DAY 196 - COUNTING DOWN TO THE 50TH (FRIDAY, 1/24/2014)

GOOD MORNING, CLASS OF '64

Our parents listened to Big Band music, but the music of our generation was Rock 'n' Roll. Some say rock music began in the fifties, but others believe it had its beginning much earlier than that, perhaps in the early 1920s. Rock's background could be country and western, blues, or gospel. Whenever it started or wherever it came from, we shook, rattled and rolled!

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(1954) Bill Haley And His Comets - Shake, Rattle And Roll 
(A song of love gone bad)

 

BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS
"Shake, Rattle And Roll"

Get out from that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans
Get out from that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans
Well, roll my breakfast 'cause I'm a hungry man
[Chorus:]
I said Shake, rattle and roll
I said Shake, rattle and roll
I said Shake, rattle and roll
I said Shake, rattle and roll
Well, you never do nothin' to save your doggone soul
Wearin' those dresses, your hair done up so nice
Wearin' those dresses, your hair done up so nice
You look so warm, but your heart is cold as ice
[Chorus]
I'm like a one-eyed cat, peepin' in a sea-food store
I'm like a one-eyed cat, peepin' in a sea-food store
I can look at you, tell you don't love me no more
I believe you're doin' me wrong and now I know
I believe you're doin' me wrong and now I know
The more I work, the faster my money goes
[Chorus]
Shake, Rattle And Roll 
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The History of Rock and Roll Until 1960

http://www.unc.edu/~refisher/rockandroll.html

Rock and Roll Timeline

http://www.rockmusictimeline.com/

America Rocks and Rolls

http://www.ushistory.org/us/53d.asp

 HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL

HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL  PART 1

HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL PART 2

HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL PART 3

HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL PART 4

HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL PART 5
 http://youtu.be/zS_R6Ux7Euk

The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 1 - Good Rocking Tonight 

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THROWING STONES

Rock and roll is the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression — lewd, sly, in plain fact, dirty — a rancid-smelling aphrodisiac and the martial music of every side-burned delinquent on the face of the earth.

Frank Sinatra (1957)
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/07/13/rock-degenerate/ 

 FRANK SINATRA MUGSHOT

Frank didn't finish high school. After only 47 days attendance, he was expelled for rowdy behavior. He was also arrested for cavorting with a married woman. That was an illegal offense at the time.

http://lamorguefiles.blogspot.com/2013/05/entertainer-frank-sinatra-1998-desert.html
(NOTE: Frank later was kinder in his view of Rock and Roll)

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 Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock Bandstand 1960 

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Fond memory brings the light of other days around me. - Thomas More