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Rock 'n' Roll Stars: Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley

Explore the rise of rock 'n' roll with iconic artists Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley. Learn about their hits, covers, and impact on the music industry in the 1950s.

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Rock 'n' Roll Stars: Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley

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  1. Chapter 8 “Rock Around the Clock” :Rock ‘n Roll, 1954-59

  2. Chapter 8 (outline) [Introduction] Cover Versions and Early Rock 'n' Roll The Rock 'n' Roll Business Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the R&B Side Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the Country Side Wild, Wild Young Women: The Lady Vanishes The Latin Side of Rock 'n' Roll [no later sections of Chapter 8 will be covered]

  3. Alan Freed (1921-1965) The Official Alan Freed Website

  4. Other DJs “Dr. Daddy-O” (Vernon Winslow)(New Orleans) Gene Nobles WLAC(Nashville) Hoss Allen “Dr. Hepcat” (Lavada Durst)KVET (Austin, TX)

  5. Dewey Phillips (1926-1968) WHBQ – Memphis (560 AM)- local, 5,000-watt station Leading Memphis DJ (1949-58) “speed-crazed hillbilly” - alcohol, painkillers, amphetamines Played all styles – country, R&B, boogie woogie, jazz, etc. 1st DJ to play (& interview) Elvis Replaced by “Top 40” format DEWEY PHILLIPS - AT WHBQ HOSTING RED HOT & BLUE IN MEMPHIS

  6. Antoine “Fats” Domino (b. 1928) New Orleans pianist & band leader Top R & B performer Also “crossover” hits on Pop Charts “The Fat Man” (1949 regional hit): Fats Domino - The Fat Man + lyrics – YouTube “Ain’t That A Shame” (1955 R&B # 1, Pop # 10): Fats Domino Ain't That A Shame - YouTube “Blueberry Hill” (1956 R&B # 1, Pop # 2): Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill - 1956 - 45 RPM - YouTube

  7. Chuck Berry (b. 1926) St. Louis Guitarist Chess Records Songs for Teenagers “Maybelline”(1955, Pop # 5, R&B, # 1)YouTube - Chuck Berry – Maybelline (Textbook, 255-8) “Roll Over Beethoven”(1956, Pop # 29, R&B # 2) : Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry LIVE – YouTube (live) “Johnny B. Good”(1958, Pop # 8, R&B #1): Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode - YouTube

  8. “Little Richard” [Penniman] b. 1932, Macon, GA Religious Family Leading Showman “Tutti Frutti” :YouTube - Little Richard, Tutti Frutti(1955 Pop # 17, R&B # 2) “Long Tall Sally” :Little Richard - "Long Tall Sally" ... 1956(1956 Pop # 6, R&B # 1) (text book, 261) “Lucille” : Lucille(1956 Pop # 21, R&B # 1) “Good Golly Miss Molly” : Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (Lyrics) High Quality – YouTube(1958 Pop # 10, R&B # 4)

  9. Bill Haley (1925-1981) Philadelphia DJ “Saddlemen” (country band) “Comets” (from 1952 on) “Shake, Rattle and Roll” : Shake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley and his Comets(1954 cover, Pop # 7, UK hit) “Rock Around the Clock” YouTube - Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock (1956) (1954 B-side release, not a success) “Rock Around the Clock” used in Blackboard Jungle ( Pop # 1, 1955) “See You Later Alligator” YouTube - Swing Dancing to Bill Haley and the Comets (1956)

  10. Covers (textbook, p. 247-252) “Shake, Rattle & Roll”- Big Joe Turner (R&B # 1, Pop #22) : Shake, Rattle, & Roll- Joe Turner – YouTube (April 1954)- Bill Haley and the Comets (Pop # 7) : Shake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley and his Comets (August 1954) “Sh-Boom”- The Chords (R&B # 2, Pop # 5) : The Chords - Sh Boom (March 1954)- The Crewcuts (Pop # 1) : The Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom – YouTube(July 1954) “Mystery Train”- Junior Parker : Little Junior Parker - Mystery Train (November 1953)- Elvis Presley (C&W # 11) : ELVIS PRESLEY//Mystery Train – YouTube (August 1955)

  11. White Covers R & B hits (Independent Labels) “covered” by Major labels (White Performers) “pretested” = less commercial risk Lyrics often toned down(sexual references made less explicit) Recorded sound “improved” (cleaned up) Who wins and who gets ripped off? Difference in payments(flat fee [usually for Black performers]vs. per unit royalty [White performers])

  12. Sun Records (Memphis) Sam Phillips, owner/producer Elvis Presley, Bill Black, Scotty Moore, Sam Phillips (owner)

  13. Elvis Aaron Presley (1935-1977) b. Tupelo, MS (poor white rural) Wide range of musical influences 1948 – to Memphis 1953 – 1st time at Sun Studios 1954 – demos for Phillips(“That’s All Right Mama” / “Blue Moon of Kentucky”) Public performances 1955 - Col. Tom Parker, manager Contract sold to RCA TV – 1956 1958-60 – into Army

  14. Louisiana Hayride Elvis Presley. I Got A Woman.Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954-1956.Remastered.2011 . – YouTube Elvis Presley. Tweedle Dee.Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954-1956.Remastered.2011 . – YouTube Elvis Presley. Maybellene . ( Tunzi Remix ).Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954-1956.Remastered.2011 . - YouTube

  15. Elvis on Television Jan-Feb ’56: Stage Show (CBS)- Variety show hosted by Dorsey Brothers- No special interest or reaction Milton Berle Show (1948-56) (“Mr. Television”) - 3 Apr ’56 (on Battleship USS Hancock)- 5 June ’56 : Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (1956) HD 0815007 “Elvis the pelvis” – panned by critics as obscene

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