Great Songs of 1950

by Various Artists

2008 collection. At the mid-point of the century that brought more momentous global change than any before it, as the horrors of World War ceded place to the hope of future stability, the ever-looming threat of H-Bombs and the Cold War made the prospect of a lasting peace ever more uncertain. During 1950, in the USA, McCarthyite paranoia kept searching for 'Reds under the bed', while the Communist giants Russia and China formed the 'friendship pact' as a prelude to the Korean War, which before long would combine UN and American forces in renewed conflict. But the music took us away from it all and this compilation features 27 tracks that made a difference including cuts from The Ames Brothers, Ethel Merman, Kay Starr, Bing Crosby, Perry Como and many more. Bygone Day.