# 14 Hits From 1955 That Marked an Entire Generation
The year 1955 occupies a special place in modern history.
For people who lived through it, the world could feel both familiar and completely different from the one we know today. Television was becoming a more important part of everyday life, automobiles were transforming the way families traveled, teenagers were beginning to develop a distinct consumer culture, and a new musical force was emerging that would soon change popular entertainment forever.
That force was rock and roll.
But 1955 was about more than the birth of a single genre. It was a year when country, rhythm and blues, pop, jazz, and traditional ballads all competed for space on radios and jukeboxes. Singers and musicians created songs that would become associated with first dances, school parties, road trips, romances, heartbreaks, and an entire generation’s coming of age.
For listeners today, these recordings offer more than nostalgia. They provide a glimpse into the hopes, fears, energy, and changing attitudes of postwar America.
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