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THE FABULOUS 50’SThe use of 50’s Rock and Roll in
the contemporary classroom
50’s Fun Facts Credit cards, color TV,
seat belts and the TV remote are introduced
Brown V Topeka Board of Education ends school segregation
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her front row seat
First appearance of Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show
The Nifty FiftiesRock’n’Roll – A genre of music that originated and evolved in the
United States in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s
Piano and Saxophone were early lead instruments
Classic Rock’n’Roll is played with two guitars, a bass and a drum kit.
Boogie Woogie Blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat
Influenced television, movies, lifestyles, fashion, attitudes and language
Spawned several sub-genres, all know simply as “rock” or “rock music”
Blue Suede Shoes Blue Suede Shoes,
written by Carl Perkins is the definitive song of 50’s Rock’n’Roll
YouTube - elvis presley blue suede shoes color
Bill Haley and the Comets “Crazy Man, Crazy” was
the first nationally televised rock’n’roll song
Recorded “Rock Around the Clock” in 1953
“Rock Around the Clock” sold 25 million copies
Recorded “Shake, Rattle and Roll” in 1954
Rock Around the Clock YouTube - rock arou
nd the clock. bill haley
Elvis is King Elvis Presley 1935-
1957 Credited with the
birth of Rock’n’Roll Starred in 33 films Sold over 1 billion
records Received the
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at 36
The Big Bang TheoryIn 1954, Elvis records “That’s All Right
Mama” at Sun Studios, Memphis, TN
Rock’n’Rolls’ big bang. Elvis Presley, a 19-year-old truck driver fulfils producer Sam Phillips’ dream of finding “a white guy who sings like a negro.” There were rock’n’roll records before this one, nearly all of them by black artists, but this is the moment when the embryonic form found its perfect embodiment.
Jailhouse Rock YouTube - Elvis Pres
ley Jailhouse Rock 1957 colour
The Day the Music Died
Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper die in a plane crash on February 3, 1959
Peggy Sue, Donna and Chantilly Lace will live on in infamy
Don McLean’s American Pie is the anthem for this tragic event
They live on in their music YouTube - BUDDY H
OLLY - Peggy sue - Vidéo clip
YouTube - Oh Donna Live
YouTube - Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
Plane Crash Related Websites
American Pie http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1425/americanpie.htm
Buddy Holly Archive at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal http://www.lubbockmusic.com/buddyholly/index.shtml
Maybellene Chuck Berry, born
October 18, 1926 Tells the story of a
hot rod race and a broken romance
Cars and girls – the two constants of American rock’n’roll
Released in July 1955
Maybellene YouTube - Chuck Be
rry - Maybellene
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