1950s - Handout

1950s Handout

Essential Listening

Bill Haley and The Comets - Rock Around the Clock (Single 1954)
Little Richard - Tutti-Frutti (Single 1955)
Elvis Presley – Blue Suede Shoes (Single 1956)
Jerry Lee Lewis – Lewis Boogie (Single 1956)
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode (Single 1958)
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (Single 1956)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On (Single 1957)
Buddy Holly and the Crickets – Peggy Sue (Single 1957)


Useful Websites

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Richard
http://www.chuckberry.com/about/bio
http://www.history-of-rock.com/indx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll
http://www.thecrickets.com/bios.html
http://www.billhaley.co.uk/comets2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley