the biggest names in entertainment at the time. For many, the 1950s was a time ...