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Originated in African-American communities of primarily the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads.
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The first auto-change gramophone is introduced by HMV, price £125
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Elvis Presley born
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Billboard Magazine publishes its first "Music Popularity Chart"
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The term "rock & roll" is coined by Alan Feed
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Buddy Holly (22), Ritchie Valens (17), and the Big Bopper (28) died in a plane crash in Iowa
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The Whiskey-a-Go-G0 nightclub opened in Los Angeles, CA. It is recognized as the first disco in the U.S
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The Rolling Stones begin their first tour as a headline act (with the Ronettes)
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The Beatles' rise to prominence in the United States on February 7, 1964 was a significant development in the history of the band's commercial success
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"Sound of Music" opens
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience played the first of what would be over 240 gigs in this year when they appeared at the Bromel Club, Bromley
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono completely shave their heads and declare 1970 as 'Year One'. Their hair is donated to 'Black House', an interracial community centre in North London for auctio
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Reggae legend Bob Marley dies
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Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album hits No. 1 and stays for 37 weeks
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Aretha Franklin was the first woman inducted into the Hall of Fame
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Tone Loc's Loc-ed After Dark becomes first black rap LP to hit No. 1 in US
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Apple launches its Itunes Music Store
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Kurt Cobain found dead from an apparent suicide
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Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s
