Rock Music History
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Updated: 4 Jan 2024
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"Rocket 88""That's All Right Mama" b/w "Blue Moon of Kentucky"Elvis signs with RCA"Heartbreak Hotel"March on Washington for Jobs and FreedomCold War Declared"Sgt. Pepper's""Pet Sounds""The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan"Richard Nixon resigns his presidencyBeatlemania arrives in the USThe Beatles disbandPres. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas.Motown Records foundedElvis "Aloha from Hawaii" TV concert.Kennedy inaugurated as 35th president of the US.Pres. Kennedy's Moon Speech"Please Mr. Postman"The Carter Family make their first recording.Hank Williams joins The Louisiana HayrideThe Grand Ole Opry debuts"After the Ball" published.Emil Berliner founds the American Grammophon Co.American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) founded.Broadcast Music, Inc. foundedCommercial radio broadcasting begins.TV broadcasting beginsSun Records founded"Maybellene"Chess Records foundedAtlantic Records foundedBuddy Holly dies"That'll Be the Day"Elvis Presley diesElvis' "Comeback Special"Brown v. Board of EducationLBJ Sworn in as President of the US"In the Wee Small Hours""Crazy Blues"Great Depression begins"The Jazz Singer"The Great Migration beginsElvis Presley born. (d. 1977)Chuck Berry born. (d. 2017)Little Richard born. (d. 2020)Muddy Waters born. (d. 1983)Army-McCarthy HearingsFats Domino born. (d. 2017)Stephen Foster born. (d. 1864)Irving Berlin born. (d. 1989)George Gershwin born (d. 1937)Cole Porter born (d. 1964)Buddy Holly born (d. 1959)Jerry Lee Lewis born (d. 2022)MinstrelsyMoondog Matinee debutsAlan Freed moves to WINS in New YorkPayola scandal erruptsDick Clark starts hosting American BandstandAlan Freed diesElvis honorably discharged from the Army"Tutti Frutti"Chuck Berry arrestedLittle Richard abandons rock and roll"Johnny B. Goode""Ain't That a Shame""Rock Around the Clock""Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On""The Twist""Highway 61 Revisited""Bringing It All Back Home""Blonde On Blonde"Civil Rights Act enactedVoting Rights Act enactedLBJ announces he will not run for re-election.Fender Musical Instruments Corp. is formed.Fender Telecaster introducedDwight D. Eisenhower elected president"Mr. Tamborine Man""Please Please Me""The Sound of Silence" (re-release)"Music from Big Pink""Liege and Lief""John Wesley Harding""Blood On the Tracks"Robert Allen Zimmerman born"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?""Spanish Harlem""Hallelujah, I Love Her So""Da Doo Ron Ron""What I'd Say?"Ray Charles signs with ABC"Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music"Phil Spector forms Philles Records"A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records""Be My Baby""You Send Me""A Change Is Gonna Come"Sam Cooke killed"The Rolling Stones"Altamont Speedway Festival"Aftermath" released by the Rolling Stones."Beggar's Banquet"The Beatles' final concert for a paying audience."Abbey Road""Exile On Main St.""My Generation""Tommy""Who's Next"Keith Moon diesCincinnati TragedyJimi Hendrix dies"Rubber Soul""Revolver"Janis Joplin dies"Otis Blue""Where Did Our Love Go?""Ain't Too Proud to Beg""I Can't Help Myself (Sugar-Pie Honey-Bunch)"James Brown born (d. 2006)"Please, Please, Please""Live at the Apollo""Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"James Brown dies."For Your Precious Love""Black Sabbath""Led Zeppelin I"Jon Bonham diesGerald Ford sworn in as Pres. of the USJimmy Carter sworn in as US PresidentJosef Stalin diesNikita Krushchev assumes leadership of the Soviet UnioThe Berlin Wall constructed.CBGBs opensSputnik launchedNixon sworn in as US President"Saturday Night Live" debuts"The Gilded Palace of Sin"Stax Records foundedTet offensive beginsThe Pentagon Papers published"Are You Experienced?""I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You""From Elvis in Memphis"Aretha Franklin dies"In the Court of the Crimson King""Fragile""Selling England By the Pound"16th Street Baptist Church bombing"The Battle of Algiers""The Graduate""Apocalypse Now""Soul Train""Saturday Night Fever"Disco Demolition NightRonald Reagan Sworn in as PresidentAssassination attempt on Ronald Reagan"Fire and Rain""Born to Run""Your Song""London Calling""Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols"Bill Grundy interviews the Sex PistolsMargaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister of the UKRamones make their CBGBs debut"The Ramones"Dylan begins touring with the Band"Don't Look Back"Elvis is drafted into the US Army"Anthology of American Folk Music""Gypsy Woman""Sweetheart of the Rodeo""Rebel Without a Cause""Rapper's Delight""The Message"George H.W. Bush inaugurated as US president.Bill Clinton inaugurated as US PresidentThe Berlin Wall demolished.Soviet Union dissolved.John Lennon killed.Kurt Cobain dies"Elvis Presley"Yuri Gagarin orbits the EarthAlan Shepard reaches sub-orbital space.Youngest boomers reach adulthood"Bringing It All Back Home""Highway 61 Revisited""A Hard Day's Night""Help!"The Beatles meet Dylan"Jailhouse Rock"Periods
World War IIMontgomery Bus BoycottVietnam WarWoodstock Music FestivalMonterrey Pop FestivalWorld War IThe US Civil WarReconstructionCuban Missile CrisisWatergate HearingsApollo 11Chicago National Democratic ConventionIran Hostage CrisisKorean WarPrague SpringThe Gulf War
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