1950s Music Gallery

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From the intro to the television show “Your Hit Parade”, c. 1950s.

1956 Admiral 4 speed High Fidelity“88” chairside Phonograph in Blonde OakMark Amsterdam

Desi Arnaz c.1940s-1950s

Jan Tschichold, design for Penguin Scores, 1949. Typography set in Garamond, background patterns via

The Sound Of Tomorrow Today, Ferrante and Teicher;“Soundproof”Westminster Records 1956

Günther Kieser, poster design for “King of Bebop - Dizzy Gillespie”, 1953. Zum ersten Mal in Deutsch

And on guitar: Brigitte Bardot. When I look at such photos, I always wonder: What is she playing?

Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg; publicity still for George Cukor’s Les Girls (1957)

Barbara Nichols shows some record love

vinylespassion:Family record party, 1950s.Record Love!

Mamie Van Doren and record love

vinylespassion:Woolworth’s Record Department in Utica, NY, 1958.Record Love!

Party-Time with dance orchestra music, album cover, 1950s. Telefunken Stereo, Germany. Rudy Risavy u

Caption says:“Swirling skirts, plenty of petticoats and fast music!" University of Io

classicfilmblr:“The energy of [Naples’] documentary passages, of the Neopolitan music and rhythms of

S. Neil Fujita, cover artwork for Glenn Gould, 1959. Columbia Records

Mitzi Gaynor, Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg; publicity still for George Cukor’s Les Girls (1957

Teenage girl searches out music on the Jukebox at the local coffee shop, 1956Photo: Eve Arnold

Teenage Jazz Party, 1958Yale Joel

Auerbach, artwork for The Natural Seven, 1955. RCA Victor.

Marilyn Monroe in ‘’Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’’, 1953

All you need to know…

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