60
YEARS OF
ROCK
(1955-2015)
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JULY 9, 1955
-“Rock Around The
Clock” reaches #1
1956
-Elvis becomes rock 'n roll's first major star.
1957
-Elvis Presley achieves more #1 singles.
-Skiffle music is all the rage in the UK.
-Paul McCartney meets John Lennon at a Quarrymen gig.
-"American Bandstand" premieres on national US TV.
-Jerry Lee Lewis secretly weds his 13 year old cousin.
-Skiffle music is all the rage in the UK.
-Paul McCartney meets John Lennon at a Quarrymen gig.
-"American Bandstand" premieres on national US TV.
-Jerry Lee Lewis secretly weds his 13 year old cousin.
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| The Quarrymen performing, (with John Lennon). |
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| Influential DJ Alan Freed |
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| Writer/ producers Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
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| Dick Clark - "American Bandstand" host |
Rock
'n roll widened its appeal as various performers took the music into
new sub-genres. There was an increasing awareness that this exciting new
genre could be very lucrative.
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| Jackie Wilson |
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| Jerry Lee Lewis with the teen cousin he wed in 1957. |
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