- Gibson Les Paul
... ul''' is a solidbody [[electric guitar]] originally developed in the early 1950s. The Les Paul was originally designed by Ted McCarty and endorsed, named ...
... ar, electronics inventor, and accomplished jazz guitarist [[Les Paul]]. In 1950, with the introduction of the [[Fender Telecaster]] to the musical market, ...
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- Los Angeles, California
|1950 = 1970358
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- Seattle, Washington
... e topography of the city center.<ref>Peterson, Lorin & Davenport, Noah C. (1950), ''Living in Seattle'', Seattle: Seattle Public Schools, p. 44.</ref> The ...
... coldest recorded temperature was 0 °F (-18 °C) on January 31, 1950.<ref name=weather.com>{{cite web | url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxcl ...
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- Boston, Massachusetts
|1950= 801444
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- New York City
... dominant economic power, the [[United Nations headquarters]] (completed in 1950) emphasizing New York's political influence, and the rise of [[abstract ex ...
... y was a center of [[jazz]] in the 1940s, [[abstract expressionism]] in the 1950s and the birthplace of [[Hip hop culture|hip hop]] in the 1970s. The city' ...
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- Las Vegas, Nevada
|1950=24624
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- Time Magazine
*[[Robert D. Simon]] ''1950–1987'', Time Life International
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- Steven Van Zandt
| Born = {{birth date and age|1950|11|22}}
'''Steven Van Zandt''' (born [[November 22]], [[1950]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[musician]], [[songwriter]], [[arrang ...
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- Rock and roll
|cultural_origins= [[United States]] in the period up to the [[1950s]]
|popularity= One of the best selling music forms since the 1950s
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- Gibson Guitar Corporation
... s, which were used and popularized by [[Charlie Christian]]. In the early 1950s, Gibson introduced its first solid-body electric guitar and its most popu ...
... stin, TX; 2007. p 74-85.</ref> The Les Paul was released in 1952. The late 1950s saw the introduction of the "[[humbucker]]" [[pickup (music)|pickup]], as ...
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- Reality television
===1940s–1950s===
... practical jokes. <!-- Another early reality tv show was first aired in the 1950s. It featured a band leader and his family. The show actually started on t ...
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- Portland, Oregon
... ed in Portland was −19 °C (−3 °F), set on [[February 2]] [[1950]]. The highest temperature ever recorded was 42 °C (107 °F), s ...
The steel industry's history in Portland predates [[World War II]]. By the 1950s, the steel industry became the city's number one industry for employment. ...
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- Kiss
... nown drummer-guitarist-singer from Brooklyn named Paul Caravello (July 12, 1950), who was given the stage name [[Eric Carr]]. He was Kiss's first replacem ...
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