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Rock 'n Roll Icons of the 1950s

A multi-chapter test covering rock 'n roll legends Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, and more. Study session, exam details, and key topics included. Dive into the history and impact of these influential artists.

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Rock 'n Roll Icons of the 1950s

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  1. Friendly Warning # 1:Multi-Chapter Test (# 4) Covers most of Chapters 8 & 9(and maybe a small part of 10?)(see Review Sheets for specifics)Tuesday, 26 April 2016

  2. Friendly Warning # 2 Final Exam Thursday, 28 April 201610:00 am – 12:50 pmComprehensive “Study Session” for reviewing your own tests TBA (27 Apr ‘16?)

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

  4. 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]

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Elvis on Television (part 2) The Steve Allen Show - Sunday night variety (competitor to Ed Sullivan) - 1 July ’56 : “Hound Dog” : ELVIS PRESLEY on THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW 1956 "Hound Dog" Ed Sullivan Show - The Leading TV Variety Show - 9 Sept ’56 : "ELVIS DEBUTS ON TELEVISION" - (September 9, 1956) - 28 Oct ’56 : ELVIS PRESLEY "Hound Dog" on The Ed Sullivan Show - YouTube - 6 Jan ’57 : ELVIS PRESLEY "Don't Be Cruel" on The Ed Sullivan Show – YouTube(text book LG, p. 264-6)

  9. Elvis Presley – Singer/Personality No Original Material Eclectic vocal style Stage presence & overt sexuality – “Elvis the Pelvis” Universal appeal (all charts) Examples- (1st rec. 1954) : Elvis Presley- That's Alright Mama / With Lyrics [cf. Crudup 1946 original : Arthur Crudup - That's All Right (original version) – YouTube]- (1957) YouTube - Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (Music Video)- (1957 movie) YouTube - Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (End Scene)[1938 movie: Frances Farmer - "Aura Lee" ]- (RCA rec.) Love Me Tender Elvis Presley original 1956 – YouTube- Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel (Textbook, p. 264-66)

  10. Carl Perkins(1932-1998) born to Tennessee sharecropper Gospel & black music “Rockabilly”(CP is “The King of ….”) Examples- Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes - Perry Como Show -1956 (Country # 1, Pop # 2)- 1956 Carl Perkins - Honey, Don’t! (B-side: “Blue Suede Shoes”)- Carl Perkins - Matchbox - 1984 - YouTube

  11. Jerry Lee Lewis,“The Killer” b. Louisiana, 1935- poor family (religious)- cousins (J. Gilley & Jimmy Swaggert) Boogie woogie piano style “The Killer” “Wild man of Rock ‘n Roll” Examples- Jerry Lee Lewis Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 1957 BETTER QUALITY(Pop # 3, # 1 on Country AND R&B!)- Great Balls of Fire-Jerry Lee Lewis-original song-1957 – YouTube(Pop # 2, # 1 on Country AND R&B!)- jerry lee lewis - good golly miss molly.wmv – YouTube- Jerry Lee Lewis -Whole Lotta Shakin Going On (Live 1964) - YouTube

  12. Buddy Holly(1936-1959) b. Lubbock, TX Influenced by Elvis, etc. C&W meets R&B for Pop audiences Examples- Buddy Holly -THAT'LL BE THE DAY - Original song – YouTube (Pop # 1, R&B # 2) - YouTube - Buddy Holly on the Arthur Murray Dance Party 12/29/57 (Peggy Sue)(# 3 on both Pop and R&B )

  13. Ritchie Valens (1941-59) Mexican-American “Chicano Rock” “La Bamba”- Mexican folk song- US Pop chart # 22 (1958) Ex. “La Bamba”“Son Jarocho” style (Veracruz, Mexico)- TLEN HUICANI - La Bamba (Son Jarocho) www.musicajarocha.com – YouTube- la bamba son jarocho – YouTube- The Real Ritchie Valens - La Bamba – YouTube (text book LG, p. 273-5)

  14. Wanda Jackson (b. 1937) b. Oklahoma Country music with…? “Queen of Rockabilly” Non-threatening women Exs.- WANDA JACKSON. I GOTTA KNOW.. – YouTube(1956 Country # 15)- WANDA JACKSON "Rock Your Baby" - WANDA JACKSON Mean, Mean Man (1958) – YouTube- RIGHT OR WRONG by WANDA JACKSON (1961 Country # 9,Pop # 29) – “Country Comeback”

  15. 3 February 1959 5 miles NW of Mason City, IA Airport

  16. “The Day the Music Died” Ritchie Valens (“Donna” / “La Bamba”) J.P. Richardson, aka “The Big Bopper”(“Chantilly Lace”) Buddy Holly

  17. Payola DJs as entry points to market 200+ records a week! Money, gifts, etc. (legal) ASCAP (tin pan alley) vs. BMI (pop, etc.) US Congress investigates New FCC rules Alan Freed & others fired Dick Clark (American Bandstand) escapes Alan Freed Dick Clark

  18. End of the “Rock ‘n Roll” era Legal Troubles and Prison (1959-63) Into theUS Army(1958-1960) Gets Religion (1957-63) “Reverend Penniman” (1958): his2nd Marriage to his 1st cousin (once removed)

  19. Chapter 9 “Good Vibrations” :American Pop and the British Invasion, the 1960s

  20. “If you can remember anything about the sixties, you weren’t really there.” - Paul Kantner, guitarist of the Jefferson Airplane

  21. 22 November 1963

  22. Martin Luther King Washington, DC, 28 August 1963 Memphis, 4 April 1968

  23. Vietnam & Kent State 1965-1975 4 May 1970

  24. 1968 Election

  25. Protests

  26. 20 July 1969

  27. Woodstock 1969

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