Rock and roll especially changed, R&B and traditional pop to music that was played all day on radio and television. Country music became more exposed and more people got into different genres of music. Many new artists and musicians came and people loved it, Elvis Presley was one of the first super stars of that decade. Elvis became famous and appeared on radio and television and today is a day known as a legend. There were tons of popular artists like Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Pattie Page, Johnny Cash, The Everly Brothers, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Pat Boone, Gene Autry, Patsy. Cline, Hank Williams, Same Cooke, Teresa Brewer, Ritchie Valens, Ray Charles and Harry Belafonte. Popular genres at that time were rock and roll, country, traditional pop, rhythm and blues, vocal jazz, calypso, jazz blues and that was just the