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Adolph Rickenbaker
Adolph Rickenbacker (April 1, 1886 – March 1976) was a Swiss-American who founded the Rickenbacker guitar company.Rickenbacker, not convinced of the guitar business's potential, continued manufacturing until 1953, when he sold his company to Francis Cary Hall, a forerunner of the Southern California electric guitar boom. -
Leo Fender
Leo Fender was an American inventor who founded Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company His guitar, bass, and amplifier designs from the 1940s continue to dominate popular music more than half a century later. -
Les Paul
Lester William Polsfuss June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009]—known as Les Paul—was an American jazz and country guitarist, songwriter and inventor. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which made the sound of rock and roll possible.[5] He is credited with many recording innovations. -
J. D. Salinger
Jerome David Salinger best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as his reclusive nature. His last original published work was in 1965; he gave his last interview in 1980. -
Alan Freed
also known as Moondog, was an American disc-jockey.[1] He became internationally known for promoting African-American rhythm and blues music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of rock and roll. His career was destroyed by the payola scandal that hit the broadcasting industry in the early 1960s. -
Sam Phillips
Sam Phillips, was an American record producer who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s.He was a producer, label owner, and talent scout throughout the '40s and '50s. -
Bill Haley
was one of the first American rock and roll musicians. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and their hit song "Rock Around the Clock -
Fats Domino
Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino Jr. born February 26, 1928 is an American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter.Domino first attracted national attention with "The Fat Man" in 1949 on Imperial Records. This song is an early rock and roll record, featuring a rolling piano and Domino doing "wah-wah" vocalizing over a strong back beat.It sold over a million copies and is widely regarded as the first rock and roll record to do so. -
Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman, known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat -
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presleya (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King". -
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis born September 29, 1935 is an American rock and roll and country music singer and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a transition to country music. Best Known For His Best Hits: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, And Great Balls Of Fire.
