A History of Rock & Roll

Posted by admin on February 18th, 2010 and filed under history rock and roll | 25 Comments »

Almost 90 years of “rocking & rolling.” Rock music has a rich history going back long before the sixties. This is a look at different styles of “rock and roll” going back to the 1920s, even before.

Duration : 0:9:57


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25 Responses

  1. borntobewildpascal Says:

    faq dans l’fon c …
    faq dans l’fon c pas elvis qu’ya inventé le rock n roll ….. ces lui qu’ya le plus INFLUENCÉ le rock n roll …… c pas pareille !!!!

  2. gunsnsmith Says:

    ill tell you the …
    ill tell you the history in 4 word old awesome new crap

  3. Shibzle Says:

    Oh thats pretty …
    Oh thats pretty much a bummer, it sounds good tho, but i cant find them anywhere!

  4. DiddleySquatt Says:

    @Shibzle Hey! …
    @Shibzle Hey! It’s a demo track by a band called Childproof. I got it after I found some of the band’s videos here. It was a while ago – late 2006 to early 2007. I actually don’t know the name of the song. There are four tracks on the demo CD, and this is the first.

  5. Shibzle Says:

    Whats that song at …
    Whats that song at the end?

    9:40 – 9:57

  6. aarfeld Says:

    Thanks Diddley. …
    Thanks Diddley. You’ve got to find a place to slip in Ike Turner’s “Rocket 88″ (1951). With it’s heavy backbeat and distorted guitar, most Rock historians consider it to be the true water-shed moment when Rythmn and Blues could now be called Rock N Roll.

  7. mcul2112 Says:

    Dude….AWESOME. …
    Dude….AWESOME. Lol. Thanks for doing this! I always wondered…ya know?

  8. racingbwoy3 Says:

    if only hate didnt …
    if only hate didnt exist…the things we could do together

  9. DiddleySquatt Says:

    @zomglolsly
    It’s …

    @zomglolsly
    It’s called “Sipping Soda” by the Shells. Mid to late 1950s.

  10. klarissimus Says:

    gotta agree with …
    gotta agree with the notion that white culture owes a lot to “black” creativity-without it I think that white culture would be unhappy,depressive,without any dancing skills and void of any human feeling-but taking it to the point that saying that white culture isn’t interesting is far from truth

  11. oramikleepunk Says:

    They don’t know …
    They don’t know anything about hillbilly or R&B…people act like Rock n roll came out of nowhere.

  12. lmarr07 Says:

    hip-hop derives …
    hip-hop derives from rock n roll.

  13. Darthlisp Says:

    rock started in the …
    rock started in the 50’s but it really took off during the 70’s and 80’s

  14. killerrey Says:

    i hate hippies
    i hate hippies

  15. zomglolsly Says:

    what’s that song on …
    what’s that song on 0:44?
    tried google’ing. not workin

  16. baftekkelTV Says:

    ROCKING ROLL FOR …
    ROCKING ROLL FOR THE WIN

  17. GAboy21589 Says:

    hmm strange i never …
    hmm strange i never saw much of anything mentioned about Rockabilly music, the combination of southern white hillbilly music and southern black rhythm and blues! Or not even jimmie Rodgers! or Robert Johnson! If you listen to rodgers or Johnson you can clearly hear the rural influence on Rock music!

  18. jonjescabar Says:

    I don’t think …
    I don’t think that’s his lifespan…. I think it’s a copyright declaration for the song denoted by the “c.” it must have been released in 1949 and the album cover ( I think that’s what it is ) was created in 1952.

    ps. he was born 1922, died 1999

  19. keroisaa Says:

    has no one else …
    has no one else noticed whats wrong at 1.55?

  20. eddog1966 Says:

    1940’s. rock n roll …
    1940’s. rock n roll was the first comercialised music, targeting a white teenage audience. the same sound but a different audience. the recording companies wanted that black sound but ideally played by white kids. there where exceptions such as chuck berry, little richard. while rock n roll was developing, the black market where creating a different sound, motown,which i think proved stronger developing into soul and disco, by the 70’s, where as rock n roll seemed to fizzle out after the 50’s.

  21. helenawf Says:

    Very impressive, …
    Very impressive, great research! I will watch many times again that compilation.
    And also, quite reletvant explanation on why black kids who don´t listen to rock and roll anymore, just to hip-hop. I wonder if the same thing happen ins non-English speaking countries.

  22. rm1475 Says:

    This is an …
    This is an excellent compilation about the records using this term, but i would like to say the term was use since the beggining of the 19th century in the ships of slaves, according to some historians… Rock and roll means the moves of the ship’s like the arms of Moses in that age

  23. 54rein Says:

    Superb footage from …
    Superb footage from this magical period!

  24. tenchi532 Says:

    your pretty much …
    your pretty much correct with that, because hip hop started in the bronx nyc. there werent any white kids running around there bboying, mc’ing or dj’ing. maybe a few but not many.

  25. metalerock77 Says:

    LONG LIVE ROCK N …
    LONG LIVE ROCK N ROLL

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