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The Fabulous 50’s

The Fabulous 50’s. The 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

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The Fabulous 50’s

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  1. The Fabulous 50’s The use of 50’s Rock and Roll in the contemporary classroom

  2. 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

  3. The Nifty Fifties Rock’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”

  4. Blue Suede Shoes • Blue Suede Shoes, written by Carl Perkins is the definitive song of 50’s Rock’n’Roll • YouTube - elvispresley blue suede shoes color

  5. 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

  6. Rock Around the Clock • YouTube - rock around the clock. bill haley

  7. 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

  8. The Big Bang Theory In 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.

  9. Jailhouse Rock • YouTube - Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock 1957 colour

  10. 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

  11. They live on in their music • YouTube - BUDDY HOLLY - Peggy sue - Vidéo clip • YouTube - Oh Donna Live • YouTube - Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace

  12. Plane Crash Related Websites • American Pie http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1425/americanpie.htm • Buddy Holly Archive at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journalhttp://www.lubbockmusic.com/buddyholly/index.shtml

  13. 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

  14. Maybellene • YouTube - Chuck Berry - Maybellene

  15. Sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll • http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.esto.es/rock/images/BillHaley3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.esto.es/rock/spanish/bill_haley.htm&usg=__VhKODuHy9ZDJYUqbqAhP5U-g6jY=&h=1344&w=1139&sz=143&hl=en&start=7&itbs=1&tbnid=SLz0aFzfeuib4M:&tbnh=150&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBill%2BHailey%2Band%2Bthe%2BComets%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:officialg • http://www.newretrodining.com/50sfunfacts.htm • http://www.sydneysvintageclothing.com/images/RichardDuPuis7.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bopper • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died • http://30daysout.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/m590203k.jpg • http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/buddyholly/main.html • http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cascadeblues.org/Legends/ChuckBerry/ChuckBerry.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.cascadeblues.org/Legends/ChuckBerry/ChuckBerry.htm&usg=__cEiHbUhPfDe0GuqpEn_Ost8UHcY=&h=494&w=324&sz=15&hl=en&start=6&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=nfT2hjxE9Q6jOM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=85&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dchuck%2Bberry%2Bpictures%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26um%3D1 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybellene • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry

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