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History of Rock and Roll

By ZenithZigZag
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    History of Rock and Roll

  • WW2 Begins

  • US joins WW2

  • "Golden Age of Gospel" begiens

  • WW2 ends

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    U.S. joins WW2

  • Sam Cooke’s first recording “Jesus Gave Me Water”

  • Bill Haley "Crazy Man Crazy" is the first rock and roll song to enter the Billboard charts

  • The Orioles' "Crying in the Chapel" is the first black hit to top the white pop charts

  • Elvis Presley's first recording

  • Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" is the first rock song used in a movie soundtrack is realesed

    Ray Charles forms his band
    Doo wop gets bigger

  • Ray Charles startes his band

  • Doo Wop getts bigger

  • The Everly Brothers make their first studio recordingsS

  • Skiffle becomes more popular in Britain

  • Chuck Berry's “Maybellene” is releasedJ

  • ohnny Cash's “Folsom Prison blues” is released

  • Chuck Berry “Roll Over Beethoven”

  • James Brown's ”Please, Please, Please” is released

  • First Nationwide regularly broadcasted rock and roll show Alan

  • First rock and Roll movie “Rock around the clock” is made

    First rock and Roll movie “Rock around the clock” is made

  • Freed's Rock and Roll Dance Party starts

  • The Everly Brothers first hit “Bye Bye Girl” #2 US #UK

  • Elvis’s Jailhouse rock is released

  • Elvis is drafted into the Army

  • Ray Charles has his first #1 hit "Georgia On My Mind "

  • The Beatles form

  • Elvis comes back from army

  • Chubby checker “The Twist”

  • Ray Charles “Hit the Road Jack is released

  • The Beach Boys first Single is released “Surfin”

  • James Brown records his famous Live At the Apollo album

  • The Rolling Stones form

  • Little Stevie Wonder recorded his first #1 hit, "Fingertips – Pt. 2,"

  • Year of beatlemania in UK

  • Cher’s small career begins

  • Sam Cooke is killed by Bertha Franklin

  • British Invasion gets huge due to Beatles tour

  • The Kinks change Power cord with “You really got me”

  • The Byrds form

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