Back in the Day,  when Baby Boomers were young they  had  time to sit down and talk to their grandparents and their grandparents had time to talk to their grandchildren.

That was a time young people respected adults.and any adult could correct any child.

Back in the day children had to be in front of the of the porch, in front of the house or in the house when the street lights came on.

1955

The oldest Boomer is 9 years old.

Median family Income: $4,400. Minimum Wage: 75 cent/hr.

New House: $11,000

New Car: Buick Special: $2,263 Chevrolette: $2,774

Gallon Gasoline: 29 cents

Unemployment Rate: 4.9%-4.%-4.2%

First-class Stamp: 3 cents

Movies: “Rebel Without a Cause,” Marty,” “Love is a Many-Spendored Thing,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Picnic,” “The Rose Tattoo,” “Lady and the Tramp,” “Cinerama Holiday,”-filmed for curved scree Cinerama. “Mister Roberts,” “The Seven Year Itch,” “East of Eden,” “Ma and Pa kettle at Waikiki,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy,” “The Man with the Golden Arm,” “Oklahoma!” “To Catch a Thief,” “you’re Never Too Young,” starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

Broadway: “Plain and Fancy,”:Silk stockings,” “Kismet,” London. “Damn Yankees,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”

TV: “Gunsmoke,” “Captain Kangaroo,” “The Adventures of spin and Marty,” “The Adventures of Spin and Marty,” “The $64,000 Question,” “Ed Sullivan show,” “Highway Patrol,” “Adventures of Robin Hood,” “The Lawrence Welk Show,” “The Mickey Mouse Club,” “Fury,” “Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,””My Flicka,” “Cheyenne,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Adventures of Kit Carson,” “Sergeant Preston of the Yukon,” “Tales of the Texas Rangers,: “Steve Donovan, Western Marshal,” “Sheriff of Cochise,” “Phil Silvers Show,” “Frankie Laine Show,  “Patti Page Show,” “The Great Gildersleeve”.

Music: Alex North, “Unchained Melody.” Rodgers and Hammerstein, “Oklahoma!” Elmer Bernstein, “The Man With the Golden arm.” The first rock ‘n’ roll song to top the chart: Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock.” “East of Eden,” “Mister Roberts,” “The Rose Tatto,” “Fats Domino, “Ain’t That a Shame.” Chuck Berry, “Maybellene.” Ray Charles, “I’ve Got A Woman.” “Tennessee Ernie Ford, “Sixteen Tons.”

From the book BOOMERS How We Changed The World by Richard A. Jordan
A great book that would be a great gift for the baby boomer in your life. A real cool book.
Hula hoops and GI Joes. Cheetos and Twizzlers. JFK and MLK. Bell bottoms and go-go boots. Sonny and Cher. Lennon and McCartney. 8-tracks and 45s. Protest and free love. When boomers reminisced on Facebook, Twitter, and beyond, they suggested thousands of ideas. We culled the top 101 heartstring-pingers. This book is that collective, definitive boomer response.

BOOMERS 101 The Definitive Collection

By Susan Carol McCarthy

If you were a teenager in the 1950s and the early part of the 1960s, doo wop music conjures up memories of hanging out with friends at the candy store or malt shop, dancing at the hop, and first romances. This book will transport you back to those nostalgic times. The Complete Book of Doo Wop provides an extensive history of doo wop from the 1940s through the early 1970s, gives definitions and illustrations of the music that falls between rhythm and blues and Rock ‘n’ Roll, and covers the musical groups that created it, including Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, the Platters, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Dion and the Belmonts, the Chiffons and the Shirelles. The book also features 150 photos, 64 sheet-music covers and an extensive songography. If you are a collector or enthusiast, vocal harmony fan, music historian or just a music buff, you will discover plenty of fun facts, stories and quizzes on doo wop songs and groups.

by Dr. Anthony J. Gribin and Dr. Matthew M. Schiff