Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Connie Francis, who has died aged 87, had a string of hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Stupid Cupid", "Lipstick ...

The early 1960s teetered between tradition and transformation — sock hops and rotary phones on one side, space missions and civil rights movements on the other. Black-and-white TVs buzzed with Kennedy ...

The 1960s were a turning point for American food culture. Convenience foods exploded, fast food chains expanded nationwide, ...

The original song came from The Kingston Trio back in 1963, but Johnny Cash and June Carter’s version of “Jackson” is the one most people likely remember. Released in 1967, “Jackson” has to be one of ...

Technically released in 1959, I’ll include this pop hit on our list because it became a smash hit in 1960. This instrumental pop classic was written by Robert Ascher and recorder by conductor Robert ...

The 1960s were a magical time for television and cinema, filled with shows and movies that introduced audiences to a new generation of talented child stars. These young performers captured hearts with ...

Two men who worked at F.W. Woolworth together during the Civil Rights Movement met again Friday for the first time since the early 1960s. IT WAS A REUNION SIX DECADES IN THE MAKING. TWO MEN WHO WORKED ...

In the early 1960s, U Thant, a practicing Buddhist from a remote town in Burma, became the first non-Western secretary-general of the United Nations. He immediately faced unfolding crises around the ...

I was assistant ski patrol leader in Snowmass in the early 1960s, and we would have a meeting weekly to talk about problems to be solved. At one of the meetings we had Jim Snobble, Tom Richardson and ...