Commie Crazy
Just like the rest of the U.S. in the 1950s, pop music went commie crazy.
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Songs of the Fallout Shelter
How pop music learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.
After the Soviet Union developed their own hydrogen bomb, America’s dreams of an atomic future morphed into nightmares of nuclear annihilation instead. Once again, the popular music industry was right there, simultaneously reflecting — and feeding — the now-terrified U.S. zeitgeist.
Atomic Pop
In the 1950s, America burned with atomic fever.
16 Tons of Talent
Tennessee Ernie Ford never lugged coal or picked peas, but his voice resonated with America’s working class.
