1959 - Music, Movies and Cars

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1959 was a very good year. Remember when ....


----1959 movie "Some Like it Hot" Starring Marilyn Monroe - now on DVD

----1959 Collector Cars - Remember the Pink Cadillac?


---1959 Frankie Avalon's songs "Venus" and "Why" both went to #1

----1959 first publication of Hawaii by Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Michener
---1959 Danny's Coffee Shops are renamed Denny's.
---1959 Maxwell House inaugurates the 'Good to the last drop' ad campaign.


---1959 The one billionth can of Spam was sold



 



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1959 Collector Cars - Remember the Pink Cadillac?

Many consider the fins on the 1959 Cadillac to be the largest and most outrageous ever fitted.

1959 Billboard Hits

1959 Billboard Hits CD rocks with great classical rock and roll songs.

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1959

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1. Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin
2. Venus - Frankie Avalon
3. Lonely Boy - Paul Anka
4. Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price
5. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
6. A Big Hunk O'love - Elvis Presley and more

1959 Pop Treasures

Joel Whitburn Presents: Top Pop Treasures 1959

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1. Dance with Me - The Drifters
2. Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller
3. Misty - Johnny Mathis
4. M.T.A. - The Kingston Trio
5. I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday - Fats Domino
6. You're So Fine - The Falcons
7. It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly
8. Say Man - Bo Diddley
9. First Name Initial - Annette
10. Woo-Hoo - The Rock*A*

1959 - Misty by Johnny Mathis

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The Story of Buddy Holly's Last Tour

On February 3 of 1959, a plane crash took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper

The Day The Music Died: The Last Tour Of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens (Omnibus Press)

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The story of the last tour of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Richie Valens-and the fatal air crash that took their lives. Drawing on new documentary information, the author recreates the often grueling conditions of an early rock and roll tour, and provides new facts about "the day the music died." With 50 photos.

Buddy Holly Music

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Buddy Holly and the Crickets

Buddy Holly on the Arthur Murray Dance Party 12/29/57
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Three of the Top Fiction Books for 1959

Fiction
1." Exodus"... Leon Uris. Doubleday
2."Doctor Zhivago"... Boris Pasternak. Pantheon Books
3."Hawaii" ... James Michener. Random House

"Hawaii" by Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Michener - 1959

Iinitial publication in 1959. If you have never read this book - now is the time to do it at this low price

Hawaii: A Novel

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In Hawaii, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Michener weaves the classic saga that brought Hawaii's epic history vividly alive to the American public on its initial publication in 1959, and continues to mesmerize even today.

" Exodus"... Leon Uris

Exodus

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"Doctor Zhivago"... Boris Pasternak

Doctor Zhivago

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Very Cool - 1959 Cadillac Tail Light

1959 Cadillac Tail Light Assembly-Red

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1959 For Collectors

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Monaco Grand Prix, 1959

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1959 Red Cadillac, Elvis Presley Automobile Collection Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

1959 advertising

1959 First EVER Barbie Commercial High Quaility HQ!
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1959 memories on DVD

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The Shaggy Dog (Wild & Woolly Edition) (1959)

starring Fred MacMurray

The Shaggy Dog (Wild & Woolly Edition)

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Packed with sidesplitting antics, slapstick chases, and hilarious sight gags, this madcap adventure will tickle the funny bone of every two- (and four-) footed member of your family!

Retro Candy Gift Boxes

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1950's Spring Time Memory Gift Box

1950's Spring Time Memory Gift Box

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1959 Barbie is in the Spotlight

Original 1959 Barbie Doll & Package - Special Edition Reproduction - 35th Anniversary Barbie (Brunette)

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Original 1959 Barbie Doll & Package

More of the Fifties

Love those 'fins'

25 Different Vintage Topps Baseball Cards from the 1950's

Listen to 1959 Music

Venus by Frankie Avalon
Venus by Frankie Avalon and released in 1959
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Some Like it Hot - DVD (1959 movie)

Actors: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien

Directors: Billy Wilder
Writers: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, Michael Logan, Robert Thoeren
Producers: Billy Wilder, Doane Harrison, I.A.L. Diamond

Some Like It Hot (Collector's Edition)

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Maybe "nobody's perfect," as one character in this masterpiece suggests. But some movies are perfect, and Some Like It Hot is one of them.

Some Like It Hot (1959) Movie

Some Like It Hot [VHS]

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Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis Director: Billy Wilder

Candid Camera: Greatest Moments

Candid Camera: Greatest Moments

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Candid Camera, America's longest-running entertainment series, has been making people smile since 1948.
Show Opens From the '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, and Today

Art Linkletter - 1059

Kids Say The Darndest Things Art Linkletter 1959
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Love Letters in the Sand by Pat Boone

Love Letters in the Sand

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1. Love Letters in the Sand
2. April Love
3. I Love You More and More Everyday
4. Don't Forbid Me
5. Tutti Frutti
............and 15 more hits

MP3 1959 music from North by Northwest

Check out my favorite songs! I've handpicked these MP3s from Amazon. Take a listen. If you like, you can click to buy them on Amazon.

How to make a Poodle Skirt

Butterick Sewing Pattern 4113 for Girl's Fifties Style Poodle / Rock'nRoll Skirt, Sizes 4-5,6-7,8-10,12-14

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Flared skirt, mid-knee or lower calf has elastic waist, contrast applique variations and narrow hem. Flated petticoat, mid-knee or lower calf, has elastic waist, yokes and attached ruffle with narrow hem. Purchased jewel stones, pompoms, cord, top and belt.

50's Black Red Strapless Rockabilly Polkadot Prom Dress Holiday Formal Gown

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Recollections: a Baby Boomer's Memories of the Fabulous Fifties

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"This should be mandatory reading for anyone born before, during or after the 50's. It is a wonderful snapshot of a very special time in our country. A time that even those that were never there will never forget, thanks to Recollections."

Recollections: a Baby Boomer's Memories of the Fabulous Fifties

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As one of the first post-WWII Baby Boomers, Jim Chambers' childhood and early teenage years were in the 1950s, a remarkable decade for the United States that saw enormous political, technological, and cultural changes. Although many books have covered the headline-making events of the era in great detail, few of these books give the reader a real feel for what daily life was like for Americans living in that decade, especially for kids growing up then. The author remembers the little nuts and bolts things of daily life for families during the fascinating decade known as the Fabulous Fifties. "Recollections" perfectly blends paying homage to the little day-to-day rituals with a larger scale examination of social issues and mores of the times, and it's equally entertaining on either level. "Recollections" is a warm, lovingly honest, and fascinating portrait of America in the mid-20th Century.

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