Rock and roll spoke to teens style, slang, love, independence
from parents
4. Technology
5. New Technology
Transistor radio
The only regret I have about the transistor is its use for rock and
roll. --Walter Brattain, inventor of the transistor
6. New Technology
Portable record players
7. New Technology
45s
8. New Technology
TV
9. The Promoters
10. Alan Freed
Cleveland disc jockey; Moondog
Coins the term rock and roll
11.
12. Dick Clark
Hosted the popular show American Bandstandaired daily at
3:30
13.
The Rock Stars
14. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles
Maybellene Chuck Berry
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16. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles Tutti
Frutti Little Richard
17.
18. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles Pat
Boone
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20. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles Sh-Boom
Chords/Crew Cuts
21.
22. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles Jerry
Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire
23.
24. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles Wake Up
Little Susie The Everly Brothers
25.
26. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles Rock
Around the Clock Bill Haley and the Comets
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28.
Before Elvis, there was nothing.
--John Lennon
29.
Elvis Presley is the greatest cultural force of the 20 th
century.
--Leonard Bernstein
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31.
32.
33.
34. the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of
expression it has been my displeasure to hear. It fosters almost
totally negative and destructive reactions in young people. It
smells phony and false. It is sung, played and written for the most
part by cretinous goons. Frank Sinatra Time magazine likened rock
concerts to Hitlers mass meetings a menace to morals Music Journal
J. Edgar Hoover called it a corrupting influence
35.
36. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles Hound
Dog Elvis Presley
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38. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles
Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley
39.
40. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles All
Shook Up Elvis Presley
41. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles Thatll
Be the Day Buddy Holly
42.
43. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles La Bamba
Ritchie Valens
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45. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles
Chantilly Lace The Big Bopper
46.
47. Don McLean memorializes this crash the day the music diedin
his song American Pie.
48. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles Tequilla
The Champs
49.
50. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles There
Goes My Baby The Drifters
51.
52. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles Only You
The Platters
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54. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles
Blueberry Hill Fats Domino
55.
56. 50s Playlist Artists and Titles Artists and Titles Ricky
Nelson