Why did Elvis Presley take the nation by storm in 1956? It might have been his voice – deep, rich and, evidently, incredibly sexy to teenage girls with disposable income. It might have been his looks ...

African-American maid prepares a white family's supper in Greenville, SC, 1956.Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images In late 1956, over the course of several months, LIFE ...

Triumph implemented a series of improvements on all their twins for 1956. The 1956 Triumph Speed Twin being at the bottom of the food chain, wasn’t a recipient of Triumph’s new alloy Delta head, that ...

The Hungarian Revolution had a hero in India’s MA Rahman, then a 34-year-old posted in Budapest, writes Moni Chadha. Budapest, September 1956: A young man in a casual greenish suit and rough boots ...

The new A-Body platform Pontiac Safari wagon debuted January 31 st, 1955, for the 1955 model year. It had evolved from a 1954 GM Motorama concept car that utilized Chevy Corvette underpinnings. To ...