Last week on the Rock and Roll Summer School we ended with Elvis. So we have made it to at least 1954. Not bad for two weeks. What comes next is the emergence of the first golden age of rock and roll. The next three or four years after Elvis released his Sun singles saw an incredible growth in the popularity and production of rock and roll music. Besides coming up with a new kind of rockabilly music, Elvis opened the gates to a larger audience for many musicians and performers who had been doing their own thing for years without being recognized.
Tomorrow night we continue to look at the official birth of rock and roll, starting with what many claim to be the first R&R record ever recorded, Bill Haley’s “Rock Around The Clock”. After that we’ll work our way into the years 1956-57, which spawned a large handful of the defining rock and roll acts.
First, join the Facebook group, and then tune in to this station on this website tomorrow night at 7pm! Guaranteed no more nasally country whinging or record fuzz*.
As you were,
Ian
*Absolutely not a guarantee.
