Rock

History of Rock 'n' Roll

By val07

  • Top 50 Music Artists of the 1950's

    1: Elvis Presley

  • Fifties Genres / Key Artists:

    Rock & Roll / Rockabilly: Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Bill Haley & His Comets, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Burnette & The Rock n' Roll Trio, Wanda Jackson, Ritchie Valens, Johnny Cash

  • 1950's Top 100 Best Selling Singles Worldwide:

    1 Bill Haley & his Comets - Rock Around the Clock - 1955
  • 1950's Top 100 Best Selling Singles Worldwide:

    1950's Top 100 Best Selling Singles Worldwide:

    1 Bill Haley & his Comets - Rock Around the Clock - 1955
  • Sixties Genres / Key Artists:

    Sixties Genres / Key Artists:

    Girl Groups: The Shirelles, The Chiffons, The Shangri-Las, The Ronettes, The Dixie Cups, The Cyrstals, The Exciters, The Supremes

  • 1960's Top 100 Best Selling Albums Worldwide:

    45 Disney - Mary Poppins - 1965

  • 1960's Top 100 Best Selling Singles Worldwide:

    48 The Beatles - Come Together - 1969
  • Seventies Genres / Key Artists:

    Seventies Genres / Key Artists:

    Progressive Rock: Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Can, Gentle Giant, Soft Machine, King Crimson, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Kansas, Utopia, Rush, Supertramp, Focus, Van Der Graaf Generator, Hawkwind

  • 1970's Top 100 Best Selling Albums Worldwide:

    4 Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon - 1973

  • 1970's Top 100 Best Selling Singles Worldwide:

    24 Abba - Fernando - 1976
  • Eighties Genres / Key Artists:

    Eighties Genres / Key Artists:

    Pop: Madonna, Bryan Adams, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Taylor Dayne, Millie Vanilli, Paula Abdul, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Kenny Rogers, Phil Collins, Kylie Minogue, Expose, Huey Lewis, New Edition, Wham!, Paul Young

  • 1980's Top 100 Best Selling Albums Worldwide:

    1 Michael Jackson - Thriller - 1982

  • 1980's Top 100 Best Selling Singles Worldwide:

    20 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody - 1987

  • 1990's Top 100 Best Selling Albums of the Decade Worldwide:

    61 REM - New Adventures In Hi-Fi

  • 1990's Top 100 Best Selling Singles of the Decade Worldwide:

    16 Spice Girls - Wannabe
  • Nineties Genres / Key Artists:

    Nineties Genres / Key Artists:

    Pop / Teen Pop: Ricky Martin, Bryan Adams, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, 98 Degrees, Hanson, The Spice Girls, Jennifer Lopez, Destiny's Child, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Roxette, Madonna