A Look at the 1950’s in Lubbock
By: Amanda Salem
Updated: February 25, 2008

The 1950’s was a decade that many describe as a the decade of rock n' roll and a time when a teenager was meant to be a teenager. And a decade when Elvis and Buddy Holly were big names right here in
"The biggest memory I have from my high school days was I was the teen manager at the roller rink, which was Lawson's Roller Rink, but on Friday and Saturday nights it became the youth center. I was the teen manager and I was there the first night that Buddy Holly sang rock n' roll,” says Larry Byers, Program Director at KRBL Radio in
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