'50s

JT: My dad used to do it in French in the mid-'50s.

Mike Ragogna: Review: My Morning Jacket "Unstaged," Plus Chatting with Erykah Badu and James Tormé Mike Ragogna 2011

The timeframe in which he wrote the words was from the early '40s to the mid-'50s when he was living in New York.

Mike Ragogna: From Woody Guthrie to Little Nut Tree: Chatting with Rob Wasserman and Dan Zanes Mike Ragogna 2011

Upon the accidental death of her father, 9-year-old Brenda became the klondike of hope for the family, landing as a regular on TV's Ozark Jubilee in the mid-'50s.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 205 Phil Ramone 2011

JT: My dad used to do it in French in the mid-'50s.

Mike Ragogna: Review: My Morning Jacket "Unstaged," Plus Chatting with Erykah Badu and James Tormé Mike Ragogna 2011

After a childhood of loss her mother to suicide, father to tuberculosis, she became a poster girl, leading to film roles by the mid-'50s.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 186 Phil Ramone 2011

By the mid-'50s, as NPG curator Sarah Howgate says in the splendid catalog, Freud had "moved away from his detached, objective style."

Freud's Changing Perspective Paul Levy 2012

This year, they'll be tasked with performing late-'50s numbers in a small group.

American Idol Slams Its Music Show Competition, Reveals New Performance Challenges 2012

Mr. di Suvero's family settled in San Francisco, and in the mid-'50s he studied philosophy and sculpture at the University of California at Santa Barbara and at Berkeley.

America's Great Man of Steel Marc Myers 2011

After returning from an early-'50s stretch in the Army, Bland work-horsed his chops, started recording, amassing his legacy.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 197 Phil Ramone 2011

In addition to acting, Russell performed in a gospel group in the mid-'50s and branched out on her own with a Las Vegas nightclub act and a solo album in the latter part of the decade.

Jane Russell, Hollywood Screen Siren, Dies at 89 2011