Here are some links about Music & Movies from and about the 1950s...

Music

The Aaron Copeland Collection

Doo Wop Preservation League

Elvis (and Graceland)

Fifties Web: Oldies Music (breaks the 1950s down into genres)

Lawrence Welk

The Nat King Cole Society

The Official Community of Buddy Holly

 

1950's Movies (courtesy of Turner Classic Movies)

Action & Adventure

Comedies

Dramas

Family

Historical & War

Horror

Musicals

Westerns

and

Anti-communist films

Mystery Movies of the 1950s

Scifimovies.com: Classic 1950's Science Fiction Movies

 

Movies about the 1950s

The Atomic Cafe (1982)

Back to the Future (1985)

Diner (1982)

Ed Wood (1994)

Far from Heaven (2002)

Gods and Monsters (1998)

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

Grease (1978)

Great Balls of Fire! (1989)

Guilty by Suspicion (1991)

Hoosiers (1986)

The Hours (2002) - Julianne Moore's storyline...

In Cold Blood (1967)

L.A. Confidential (1997)

La Bamba (1987)

M*A*S*H (1970)

Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Pleasantville (1998)

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)

Quiz Show (1994)

West Side Story (1961)