Playing rock, pop, and rhythm & blues, the band enthralled thousands in the region at teen towns, proms,
sock hops, and nightclubs until the Vietnam War caused four of the band's members, including Rick Linton, to be inducted into military service.
In Seattle they had clubs where they held '
sock hops'.
Whether revisiting or experiencing the 50's for the first time, the GBDCEI After Work Party for a Cause will take guests back to the glory days of
sock hops, hula hoops, and ice cream floats for a night of fun in support of a great cause.
It's about playing all the
sock hops and the high schools and getting to meet the girls.
There's also plenty of fun to be had at the Festival of the 50s weekend, think
sock hops, Teddy Boys, poodle skirts and the hand jive!
Needless to say, Cathedral students are dab hands at fundrais-ing--holding
sock hops, bake sales and bottle drives.
The clubwomen hosted Saturday night "
Sock Hops" at the community hall when I was a child.
Didn't they go out of fashion somewhere between
sock hops and mosh pits?
Maybe going to
sock hops and hanging out with friends at the mall on weekends is important to her.
Those who came of age in the 1950s are honestly wistful for the innocent pleasures of Perry Como, Chubby Checker, and
sock hops. And, of course, Baby Boomers take inordinate pride in the acid-laced youth culture they experienced (the Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix) and social movements they took part in (civil fights, anti-war, feminism).
Each platform ended in big display cabinets with vertical drawers you could pull our to examine a photograp hic archive of Kelley's research on "culture" as it appeared in his suburban Detroit hometown newspapers from 1968 through 1972, the period, as Kelley wrote in a short essay to accompany the exhibition, "from when I first developed an interest in fine art to the time I moved away from home." The photographed newspaper clippings were arranged to suggest formal and thematic links between hippies, head shops, scary clowns, weekly cafeteria menus, craft fairs,
sock hops, local bands, weird drama club goings-on, and drug warnings for parents.
New Dylan songs are rare and there's 12 originals here, a musical feast that ranges from the rock 'n' roll '50s
sock hops of his youth (Summer Days) to snarling rock vengeance (Honest With Me) to folk blues (High Water).
Thousands of classic cars will be rolling into Mississippi's Gulf Coast October 3 through 7 for five days of rock 'n' roll, drag races,
sock hops, and swap meets all set to a Fabulous Fifties theme at the 6th Annual Cruisin' the Coast.
With my previous dance experience limited to doing the Watusi at
sock hops and the polka at weddings, I provide an interesting study in contrasts.
Rock rolled in with teeny-boppers, punk, funk, and groovy, stretching from
sock hops to hip-hop, heavy metal and glitter to grunge.
