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Authentic 1950s Rock and Roll music
Rock and Roll evolved in the United States in the late 1940s after World War II, from a combination of the rhythms of the blues, from the Afro American culture, and from America's country music and gospel music scene. Ike Turner is credited as recording the first record recognised as Rock and Roll in 1948 ‘Rocket 88’
An early form of rock and roll was rockabilly, which combined country and jazz, with influences from traditional Appalachian folk, and Gospel music. Rock and roll became universally popular with white recording artists such as Bill Haley and the Comets [Rock around the clock] and Elvis Presley [Jail house rock]
Classic rock and roll is usually played with one or two electric guitars (lead, and rhythm), a string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit. In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. The beat is essentially a boogie woogie blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat provided by a snare drum.
The massive popularity and eventual worldwide view of rock and roll gave it a unique social impact far beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language.
Sounddiffusion DJ's Top Twenty 50s Rock and Roll Records
| 1 | Shake Rattle and Roll | Joe Turner | 1955 |
| 2 | Mystery train | Elvis Presley | 1957 |
| 3 | You got a heart like a rock | Charlie Gracie | 1957 |
| 4 | C’mon everybody | Eddie Cochran | 1959 |
| 5 | Rave on | Buddy Holly | 1958 |
| 6 | Leroy | Jack Scott | 1958 |
| 7 | Book of love | Monotones | 1958 |
| 8 | Lights out | Jerry Byrne | 1956 |
| 9 | Long tall Sally | Little Richard | 1957 |
| 10 | Good timing | Jimmy Jones | 1960 |
| 11 | One hand loose | Charlie Feathers | 1956 |
| 12 | High school confidential | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1959 |
| 13 | Black Slacks | Joe Bennett | 1957 |
| 14 | Lipstick on your collar | Connie Francis | 1959 |
| 15 | Sweet little sixteen | Chuck Berry | 1958 |
| 16 | Rock and roll Ruby | Warren Smith | 1956 |
| 17 | King Creole | Elvis Presley | 1958 |
| 18 | The Fickle chicken | Atmospheres | 1959 |
| 19 | One summer night | Danleers | 1958 |
| 20 | The big beat | Fats Domino | 1958 |
50s rock n roll selections can be presented by Sounddiffusion mobile disco dj hire for your next event or party.
DJ John Blach with 1950s Rock and Roll legend Charlie Gracie at MFN
