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1956 May 7th Life Magazine Cover

1953 Hudson Hornet advertising

Jazz singer Ella FItzgerald (1954)

References for my character Maria from Milkshake Glasses With Two Straws

1953 Frozen California Lemonade advertising

Marilyn Monroe photographed in Korea, 1954.

Pontiac Bonneville (1958)

1953 She’ll X-100 Motor Oil magazine advertisement

Anybody else seen those horrible recipes from the 50s?

They’d be like, hotdog chunks encased in jello or salmon topped with sour cream and pickles or some stupid shit like that?

I want to find one of those recipe books.

Stromboli, terra di dio (Roberto Rossellini, 1950)

Elvis in the 1961 film Blue Hawaii 🌺 (My favorite film 💕)

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Philippe Halsman in 1952.

Marilyn Monroe on the set of River of No Return, 1953.

Today’s compilation:

Best of Doo Wop Ballads
1989
Doo Wop / R&B / Pop / Soul

Favorite tracks:

The Skyliners - “Since I Don’t Have You”
The Five Satins - “In the Still of the Night”
The Jive Five - “My True Story”
The Dells - “Oh, What a Night”
The Blue Jays - “Lover’s Island”
The Penguins - “Earth Angel”
The Crests - “Sixteen Candles”
The Flamingos - “I Only Have Eyes for You”
Lee Andrews & the Hearts - “Teardrops”
The Pastels - “Been So Long”
The Heartbeats - “A Thousand Miles Away”
Shep & the Limeliters - “Daddy’s Home”
The Spaniels - “Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight”

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1956.

Max Baer and Humphrey Bogart on the set of The Harder They Fall, 1956

“No one knows me”

Happy Birthday to this queen 👑

57 Jaguar XKSS