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1 The use of 50’s Rock and Roll in the contemporary classroom

2  Credit cards, color TV, seat belts and the TV remote are introduced  Brown V Topeka Board of Education ends school segregation  Rosa Parks refuses to give up her front row seat  First appearance of Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show

3 Rock’n’Roll – A genre of music that originated and evolved in the United States in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s Piano and Saxophone were early lead instruments Classic Rock’n’Roll is played with two guitars, a bass and a drum kit. Boogie Woogie Blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat Influenced television, movies, lifestyles, fashion, attitudes and language Spawned several sub-genres, all know simply as “rock” or “rock music”

4  Blue Suede Shoes, written by Carl Perkins is the definitive song of 50’s Rock’n’Roll  YouTube - elvis presley blue suede shoes color YouTube - elvis presley blue suede shoes color

5  “Crazy Man, Crazy” was the first nationally televised rock’n’roll song  Recorded “Rock Around the Clock” in 1953  “Rock Around the Clock” sold 25 million copies  Recorded “Shake, Rattle and Roll” in 1954

6  YouTube - rock around the clock. bill haley YouTube - rock around the clock. bill haley

7  Elvis Presley 1935- 1957  Credited with the birth of Rock’n’Roll  Starred in 33 films  Sold over 1 billion records  Received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at 36

8 In 1954, Elvis records “That’s All Right Mama” at Sun Studios, Memphis, TN Rock’n’Rolls’ big bang. Elvis Presley, a 19-year- old truck driver fulfils producer Sam Phillips’ dream of finding “a white guy who sings like a negro.” There were rock’n’roll records before this one, nearly all of them by black artists, but this is the moment when the embryonic form found its perfect embodiment.

9  YouTube - Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock 1957 colour YouTube - Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock 1957 colour

10  Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper die in a plane crash on February 3, 1959  Peggy Sue, Donna and Chantilly Lace will live on in infamy  Don McLean’s American Pie is the anthem for this tragic event

11  YouTube - BUDDY HOLLY - Peggy sue - Vidéo clip YouTube - BUDDY HOLLY - Peggy sue - Vidéo clip  YouTube - Oh Donna Live YouTube - Oh Donna Live  YouTube - Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace YouTube - Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace

12  American Pie http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1425 /americanpie.htm http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1425 /americanpie.htm  Buddy Holly Archive at the Lubbock Avalanche- Journal http://www.lubbockmusic.com/buddyholly/i ndex.shtml http://www.lubbockmusic.com/buddyholly/i ndex.shtml

13  Chuck Berry, born October 18, 1926  Tells the story of a hot rod race and a broken romance  Cars and girls – the two constants of American rock’n’roll  Released in July 1955

14  YouTube - Chuck Berry - Maybellene YouTube - Chuck Berry - Maybellene

15  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll  http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.esto.es/rock/images/BillHale y3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.esto.es/rock/spanish/bill_haley.htm&usg=__VhKODu Hy9ZDJYUqbqAhP5U- g6jY=&h=1344&w=1139&sz=143&hl=en&start=7&itbs=1&tbnid=SLz0aFzfeuib4M:&tbn h=150&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBill%2BHailey%2Band%2Bthe%2BComets% 26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:officialg  http://www.newretrodining.com/50sfunfacts.htm http://www.newretrodining.com/50sfunfacts.htm  http://www.sydneysvintageclothing.com/images/RichardDuPuis7.jpg http://www.sydneysvintageclothing.com/images/RichardDuPuis7.jpg  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bopper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bopper  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died  http://30daysout.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/m590203k.jpg http://30daysout.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/m590203k.jpg  http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/buddyholly/main.html http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/buddyholly/main.html  http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cascadeblues.org/Legends/Ch uckBerry/ChuckBerry.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.cascadeblues.org/Legends/Chuck Berry/ChuckBerry.htm&usg=__cEiHbUhPfDe0GuqpEn_Ost8UHcY=&h=494&w=324&s z=15&hl=en&start=6&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=nfT2hjxE9Q6jOM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=85&pr ev=/images%3Fq%3Dchuck%2Bberry%2Bpictures%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox- a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26um%3D1  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybellene http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybellene  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry

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