Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
11-28-2014, 06:15 PM
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
11-14-2014, 05:05 PM
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Johnny Otis deserves tremendous credit for...
Johnny Otis deserves tremendous credit for helping to found rocknroll. He was a bandleader, drummer, vibes-player and talent scout. He brought up such talent as Etta James, Little Willie John, Hank...
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
09-27-2014, 01:13 PM
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Some other early rock 'n' roll precursors. This...
Some other early rock 'n' roll precursors. This early rocknroll, jump blues, hillbilly boogie stuff is, IMHO, the greatest music ever made. If I had to live with only one era of music to listen to...
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
09-07-2014, 08:10 AM
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
09-06-2014, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 22
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In 1947, a new station in Memphis went on the...
In 1947, a new station in Memphis went on the air—WDIA—the first station with an all-black staff with entirely all-black programming and quickly became the #1 station in Memphis reaching 10% of the...
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
09-02-2014, 03:17 PM
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Since rock 'n' roll was the result of the...
Since rock 'n' roll was the result of the interaction of black and white musical styles, if it was to survive after bursting onto the scene via Alan Freed, it would have to evolve. Inevitably, the...
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
09-01-2014, 12:53 PM
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As for the music itself, when did it really...
As for the music itself, when did it really start? Hard to say but we can narrow it down by acknowledging that wherever whites and blacks in America came in close and constant contact, rocknroll...
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
09-01-2014, 11:49 AM
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doles dickens & his quintet - rock...
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doles dickens & his quintet - rock and roll - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJRgg5qYnZI)
“Rock and Roll” by Doles Dickens and His Quintet, 1949.
Written by Wild Bill Moore.
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
09-01-2014, 11:16 AM
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So this was the state of American music by the...
So this was the state of American music by the time the 50s arrived. A new generation of kids who were denied big band music due to the AFM strike and grew up on minority or specialty music were...
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
08-31-2014, 12:07 PM
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe was born Rosetta Nubin in...
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was born Rosetta Nubin in Arkansas in 1915 (another source claims her name was Rosie Etta Atkins). Her parents sang in church and her mother was also a musician as well as an...
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
08-30-2014, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 22
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Doo-wop also got its start in the 40s via the...
Doo-wop also got its start in the 40s via the vocal groups and while it would be difficult to pinpoint exactly when it started or by whom, one band that definitely deserves credit is the Ravens. ...
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
08-30-2014, 04:54 PM
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
08-30-2014, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 22
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The first band to be regarded as TRUE jump was...
The first band to be regarded as TRUE jump was Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five. And the first song to be regard as TRUE jump was their 1946 number entitled "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie." The argument ...
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
08-30-2014, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 22
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
08-30-2014, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 22
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Capitol was formed in LA by songwriter and...
Capitol was formed in LA by songwriter and performer Johnny Mercer in 1942. Although Capitol formed before the AFM strike, they quickly took advantage of it. And to get around the shellac shortage,...
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
08-30-2014, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 22
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In the meantime, kids needed to hear some new...
In the meantime, kids needed to hear some new music and started tuning into radio programs as the King Biscuit Time. Hosted from Helena, Arkansas on station KFFA starting in 1942, as a promotional...
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
08-30-2014, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 22
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WW2 and the Rise of Rock 'N' Roll
Exactly when rock ‘n’ roll started is certainly open to debate but there is little doubt that its roots are found in swing, bop, blues, black and white gospel, hillbilly and old folksongs primarily...
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