In the 1950's it was the era of iconic figures in music, such as and Marilyn Monroe who starred in many film musicals, the public were fascinated with songs that had a lot of visuals and would see this as a song with a lot of potential.
1960's -
there was a music difference between the 50's and 60's is defined as being the 'British invasion' started penetrated the American music industry. An example of this was The Beatles.