Elvis

In 1954 Elvis came out and was a huge hit. by the late 1950's elvis's singing career came to a stand still but by 1968 he tried to make a come back by wearing a black all leather outfit to his performance interview on TV.  This sight just tells us about him before the period were talking about - what it was like before it changed-

(source: http://history1900s.about.com/od/entertainers/a/elvis_2.htm)