THE FABULOUS 50’SThe 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

First appearance of Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show

The Nifty FiftiesRock’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”

Blue Suede Shoes Blue Suede Shoes,

written by Carl Perkins is the definitive song of 50’s Rock’n’Roll

YouTube - elvis presley blue suede shoes color

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

Rock Around the Clock YouTube - rock arou

nd the clock. bill haley

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

The Big Bang TheoryIn 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.

Jailhouse Rock YouTube - Elvis Pres

ley Jailhouse Rock 1957 colour

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

They live on in their music YouTube - BUDDY H

OLLY - Peggy sue - Vidéo clip

YouTube - Oh Donna Live

YouTube - Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace

Plane Crash Related Websites

American Pie http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1425/americanpie.htm

Buddy Holly Archive at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal http://www.lubbockmusic.com/buddyholly/index.shtml

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

Maybellene YouTube - Chuck Be

rry - Maybellene

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