In the Beginning of Rock and Roll By erscheffler Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 31, 1985 Socetal Changes Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 31, 1980 Technology Aug 31, 1920 Mamie Smith Crazy Blues https://www.bluescentric.com/blues-history/text_timeline.php Nov 2, 1920 First Broadcast Radio Station Feb 20, 1923 Bessie Smith Down Hearted Blues https://www.bluescentric.com/blues-history/text_timeline.php Jan 1, 1925 Son House http://blues.about.com/od/artistprofil2/p/Houseprof.htm Jul 1, 1925 Harlem Renaissance Jan 1, 1929 Charley Patton http://blues.about.com/od/artistprofil2/p/Pattonprof.htm Jun 20, 1929 Charlie Patton records for Paramount https://www.bluescentric.com/blues-history/text_timeline.php Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crash http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/stockcrash1929.htm Jul 1, 1931 Electric Guitar invented http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_guitar Mar 4, 1933 Start of New Deal and 100 days http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1906802_1906838_1906979,00.html Jul 1, 1934 Ledbelly http://blues.about.com/od/artistprofil2/p/Leadbellyprof.htm Jun 1, 1938 Lomax Family begins collecting Blues for Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/folklife/lomax/ Sep 3, 1939 Start of WWII http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/wwiistarts.htm Apr 20, 1943 Muddy Waters move to Chicago https://www.bluescentric.com/blues-history/text_timeline.php May 8, 1945 End of WWII Europe https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081122163435AANbSuL Jul 16, 1945 Successful test Manhattan Project http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atom-bomb-successfully-tested Aug 14, 1945 End of WWII Japan https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081122163435AANbSuL Jan 1, 1947 Chess Records http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Records Mar 20, 1947 Jackie Robinson Integrates Baseball http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/jr1947.html Apr 20, 1947 reel to reel tape reocorders http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reel-to-reel_audio_tape_recording photo is of mid-1950's home version Jun 26, 1947 ENIAC Patented http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/Eniac.htm Jul 26, 1948 Truman Desegregates the US Military http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/desegregation/large/index.php?action=chronology Feb 1, 1949 First 45 rpm records http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question14873.html Jun 25, 1950 Start of Korean War http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/korean-war-begins Mar 22, 1951 Ike Turner Hers Howin Wolf https://www.bluescentric.com/blues/bios/howlin_wolf.php Jun 1, 1951 Fender and the Electronic Guitar http://www.fender.com/history/ Feb 1, 1952 Scotty Moore opens Sun Studios http://www.scottymoore.net/studio_sun.html http://www.sunrecords.com/ Jul 27, 1953 End of Korean War http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/armistice-ends-the-korean-war Apr 20, 1954 Start of Vietnam War http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/628478/Vietnam-War May 17, 1954 Brown v Board of Education Decision Jun 1, 1954 First Transitor Radio Jun 1, 1955 Fats Domino-Ain't that a Shame http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0930418.html Jun 1, 1955 Little Richard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutti_Frutti_(song) Jul 1, 1955 Chuck Berry and Maybellene http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybellene Nov 20, 1955 Bo Diddley on Ed Sullivan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley Nov 21, 1955 Elvis moves to RCA http://www.elvis.com/timeline/default.aspx Jan 10, 1956 Elvis Records Heartbreak Hotel http://www.elvis.com/timeline/default.aspx Apr 20, 1956 Carl Perkins and Blue Suede Shoes http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/carl-perkins/biography Jun 1, 1956 First 8 track tapes http://www.recording-history.org/HTML/8track1.php Sep 9, 1956 Elvis on Ed Sullivan http://history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/qt/elvissullivan.htm http://www.google.com/imgres?imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elvispresleymusic.com.au%2Fpictures%2F1956_september_9_ed_sullivan_show.html&tbnid=YJlMxCqksnG1iM:&docid=bfYpGPa94UxSHM&h=458&w=608 Dec 4, 1956 Million Dollar Quartet http://www.sunrecords.com/news/million-dollar-quartet-dec-4-1956 Aug 5, 1957 American Bandstand goes to ABC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bandstand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Clark Nov 1, 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Balls_of_Fire Feb 3, 1959 The Day the Music Died http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-day-the-music-died Jun 20, 1959 Newport Folk Festival https://www.bluescentric.com/blues-history/text_timeline.php Feb 1, 1960 Woolworth's Lunch Counter Sit in http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/6-legacy/freedom-struggle-2.html May 4, 1961 Freedom Rides http://www.core-online.org/History/freedom%20rides.htm Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington 1963 http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm Nov 22, 1963 Death of JFK http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/November-22-1963-Death-of-the-President.aspx Feb 9, 1964 Beatles on Ed Sullivan http://www.edsullivan.com/the-beatles-on-the-ed-sullivan-show-on-february-9-1964/ Sep 27, 1964 Beach Boys on Ed Sullivan http://www.edsullivan.com/the-beach-boys-on-the-ed-sullivan-show/ Oct 25, 1964 Rolling Stones on Ed Sullivan http://www.edsullivan.com/the-rolling-stones-1st-appearance-on-the-ed-sullivan-show-102564/ Jul 4, 1965 Roy Orbison on Ed Sullivan http://www.edsullivan.com/artists/roy-orbison/ Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act signed http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act Jun 1, 1966 Cassets come to the US http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Cassette Jun 20, 1966 Eric Clapton forms Cream https://www.bluescentric.com/blues-history/text_timeline.php Dec 11, 1966 Mamas and Papas on Ed Sulilvan http://www.edsullivan.com/artists/mamas-papas Jan 1, 1967 San Francisco Sound http://www.examiner.com/article/the-12-best-sixties-san-francisco-sound-rock-albums Apr 20, 1967 Tuesday Afternoon / Strawberry Fields Mellotron http://ultimateclassicrock.com/mellotron-songs/ Jun 1, 1967 The Beatles move on--Sgt Pepper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band Jun 16, 1967 Monterey Pop Festival http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monthttps://www.google.com/search?q=monterey+pop+festival&rlz=1C1EODB_enUS549US549&es_sm=93&biw=1600&bih=756&tbm=isch&imgil=CsrcIfuYqlqGKM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcT0GZIv-xI9K7r7jK4QxiqQb6Yjhmm0MnNUyO4IVMcsyX2CR7Ul%253B1200%253B1200%253BmKG7GxjmfApGVM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fbootlegtunzworld.blogspot.com%25252F2010%25252F09%25252Fmonterey-international-pop-festival.html&source=iu&erey_Pop_Festival Sep 17, 1967 Doors on Ed Sullvan http://www.edsullivan.com/artists/the-doors Apr 1, 1968 Switched on Bach and Moog Synthesizer http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404780,00.asp May 1, 1968 Johnny Cash at Folsom Prision http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Folsom_Prison Jan 20, 1969 Beatles Break Up http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/why-the-beatles-broke-up-20090903 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_and_Winding_Road Aug 15, 1969 Woodstock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock Apr 1, 1975 End of Vietnam War http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/628478/Vietnam-War
