Nostalgia

Nostalgia - Take a stroll down Memory Lane. Revisit the decades of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

1950s - Do you remember Sputnik, poodle skirts, drive-in movies, guys with pompadour hair styles that were greased to high heaven, bobby socks, beatniks, blue jeans rolled up, Rock Around The Clock and See You later Alligator, juke boxes, 6 ounce Cokes, nickel candy bars and full skirts with 50 yard crinoline petticoats underneath? Barbie dolls were born, Tupperware was new, as were TV dinners. 3-D movies were all the rage, and if you were a kid, you could still go to the Saturday afternoon matinee movie for fifteen cents. Bright red lipstick was in style as were ponytail hairstyles with a scarf tied around the ponytail or your neck.

• For 1950s nostalgia, visit this web site - FiftiesWeb
• Barbie Dolls through the years.
• The Mickey Mouse Club web site.
• The Happy Days TV Show online.
• Quiz Shows on TV in the 50s.
• Drive in movies were big in the 50s.
• The History of Rock & Roll

1960s - Early 60s - The only colors you could wear were navy blue, maroon and madras, and a new group from England called the Beatles were changing the sound of rock as well as starting a new hair style for guys. John F. Kennedy was president and women copied his wife Jackie's bouffant hair style. Women soon began to learn how to "tease" their hair, and it got bigger and bigger! Lips were so pale pink that some even wore white lipstick. The word Vietnam was starting to be heard.

• The British Invasion - Music of the 60s revisited.

Late 60s - Hippies!!! Tie dye clothing, no makeup on women, long straight hair for both men and women, peace signs, protests, demonstrations, beards, wire-rim "granny" glasses, flare or bell bottom jeans, fringed suede vests and boots and crocheted "granny" vests and hats. Unisex clothing, hip huggers. Psychedelic music, art and drugs and "free love". A new harsher sounding music called heavy metal was becoming popular.The Vietnam war was being protested. The hemline for skirts was either around your ankles or too short to bend over.

• The Psychedelic 60s - from the University of Virginia.
• Or go to the Baby Boomers Headquarters Sixties Page
• The Vietnam Veterans page.
• 1960s Rock Overview.
• 1969 Woodstock Festival & Concert.

1970s - Polyester leisure suits, gold chain necklaces for men, platform shoes, disco music. The Bee Gees were the biggest star on the music scene. The United States pulled out of the Vietnam War. Everyone was in love with television series like The Brady Bunch, The Monkeys and The Partridge Family. Women were wearing makeup again, and hemlines stabilized around the knees. In 1976, America celebrated its 200th birthday.

• For 50s, 60s, & 70s Nostalgia, visit this site - Oldies Music
• Take a virtual visit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
• Rocking Woman - An all oldies site with lots of 50s, 60s and 70 real audio music.
• Take a look at vintage radios at this site.
• Super Seventies Rock Site
• Super Seventies Almanac
• 8 Track Tapes of the 70s.
• Automotive History from the 40s to the 90s.