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THE FIFTIES
# 1951 – “Rocket 88,” considered the first Rock record, is released.
# 1952 – Little Richards first records are released.
# 1953 – Elvis Presley makes his first (private) recordings.
# 1954 – Ray Charles forms his own band.
# 1955 – The movie Blackboard Jungle is released featuring Bill Haley & The Comets “Rock Around The Clock.” RCA signs Elvis Presley. The Everly Bros. make their first studio recordings.
# 1956 – Elvis first film, Love Me Tender. An impromptu recording session at Sun Studios for Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, the million dollar quartet.
# 1957 – Chuck Berry releases the hits “School Day” and “Rock And Roll Music”
# 1958 – Elvis is drafted into the U.S. Army
# 1959 – Buddy Holly is killed in a plane crash.
THE SIXTIES
# 1960 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show following his Army stint.
# 1961 – Big soul hits for groups like The Shirelles, The Marvelettes. Dion splits from The Belmonts.
# 1962 – The Supremes have their first record released by Motown. The Twist takes off.
# 1963 – Surf music rules the airwaves.
# 1964 – The Beatles hit America leading the British Invasion.
# 1965 – Bob Dylan plugs in at the Newport Folk Festival spawning Folk-Rock.
# 1966 – The Monkees TV series begins. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds album arrives.
# 1967 – Monterey Pop Festival begins the open air Rock festival concept. The Beatles Sgt. Pepper is unleashed. Cream issues their first two albums.
# 1968 – Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention release Were Only In It For The Money.
# 1969 – Woodstock Music & Arts Festival draws half a million fans to Max Yasgars farm in New York. The Whos rock opera Tommy is introduced.
THE SEVENTIES
# 1970 – Deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin within a month of each other. The Grateful Dead release both Workingmans Dead and American Beauty. The Beatles break up.
# 1971 – Deaths of Jim Morrison (The Doors) and Duane Allman (Allman Bros. Band). Songwriter Carole King releases her Tapesty album.
# 1972 – Smokey Robinson leaves The Miracles to go solo.
# 1973 – Led Zeppelins tour is a record breaker. Pink Floyd release Dark Side Of The Moon.
# 1974 – Bob Dylan & The Band tour together.
# 1975 – Rod Stewart officially quits The Faces. Bruce Springsteen releases Born To Run.
# 1976 – Stevie Wonders album release Songs In The Key Of Life would win five Grammy awards. Frampton Comes Alive is released.
# 1977 – The Disco influence is felt as Saturday Night Fever becomes a best selling album. Meatloafs Bat Out Of Hell is released. Elvis Presley dies.
# 1978 – Van Halen release their first album.
# 1979 – The Who release two movies, go on tour, and eleven fans are trampled to death at their Cincinnati concert.
THE EIGHTIES
# 1980 – John Lennon is murdered in front of his New York apartment.
# 1981 – Paul McCartneys Wings