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Boogie Woogie
Boogie Woogie begins to appear as a unique genre of blacck music coming out of Texas. Boogie Woogie is a piano driven dance music. -
Gospel
Records of early Gospel music begin to appear in the historical record. -
Blues
The first ever blues composition ever is copyrighted by Hart Wand for his song "Dallas Blues" -
Barbershop Quartets
During the mid and late 1910s barbershop quartets, groups of usually 4 men vocally harmonizing and mimicing the sounds of real instrments with their voice. -
Boogie Woogie Revival
The dance genre enjoys a breif but inspiring revival with Boogie WOggie concerts being played in Carnegie Hall at one point. -
Doo Wop
The very first Doo Wop bands begin to emerge arounf the time of the second world war. Groups like The Mills Brothers, The Delta Rythm Boys and The Ink Spots were pioneers of the genre. -
Electric Guitar
A patent for the Rickenbacker Frying Pan the earliest patented technology for an electric guitar later improved upon by many innovators and modified for different styles of guitars. -
Barbershop Revival
The singing group style of the barbershop quartet is e=revived and still has a small but dedicated following to this day. -
Rockabilly
Rockabilly the precursor to actual rock and roll music. A style combining elements of contemporary rock with traditional bluegrass and mountain music. -
Doo Wop Goes MAinstream
Doo wop starts getting popular in the mainstream with artists like the Ravens and The Five Keys -
Elvis Presley
Elvis, the first mainstream popular rock artist, released his first album and it spends 10 weeks at the #1 spot on the billboard chart and was the first rock and roll album to do this. -
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry released his first studio album in 1957 titled "After School Session". Chuck Berry is a major pioneer of the early sounds of the rock and roll genre. -
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley releases his first album "Bo Diddley". Diddley is considered to be the first person to actually sing and make music in a way recognizable as rock and roll.