Alberto Granado his body be cremated and his ashes spread in Cuba, Argentina and Venezuela. His death coincidentally occurred on the 51st anniversary of when Che's famous "Guerrillero Heroico" photograph was taken by Alberto Korda. With his Venezuela-born wife Delia Maria Duque Duque (married in 1955), he had three children (Alberto, Delita and Roxana). One of his sons, also named Alberto Granado, is head of Cuba's Africa House, a center in Havana that celebrates African culture. Alberto Granados was featured on the documentary film . He is portrayed by Rodrigo de la Serna in the 2004 film The Motorcycle Diaries based on
1950s in music including rockabilly (see below) in the 1950s, combining rock and roll with "hillbilly" country music, which was usually played and recorded in the mid-1950s by white singers such as Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly and with the greatest commercial success, Elvis Presley. Another subgenre, Doo Wop, entered the pop charts in the 1950s . Its popularity soon spawns the parody "Who Put the Bomp". Novelty songs, long a music industry staple, continued their popularity in the Rock and Roll medium with hits such as "Beep Beep". Popular music dominated the charts for the first half of the decade.