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Elvis Presley
In 1954, Elvis began his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. By 1956, he was an international sensation, with a sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse musical influences and blurred and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time. He ushered in a whole new era of American music and popular culture. His last "hit single" was "Burning Love", released in 1972. (www.elvis.com) -
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California. Distinguished by their vocal harmonies and early surf songs, they are one of the most influential acts of the rock era. The band drew on the music of jazz-based vocal groups, 1950s rock and roll, and R&B to create their unique sound. -
The Beach Boys vs. Chuck Berry
The Beach Boys' composer, Brian Wilson was inspired by Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen". Wilson wrote new lyrics and changed the music a little bit, which became "Surfin' USA". Wilson called the song a tribute to Chuck Berry. Berry's lawyers called it plagiarism. This became one of the first major plagiarism cases in rock history. -
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. They became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential music band. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways. -
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The Who
The Who are an English rock band that formed in 1964. They are considered one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century, selling over 100 million records worldwide and holding a reputation for their live shows and studio work. -
Woodstock
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. Scheduled for August 15–17 on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains of southern New York State, it ran over to Monday, August 18 -
CBGB
CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan's East Village. The letters CBGB were for Country, BlueGrass, and Blues, Kristal's original vision, yet CBGB soon became a famed venue of punk rock and new wave bands like the Ramones, Television, Patti Smith Group, Blondie, and Talking Heads. From the early 1980s onward, CBGB was known for hardcore punk. -
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Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses, is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. Guns N' Roses has released six studio albums, accumulating sales of more than 100 million records worldwide, including 45 million in the United States, making them the 41st best-selling artist of all time. -
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Nirvana
Nirvana was an American rock band formed by lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, Despite releasing only three full-length studio albums in their seven-year career, Nirvana has come to be regarded as one of the most influential and important alternative bands in history. Though the band dissolved in 1994 after the death of Cobain, their music maintains a popular following and continues to influence modern rock and roll culture. -
Kurt Cobain's Death
On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of the grunge band Nirvana, was found dead at his home. Forensic analysis at the time determined he had killed himself on April 5.
