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Old Time Sayings

    The 1950s gave us iconic slang and catchy phrases. Popular terms of the day include Boss. Bread was of course money. Daddy-O was a cool person.

My daughter recently called me Daddy-O which means a cool person. I liked that!

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    “Cruisin for a Bruisin’” refers to someone looking for trouble. Copacetic refers to when everything is fine!

     Blast was having a real good time or if you were asked about a party or event you attended, people would say, it was a blast.       Flick referred to a movie. Threads were real nice clothing. Square referred to a person who followed all the rules. A knuckle sandwich meant someone was going to get punched in the face.

    One of the most popular sayings from the 1950s included “See you later Alligator” to which many people would answer back, “After awhile Crocodile”.

    Bill Haley and the Comets rock group had a hit record with those lines in the song.

    In the 1950s young women and girls were often especially referred to as Doll or Queen. Dame and Broad which were the slang terms were still carried over from the 1940s and 1950s.

   In the 1950s music defined a cultural revolution with the birth of Rock and Roll, smooth doo-wop harmonies and iconic pop crooners, single artists.

     The top artists of the decade included Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Frank Sinatra. The hits were, from the KING, Elvis Presley , one of my personal favorites, Jailhouse Rock. Chuck Berry sang Maybelline; Little Richard sang Tutti Frutti and of course Buddy Holly sang That’ll be the day.

    If you like doo-wop, the Diamonds whom I did see in concert and the Platters were the top performers of that particular time.

     Bobby Darin sang Macka the Knife and Doris Day sang Whatever will be will be.

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I hope you enjoy a trip down memory lane as we travel back in time over the next few weeks!