50s rock n roll

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Rock n roll is a mix of country and jazz and blues. This music became very popular. There where a lot of artist who made the music popular. They were starting to have concert and everyone wanted to come. On March 21, 1952, the first rock and roll concert was held at the Cleveland Arena. This first show caused a riot as 30,000 people tried to sit in an arena that could only seat 10,000 people. Still 15,000 people waited on the streets outside.




Top Hit
Number
1. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
2. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
3. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
4. Tutti-Frutti - Little Richard
5. Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis
6. What'd I Say - Ray Charles
7. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
8. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
9. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
10. That'll Be the Day - Buddy Holly & the Crickets
11. Maybellene - Chuck Berry
12. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
13. Shake, Rattle and Roll - Joe Turner
14. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
15. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley

Born January 8, 1935 at 4:35 AM in a two room house in Tupelo, Mississippi. The family moves to Memphis in 1948. It is estimated that Elvis Presley has sold over one billion record units worldwide, more than anyone in record industry history. Elvis received 14 Grammy nominations from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). His three wins were for gospel recordings - the album How Great Thou Art (1967), the album He Touched Me (1972) and his live Memphis concert recording of the song How Great Thou Art (1974). In 1971, NARAS also recognized him with their Lifetime Achievement Award (known then as the Bing Crosby Award in honor of its first recipient). Elvis was 36 years old at the time. Prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at the age of 42.

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