History of Rock By parkernoland Dec 11, 1880 Tin Pan Alley Dec 11, 1880 First documented blues song Period: Dec 11, 1880 to Dec 11, 2008 history of rock Jul 8, 1908 Birth of louis Jordan Dec 11, 1914 W.C Handy's "St. Louis Blues" Dec 11, 1915 Strophic Form Dec 11, 1920 surfing intoruduced to the U.S Sep 5, 1924 Louis Armstrong "Copenhagen" Jun 7, 1925 Bessie Smith's "Reckless Blues" Dec 11, 1925 Rurual Blues developed Mar 14, 1927 Blind Lemmon Jefferson "Matchbox blues" Sep 23, 1927 Hank Willaims Birthday Dec 11, 1927 Jimmy Rogers " Blue Yodel" Dec 11, 1928 The Carter Family's "Wildwood flower" Dec 30, 1928 Bo Diddley Birth Dec 19, 1929 Blind lemon Jefferson Death Aug 15, 1930 Jackie Brenston Born May 26, 1933 Jimmie Rogers death of Tuburculosis Jan 8, 1935 Elvis Birth Sep 29, 1935 Jerry Lee Lewis Birth Feb 27, 1936 BW and TP "Swing Blues" Dec 11, 1937 Meade "Lux" "Honkey Tonk Trash Blues" Jul 7, 1940 Ringo Starr born Dec 11, 1940 "Teenager invented Mar 25, 1942 Aretha Franklin born Jun 18, 1942 Paul Mcartney Born Jun 20, 1942 Brain Wilson born Jan 25, 1943 George Harrison Born Jul 26, 1943 Mick jagger Born Dec 18, 1943 Keith Richards Born Jun 5, 1947 Hank Williams "Move it on Over " Dec 19, 1947 Roy Brown "Good Rockin Tonight" Dec 11, 1950 Louis Jordan popular Dec 11, 1950 Governmnet controls stations (BBC) Dec 11, 1950 Decca And EMI popualar Dec 11, 1950 Covers Dec 11, 1951 Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88" Dec 11, 1953 Big Mamma Thorton "Hound Dog" Feb 15, 1954 Big Joe Turner "Shake Rattle and Roll May 21, 1955 Chuck Berry "Maybellene" Aug 26, 1955 "Whole lotta Shakin Goin On" Jerry Lee Lewis Jan 1, 1956 "Blue Sued Shoe" Carl Perkins Mar 22, 1956 Carl Perkins Car Accident Apr 11, 1957 Tom and Jerry Form May 23, 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis Marries 13 year old Jun 4, 1957 Elvis "Hound Dog" cover Jun 18, 1957 Litltle Richard "Long Tall Sally" Mar 28, 1958 W.C Handy's Death Jul 21, 1958 Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" Nov 11, 1959 The Ventures Form Dec 23, 1959 Chuck Berry arrested Nov 8, 1960 JFK elected president Dec 11, 1960 Beetles Come up with thei name Dec 11, 1960 "Mod" Scence Dec 11, 1961 Beetles Play in liverpools Cavern club Aug 16, 1962 Pete Best kicked from group Dec 11, 1962 Louis Jordan "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie" Mar 22, 1963 " I saw Her Standing There" Apr 7, 1963 " Surfin USA" by The Beach Boys Aug 28, 1963 " I Have A Dream Speech" Martin Luther Sep 16, 1963 The Beach Boys " In My Room" Oct 7, 1963 "I wanna Be Your Man" Nov 22, 1963 JFk Assasinated Nov 22, 1963 With the Beetles Released (Same day as JFK assaination) Feb 9, 1964 Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan show Jul 11, 1964 The Byrds Form Aug 28, 1964 Beatles meet Bob Dylan Jan 15, 1965 "If you Gota go, Go now Mar 18, 1965 First Space Walk by Alexi Leonov Jul 25, 1965 Newport Festival Aug 15, 1965 Aretha Franklin covers Ottis Reddings Sep 13, 1965 "The Sound of SIlence" Simon and Garfunkel Dec 11, 1965 Experimentation period Dec 11, 1965 Rock Becomes an art form Dec 11, 1966 Elvis married to Preesillia Presley Dec 11, 1966 National Orgainization for Woman Founded Aug 27, 1967 Brain Epstein dies of drug overdose Feb 10, 1968 "Sympathy For the Devil" Apr 4, 1968 MLK assasinated Jun 6, 1968 Robert Keenedy Assinated Aug 26, 1968 "Hey Jude" Jan 17, 1969 Yellow Submarine album released May 9, 1969 Elvis "Are you Lonesome tonight" May 23, 1969 Tommy the musical Aug 15, 1969 Woodstock Festival Dec 11, 1970 Paul Mcartney filed lawsuit against the Beatles Dec 11, 1970 Maturity period Dec 11, 1970 Simon and Garfunkel Break up Jun 23, 1971 "How Do You Sleep" by John Lennon Sep 10, 1971 The Who " Babe O Riley' Jun 26, 1975 The "Basement Tapes" Released Dec 15, 1976 Eagles Realease Hotel California Aug 16, 1977 Elvis Death at Graceland Sep 7, 1978 Keith Moon dead Dec 11, 1980 John Lennon assasinated Feb 16, 1982 The Concert at Central Park Jan 15, 1985 "Centerfeild" By John Fogerty Sep 6, 1990 Tom Fogertry died Of tuburculosis May 25, 1992 "Tears in Heavan" Eric Clapton Mar 2, 1995 Bo Diddley's "Bo Diddly" recorded Jul 2, 2008 Bo Diddley Death Dec 11, 2015 1962- initation period