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Billboard put out it's first record sales chart.
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The boom of the Boogie Woogie in Chicago.
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Muddy Waters cuts the first records of Chicago’s electric blues.
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The first rock and roll record, Ike Turner’s Rocket 88, is released.
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Elvis Presley makes his first private records.
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The Boom of Doo Wop
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Chuck Berry (Soon to be Father of Rock and Roll) gets signed a contract with Chess Records, then recording his first song with them “Maybellene”. That same year “Maybellene” is released and reaches #5 on the pop chart and top the R&B chart for 11 weeks.
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Elvis Presley’s first #1 single comes out called “Heartbreak Hotel”.
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Stax records is made to promote black music.
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Beatlemania spreads to the U.S. and “The British Invasion” starts.
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The Beatles Break up.
