dsm
07-06-2004, 08:00 AM
Or did he?
"Yesterday July 5th marks the 50th Anniversary of the Big Bang of Rock N' Roll at Sun Studio with the recording of 'That's All Right' by Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and of course Elvis Presley."
This was the type of hype I heard on the radio yesterday in Los Angeles on KLOS (and the other station to the left of the dial from KLOS). They pointed out that in 1954 Elvis started it all with "That's All Right,' and that's that. Apparently this was going on world wide with over 1000 stations playing the Elvis hit simultaneously (info on the celebration):Sun Studios 50th Anniversary Kick-off (http://www.sunstudio.com/50thanniversaryparty.htm)
There are numerous Rock-History sites that will claim the same thing:
Rock History (site) (http://www.warrensburg.k12.mo.us/soc/rock/mike.html) Here's a snip:
"Rock music is divided into two periods. The first is Rock'n'Roll. It was started by Elvis Presley in the fifties..."
While Elvis may be known as the King of Rock 'n' Roll, many consider it a stretch to anoint him the creator mixing blues, R&B, country, and even a bit of swing.
Yesterday CBS News states that, "Just two years ago, there were commemorations of the 50th anniversary of rock 'n' roll pegged to disc jockey Alan Freed's Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland. Some rock historians have claimed the March 21, 1952, show as the first rock concert — the main reason the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was located there.
Other historians point to "Rocket '88," the 1951 hit written by Ike Turner and Jackie Brenston, as the first rock record because of its distorted electric guitar sound."
Original 1951 Version of Rocket '88 (http://www.content.loudeye.com/scripts/hurl.exe?~oo-600111/0118165_0105_00_0002.ra) Jackie Brenston vocals, and listen carefully to Ike Turner on piano in the backround, (i guess you need realPlayer to hear it. If this doesn't play for you, tell me and I'll provide the link of the site where you can scroll down and click onto it.) I read that Little Richard took Ike's opening-piano intro from this song and used it note-for-note in his hit Lucille (1957).
Rocket '88 with Ike Turner Singing (http://www.detnews.com/2001/entertainment/0105/cds/rocket88.mp3)
Some cite Fats Domino with the first rock song in 1949 called "The Fat Man", but I think this song falls into a sort of 'missing link' type category, where you have a song thats right on the crest of being a rock song, but just not quite there. Others disagree, and if i could hear the whole song, instead of this short sample, I might agree:
Scroll down a bit, it's number 2 on the list of 20 titled "The Fat Man"Fats Domino Songs (http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:1949-1951:1921862819:upc=3307510502527)
CBS NEWS also goes on to say, "Others also suggest that more so than the music, "That's All Right" was perhaps the first time that American teens — more specifically, white teens — started embracing a new style of edgy, sexy black music as their own.
"The rock 'n' roll explosion really starts when white kids were becoming immersed in black music," said historian Marc Kirkeby. "Elvis was the catalyst for that, you have to give him that credit."
Soul legend Isaac Hayes puts it more bluntly.
"You've got to think about it at a time when black music was looked down upon by whites. People like Elvis got lambasted for singing that kind of music," he said. "It took a white guy to break it. Blacks couldn't break it."
-dsm
"Yesterday July 5th marks the 50th Anniversary of the Big Bang of Rock N' Roll at Sun Studio with the recording of 'That's All Right' by Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and of course Elvis Presley."
This was the type of hype I heard on the radio yesterday in Los Angeles on KLOS (and the other station to the left of the dial from KLOS). They pointed out that in 1954 Elvis started it all with "That's All Right,' and that's that. Apparently this was going on world wide with over 1000 stations playing the Elvis hit simultaneously (info on the celebration):Sun Studios 50th Anniversary Kick-off (http://www.sunstudio.com/50thanniversaryparty.htm)
There are numerous Rock-History sites that will claim the same thing:
Rock History (site) (http://www.warrensburg.k12.mo.us/soc/rock/mike.html) Here's a snip:
"Rock music is divided into two periods. The first is Rock'n'Roll. It was started by Elvis Presley in the fifties..."
While Elvis may be known as the King of Rock 'n' Roll, many consider it a stretch to anoint him the creator mixing blues, R&B, country, and even a bit of swing.
Yesterday CBS News states that, "Just two years ago, there were commemorations of the 50th anniversary of rock 'n' roll pegged to disc jockey Alan Freed's Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland. Some rock historians have claimed the March 21, 1952, show as the first rock concert — the main reason the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was located there.
Other historians point to "Rocket '88," the 1951 hit written by Ike Turner and Jackie Brenston, as the first rock record because of its distorted electric guitar sound."
Original 1951 Version of Rocket '88 (http://www.content.loudeye.com/scripts/hurl.exe?~oo-600111/0118165_0105_00_0002.ra) Jackie Brenston vocals, and listen carefully to Ike Turner on piano in the backround, (i guess you need realPlayer to hear it. If this doesn't play for you, tell me and I'll provide the link of the site where you can scroll down and click onto it.) I read that Little Richard took Ike's opening-piano intro from this song and used it note-for-note in his hit Lucille (1957).
Rocket '88 with Ike Turner Singing (http://www.detnews.com/2001/entertainment/0105/cds/rocket88.mp3)
Some cite Fats Domino with the first rock song in 1949 called "The Fat Man", but I think this song falls into a sort of 'missing link' type category, where you have a song thats right on the crest of being a rock song, but just not quite there. Others disagree, and if i could hear the whole song, instead of this short sample, I might agree:
Scroll down a bit, it's number 2 on the list of 20 titled "The Fat Man"Fats Domino Songs (http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:1949-1951:1921862819:upc=3307510502527)
CBS NEWS also goes on to say, "Others also suggest that more so than the music, "That's All Right" was perhaps the first time that American teens — more specifically, white teens — started embracing a new style of edgy, sexy black music as their own.
"The rock 'n' roll explosion really starts when white kids were becoming immersed in black music," said historian Marc Kirkeby. "Elvis was the catalyst for that, you have to give him that credit."
Soul legend Isaac Hayes puts it more bluntly.
"You've got to think about it at a time when black music was looked down upon by whites. People like Elvis got lambasted for singing that kind of music," he said. "It took a white guy to break it. Blacks couldn't break it."
-dsm