Post on 31-Dec-2015
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Elvis Presley
The Everly Brothers
Carl Perkins
Ritchie Valens
The Big Bopper
Rock ‘n’ Roll stops all of a
sudden in 1959.
WHY?
Jerry Lewis and his 13 year old wife
Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper,
and Ritchie Valens die in a plane crash
Elvis goes into the army.
Little Richard
says Rock music is the
devil. He becomes an evangelist
Chuck Berry goes to jail.
Rock concerts get out of control!
What happens to Rock ‘n’ Roll
next?
• What do early Rock ‘n’ Roll artists have in common in the 1950s?• Where in America was “Rock ‘n’ Roll”
first given its name?• What five instruments were typically
found in a Rock band in the 1950s?• What is American Bandstand?• What was the Payola scandal?• What happened to R ‘n’ R at the end of
the 1950s?
Questions to begin class: