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Rosenbergs, H-Bomb,
Sugar Ray, Panmunjom,
Brando, The King And I,
And the Catcher In The Rye

1951 marked the debut of Dennis The Menace , the original anti-hero. It was also the year when TV first played host to two shows that later became cult classics: Dragnet and I Love Lucy . Fred Davis won the first Professional Snooker Championship and Jackie Brenston released 'Rocket 88', now widely recognised as the first ever Rock 'n' Roll song. Surprisingly, given that this song wouldn't have existed without Brenston, Billy Joel's mind was on more serious things: