What a fun time the fifties and early sixties were! It was a time of cultural innocence, of youth growing up and being influenced by puppy-love, cars and rock & roll. Music for the first time began to merge from the black cultural rhythm and blues to the young white culture with that "big beat" and soon performers such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and a host of others were singing to white audiences with great success. But let's not also forget to mention Elvis, Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis and many others that brought rock & roll to the forefront. Some of the best posters of all time were produced during this period. Here are some of my favorites. |
Allan Freed Big Beat Poster of 1958 |
Chuck Berry 1955; First Use of Rock & Roll! |
Show of Stars 1957 |
Muddy Waters 1954 |
Hank Williams and his Drifting Cowboys - 1947 - 1948 |
Hank Williams last concert poster - January 1, 1953 |
Elvis Presley concert poster for the Grand Ole Opry - 1955 |
Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tennessee - 1955 |
BB King and Albert King 1958 |
Little Richard - 1957 |
Gene Vincent - 1958 |
Jerry Lee Lewis - 1958 |
Chuck Berry concert poster 1959 |
Little Richard and a host of others 1957 |
Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Hank Ballard, The Pips - 1959 |
Show of Stars 56 |
Bill Haley and the Comets 1955 & Elvis Presley! |
Hank Snow /Elvis Presley 1955 |
Elvis Get Together 1958 |
Buddy Holly Tour - England 1958 |
Jerry Lee Lewis - 1957 |
Link Ray and the Ray Men! 1958 |
Johnny Cash - 1959 |
Johnny Cash - 1961 |
Carl Perkins 1956 |
Bobby Darin 1959 |
Lowell Fulsom 1953 |
Ray Charles and The Raelets 1962 |
Marvin Gaye - Motortown Revue - 1965 |
Hank Ballard and the Midnighters 1961 |
Otis Redding - Cardboard Concert Poster - 1967 |
Fats Domino 1962 |
Record Stars of 1964 |
James Brown 1965 |
The Temptations at the Fillmore 1966 |
Ike and Tina Turner at the Fillmore 1966 |
Ike and Tina at the Both And Club 1968 |
Biggest Show of Stars 1961 |
Biggest Show of Stars for 1960 |
Bobby Blue Bland - The Soul Brothers |
Fillmore Auditorium - Appeals II |
The Grateful Dead, formerly the Warlocks |
Grateful Dead at the Greek Theater 1967 |
Woodstock - Cardboard Boxing Style 1969 |
