Chuck Berry

Little Richard

Bo Diddley

Fats Domino

Bill Haley and The Comets

Jerry Lee Lewis

Buddy Holly

Elvis Presley

The Everly Brothers

Carl Perkins

Ritchie Valens

The Big Bopper

Rock ‘n’ Roll stops all of a

sudden in 1959.

WHY?

Jerry Lewis and his 13 year old wife

Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper,

and Ritchie Valens die in a plane crash

Elvis goes into the army.

Little Richard

says Rock music is the

devil. He becomes an evangelist

Chuck Berry goes to jail.

Rock concerts get out of control!

What happens to Rock ‘n’ Roll

next?

• What do early Rock ‘n’ Roll artists have in common in the 1950s?• Where in America was “Rock ‘n’ Roll”

first given its name?• What five instruments were typically

found in a Rock band in the 1950s?• What is American Bandstand?• What was the Payola scandal?• What happened to R ‘n’ R at the end of

the 1950s?

Questions to begin class: