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In the 1950s, rock and roll was beginning to take hold as the dominant musical genre. Here are five of the best novelty songs.

Producer Tom Dowd’s pre-music career involved working on the Manhattan Project led by Robert Oppenheimer.

In January 2019, Gerald Groff resigned from his mail carrier position at the Holtwood Post Office in the small rural community of Holtwood, Pennsylvania. He knew that he was inching closer and closer to being fired, as he had endured various...

The “ministerial exception” is under attack again. And this time on two fronts. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 10th District ruled in June 2022 that a religion teacher at a Colorado Christian high school — a “chaplain”...

Jack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakeshop.

Record collector and researcher Bill Bronk dives deep into the art of handclapping as an instrument, and compiles a list of the great handclapping hits on the Top 40 in the 1950s.

J. T Waldmann | 01/13/2008 (4 out of 5 stars) "Eileen Bartons 1950 recording of "If I Knew You Were Comin Idve Baked a Cake" was songwriter Bob Merrills very first pop hit, and he went on to create such pop classics as Rosemary Clooneys "Mambo Italiano," Guy Mitchells "(Theres a Pawnshop on a Corner in) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" and Patti Pages mega-hit "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?" However, Merrills major claim to fame (infamy?) was writing ". . . one of the most recognizable, mos...