Social dances through time  (Page 2/5)

Entertainment

• Movie Stars of the 50’s

• Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Frank Sinatra, James Dean, Grace Kelly, Elvis Presley, Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando,

• Movies

• All About Eve, An American in Paris, From Here to Eternity, On The Waterfront, East of Eden, Rebel without a Cause, Oklahoma!, Giant, The King and I, The Bridge Over the River Kwai, Gigi, Ben Hur, Some Like It Hot, Pillow Talk,

• Rock ‘n Roll Stars

• Elvis Presley, Everly Brothers, Cliff Richard, Bill Haley and the Comets, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Platters, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Pat Boone

• Rock ‘n Roll Hits

• Good Golly Miss Molly, Let’s Twist Again, If I had A Hammer, Rock Around the Clock, Great Balls of Fire, Louie Louie, Tutti Frutti, Be Bop a Lula, La Bamba, Jailhouse Rock, That’s All Right Mama, Speedy Gonzales

• Fashion

• T-shirts, jeans, drainpipe trousers, bootlace ties, mid-calf wide skirts, bobby-socks

• Dances

• Rock ‘n Roll, Jive

The 60’s

History

• Russia shoots down an American U2 plane violating its air space.
• The first man in space is a Russian, Yuri Gagarin (1961).
• John F Kennedy is elected as the youngest American President.
• 200 people were injured during the Sharpville Massacre in Johannesburg.
• Marilyn Monroe dies.
• President Kennedy of America is assassinated in 1963.
• Martin Luther King delivers his “I have a dream ” speech.
• Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment.
• Malcolm X, a black activist, is assassinated.
• Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death.
• Dr Christiaan Barnard does the first heart transplant.
• The “Six-Day War” breaks out in Jordan and 100 000 lives are lost.
• The War in Vietnam breaks out.
• The first man walks on the moon in 1969.

Entertainment

• Movie Stars of the 60’s

• Catherine Deneuve, Anthony Perkins, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Steve McQueen, Ryan O’Neal, Ali MacGraw, Barbra Streisand, Warren Beatty, John Wayne.

• Movies of the 60’s

• Bonny and Clyde, Dirty Harry, The Godfather, Dr.No (James Bond), The Graduate, Easy Rider, Shampoo, Love Story, West Side Story, Lawrence of Arabia, Cleopatra, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, Funny Girl, Oliver, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

• Music Legends of the 60’s

• The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, The Who, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Joe Cocker, Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Roy Orbison, Mama’s and the Papa’s, Herman’s Hermits, Tom Jones, The Doors.

• Hits of the 60’s

• Penny Lane, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, I Wanna Hold your Hand, Under the Boardwalk, Monday Monday, Pretty Woman, Delilah, Locomotion, Satisfaction, Proud Mary, Baby come on light my fire, I Got You Babe.

• Fashion

• Mini-skirts, short hair and heavy eye make-up for girls, geometric shapes on fabric, vivid colours, trouser suits, the shift dress, tight-fitting hipsters, bright purple and orange and flowery shirts, caps and berets, narrow belts, colourful tights.