1950 In Music

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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!

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…

By the light of the jukebox

“Sisters” / Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen / Michael Curtiz’s White Christmas (1954)

Portrait of singer Baby Dee. Handwritten on back: “Baby Dee, Club Alamo.” 1953.Courtesy

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