Music History Timeline By deree6 Dec 16, 1943 R & B Louis Jordan "Five Guys Named Moe" Third most popular African American Band Dec 16, 1950 Rock- Fats Domino "The Fat Man" Questioned as to whether this was the first rock and roll song Dec 16, 1951 R & B Ruth Brown I'll Wait For you" She served as an inspiration for many femail sou singer Dec 16, 1953 R & B- Ruth Brown "Mama He Treats your Daughter Mean" She was known as Miss Rhythm Dec 16, 1954 Rock- Elvis Presley "That's Alright Mama" A white man who sounds black. Dec 16, 1954 Teen Pop- Buddy holly "Peggy Sue" Dec 16, 1954 R & B Ray Charles " I Got A Woman" Dec 16, 1954 Rock- Bill Haley and the Comets- "Rock Around the Clock" First titled rock song. Dec 16, 1955 Teen Pop- Pat Boone "Ain't That A Shame" Dec 16, 1956 Teen Pop- Paul Anka "Lonely Boy" Dec 16, 1956 Rock- Elvis Presley "Hound Dog" Dec 16, 1956 R & B- Same Cooke "You Send Me". Came out of the gospel background. Dec 16, 1956 Rock- Little Richard "Long Tall Sally" Dec 16, 1958 Rock- Chuck Berry "johnny B Goode" most infulential black musician in rock n roll Dec 16, 1958 R & B- the Coasters- "Yackety Yak" Dec 16, 1959 R & B= The Coasters- "Charlie Brown" Dec 16, 1960 R & B- Same Cooke "Chain Gang" Dec 16, 1961 R & B- Ray Charles "Hit The Road Jack" Dec 16, 1963 Rock The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" Dec 16, 1965 Surf Music The Beach Boys "California Girls" Dec 16, 1967 Rock- The Rolling Stones "Satisifation" Dec 16, 1967 Funk- Sly Stone "Dance To The Music" Dec 16, 1968 Soul- Aretha Franklin "Respect" Queen of Soul Dec 16, 1968 Funk- James Brown "Papas Got A Brand New Bag" Godfather of Soul Dec 16, 1969 Rock- jimi Hendrix- "Redhouse" Dec 16, 1975 Rock- Bruce Springstein "Born to Run" Dec 16, 1979 Urban Contemporary- Michael Jackson "Rock With You"