Rock Around the Clock
The website Classic Car Database can offer a wealth of information surrounding classic antique cars from the 1950s. Another helpful website could be Vintage Ad Browser, which has a section about 1950s car advertisements.
I think it was in the 1940s or early 1950s when the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to California.
An armalite is any of a variety of assault rifles originally made in the United States from the late 1950s.
1950s pop music did not draw from Classic Symphonies, Jazz, and Opera
Originally, The Shadows were backing band for British singer Cliff Richard. They provided musical accompaniment to his recordings and live performances in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Glinda's dresses are unavailable. They're custom designed for the performances. But each costume is classic. For example, there are the classic fairytale princess ball gown in silver; the classic 1940s tailored business suit in white; the classic 1950s strapless hot pink party dress with full skirt over petticoat; and the classic traveling suit with handkerchief skirt. They'd be easy to make or have made.
Fins were widely popular in the 1950s and early 1960s. For a prime example, look at the 1959 Cadillac DeVille.
One kind is the 1957 chevrolet which is still on the road in Cuba. There are many classic 1950s American cars on the road in Cuba.
I believe this was originally a Sam Cooke song in the 1950s; more recently it was covered by Fairground Attraction amongst others.
The Gibson Les Paul Classic is an aesthetic choice. The Classic is manufactured to resemble the very first Les Paul guitars produced in the 1950s. This makes it a popular choice for people who enjoy the look and feel of the guitars of fifty years ago.
The writing credits for Fever are to Eddie Cooley and "John Davenport" (a pseudonym for Otis Blackwell). The song was written as a rhythm and blues tune in the mid 1950s but has since become a pop standard.
The US Navy while performing a careful survey of magnetic compass anomalies in the early 1950s to improve navigation. The data and the survey was originally classified.