Rock N Roll
 Hybrid of several other styles:
 Blues, rhythm and blues, gospel music, country, crooners and
harmony groups
 Early style of Rock and Roll was called “rockabilly”, because
it combined Blues and Country music
Rock and Roll music didn’t
exist at all until the......
19 __s
1950’s
Bill Haley and the Comets
 1952- known as the first rock and roll band
 New type of music appealing to American youth who could
dance, clap, and sing along
 Often referred to as the beginning of rock and roll
 First rock group to tour the world
In 1954 a band emerged called
“Bill Haley and the Comets
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They released a song called:
Rock A_____
AroundT__
TheC____
Clock
R___
By 1956 Bill Haley had other hit
records including:
See you later
____alligator
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Shake, Rattle
_____ and
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Roll
Dazzle
Razzle ______
Chuck Berry
 Best known for his lyrics and his unique “Duck Walk”
 His music is still a source of inspiration for many rock bands
worldwide
Introducing Rock Music to the Black
American population around this time
was Chuck Berry.
hits included:
Johnny B
__ Goode
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Roll Music
Rock and
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By 1957 Other “crazier and wilder”
acts started to appear such as:
Elvis Presley
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Little Richard
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The artist generally known as the
“King of Rock and Roll” was:
Discovered in 1954, Elvis
became a national star by 19561957.
Elvis served in
the US
_______
army
from 1958-1960
Elvis’s Hit Songs included:
H____ D__
Hound
Dog
Blue Suede Shoes
L___ M_
Love
Me T______
Tender
J_______
Jailhouse R____
Rock
Return
toS_____
Sender
R____ t_
S_________Minds
M____
Suspicious
Elvis died from a drug
overdose in 1977
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Even today people still visit
his former home called
“Graceland”
Trivia
•Television stations were only allowed
to film Elvis from
...... the waist up!
•This was because of the way he
moved his hips when he danced,
which was considered too
suggestive for his day.
Elvis Facts
 First performer to fuse country and blues into the style
known as rockabilly
 Believed to sold over 1 billion records
In what year did three great American
Rock and Roll stars die in a
light plane crash?
1959
They were:
Buddy
Holly
B____ H____
T__
B______
The B__
Big Bopper
Richie
Valens
R____ V____
Buddy Holly
Is credited as being
responsible for.....
Standardizing the line up of two
guitars, bass and drums
Was a major influence on
later artists such as:
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
The Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan
Buddy Holly
Hits Included:
P____ S__
Peggy
Sue
T____ b_
That’ll
be t__
the D__
Day
The Big Bopper
(Jiles Richardson)
Was an early rock and roll disc jockey, but
was turned into a pop star thanks to his
one big hit:
C______
Chantilly
L___
Lace
Richie Valens
Was just 17 years
old at the time of the crash
Big Hits included:
Bamba
L_La
B_____
Donna
D_____
The Beatles
emerged around 1960 in:
Liverpool,UK
UK
L_______,
Made their American
Debut in 1964 on the:
_Ed
S______
S___
Sullivan
Show
The
Beatles
Hits Included:
Y___ Hand
H___
I W____
Wanna H___
Hold Your
I Saw
There
S___Her
H__Standing
S_______
T____
A Hard
H___ Days
D___ Night
N___
Y____ S_________
Yellow
Submarine
Let
L__iti_Be
B_
L___ in t__
Lucy
the S__w___
Sky with Diamonds
D________
The
Rolling
Stones
Hits Include:
(I Can’t
C___ g__
get no)
n_) Satisfaction
S_________
J______ Jack
Jumpin’
J___ Flash
F____
S___ Me
Start
M_ Up
U_
Unscramble These Band Names:
Other “British Invasion” Bands
The NALMIAS
The ANIMALS
The LILEOHS
The HOLLIES
The GORTGS
The TROGGS
The SKNIK
The KINKS
Michael Jackson
 “The King of Pop”
 Thriller, Billie Jean, Black and White, Beat It