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The most famous artists of the decades were Elvis and The Beatles. The fifties came in with big bands still popular, as well as Doris Day and Ella Fitzgerald; Frank Sinatra was as popular as ever and Nat King Cole and Perry Como were on top in the fifties and sixties. Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline brought country to the mainstream. Rock and roll ruled with Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard, then Motown was born in 1960. The sixties transitioned with Ray Charles, the Supremes, and 'Little' Stevie Wonder, to The Beach Boys and folk music featuring Peter, Paul, and Mary, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez. Then came The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, Led Zeppelin, Cream and Jefferson Airplane; Roy Orbison and Simon and Garfunkel.
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1950s and 1960s
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the beatles
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A period of stagflation A+
Which if these does not describe the 1950s and 1960s?
A period of stagflation
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The European control of Africa came to an end in the 1950s and 1960s?
The European control of Africa came to an end in the 1950s and 1960s. true or false
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In the 1950s and 1960s it was always the US that had more.
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Elizabeth ]]was crowned as queen.
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