Chuck berry cuts his first rock and roll records the first ones to have the guitar as the main instrument and invents the descending pentatonic double stops the essence of rock guitar bo diddley invents the hambone rhythm.
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Haley s rock around the clock released in 1954 was the first rock and roll record to achieve significant commercial success and was joined in 1955 by a number of other records that pioneered the genre.
The orchestrated wall of sound erected by phil spector the hit factory singles churned out by motown records and the harmony rich surf fantasies of the beach boys.
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50 s rock n roll pioneers the everly brothers buddy holly chuck berry elvis presley little richard and jerry lee lewis.
Teenagers back in the day who actually wore poodle skirts and experienced the brylcreem a little dab l do ya era remember first hand the musical explosion that came to be known as rock n roll.
60 s rock icons the supremes the beatles the rolling stones jimi hendrix and jim morrison of the doors.
Rock n roll was founded by many people just like america.
The first wave of rock rollers chuck berry elvis presley little richard jerry lee lewis buddy holly bo diddley bill haley gene vincent the everly brothers and carl perkins among many others set the template for rock roll that was followed over the next four decades.
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Most rock historians have cited bill haley s 1953 song crazy man crazy as the first rock and roll record to reach the billboard charts.
However the beginnings of rock n roll must also be.
Willy jamaley and the cacacoon.
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The chordettes and the chantels are the first girl groups.
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When americans think of rock n roll most tend to associate the origins of the music genre with the king of rock and roll elvis presley.
These are the black artists who preceded elvis influenced him and contributed to the creation of what we now call rock n roll but was then called r b or race music.
But he was a humble person who never claimed he started anything.
100 greatest rock and roll artists of all time.
Elvis presley was able to popularize it.