1. “Rock Around the Clock” : Rock ‘n Roll, 1954-59
Chapter 8
“Rock Around the Clock” : Rock ‘n Roll,
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2. Chapter 8 (outline) [Introduction]
Cover Versions and Early Rock 'n' Roll
The Rock 'n' Roll Business
Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the R&B Side
Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the Country Side
Wild, Wild Young Women: The Lady Vanishes
The Latin Side of Rock 'n' Roll
[no later sections of Chapter 8 will be covered]

3. The Official Alan Freed Website

4. Other DJs “Dr. Daddy-O” (Vernon Winslow) (New Orleans) Gene Nobles
WLAC (Nashville)
Hoss Allen
“Dr. Hepcat” (Lavada Durst) KVET (Austin, TX)

5. Dewey Phillips ( )
WHBQ – Memphis (560 AM) - local, 5,000-watt station
Leading Memphis DJ ( )
“speed-crazed hillbilly” - alcohol, painkillers, amphetamines
Played all styles – country, R&B, boogie woogie, jazz, etc.
1st DJ to play (& interview) Elvis
Replaced by “Top 40” format
DEWEY PHILLIPS - AT WHBQ HOSTING RED HOT & BLUE IN MEMPHIS

6. Antoine “Fats” Domino (b. 1928)
New Orleans pianist & band leader
Top R & B performer
Also “crossover” hits on Pop Charts
“The Fat Man” (1949 regional hit): Fats Domino - The Fat Man + lyrics – YouTube
“Ain’t That A Shame” (1955 R&B # 1, Pop # 10): Fats Domino Ain't That A Shame - YouTube
“Blueberry Hill” (1956 R&B # 1, Pop # 2): Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill RPM - YouTube

7. Chuck Berry (b. 1926) St. Louis Guitarist Chess Records
Songs for Teenagers
“Maybelline” (1955, Pop # 5, R&B, # 1) YouTube - Chuck Berry – Maybelline (Textbook, 255-8)
“Roll Over Beethoven” (1956, Pop # 29, R&B # 2) : Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry LIVE – YouTube (live)
“Johnny B. Good” (1958, Pop # 8, R&B #1): Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode - YouTube

8. “Little Richard” [Penniman]
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Religious Family
Leading Showman
“Tutti Frutti” : YouTube - Little Richard, Tutti Frutti (1955 Pop # 17, R&B # 2)
“Long Tall Sally” : Little Richard - "Long Tall Sally" (1956 Pop # 6, R&B # 1) (text book, 261)
“Lucille” : Lucille (1956 Pop # 21, R&B # 1)
“Good Golly Miss Molly” : Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (Lyrics) High Quality – YouTube (1958 Pop # 10, R&B # 4)
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9. Bill Haley (1925-1981) Philadelphia DJ “Saddlemen” (country band)
“Comets” (from 1952 on)
“Shake, Rattle and Roll” : Shake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley and his Comets (1954 cover, Pop # 7, UK hit)
“Rock Around the Clock” YouTube - Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock (1956) (1954 B-side release, not a success)
“Rock Around the Clock” used in Blackboard Jungle ( Pop # 1, 1955)
“See You Later Alligator” YouTube - Swing Dancing to Bill Haley and the Comets (1956)

10. Covers (textbook, p )
“Shake, Rattle & Roll” - Big Joe Turner (R&B # 1, Pop #22) : Shake, Rattle, & Roll- Joe Turner – YouTube (April 1954) - Bill Haley and the Comets (Pop # 7) : Shake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley and his Comets (August 1954)
“Sh-Boom” - The Chords (R&B # 2, Pop # 5) : The Chords - Sh Boom (March 1954) - The Crewcuts (Pop # 1) : The Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom – YouTube (July 1954)
“Mystery Train” - Junior Parker : Little Junior Parker - Mystery Train (November 1953) - Elvis Presley (C&W # 11) : ELVIS PRESLEY//Mystery Train – YouTube (August 1955)

11. White Covers
R & B hits (Independent Labels) “covered” by Major labels (White Performers)
“pretested” = less commercial risk
Lyrics often toned down (sexual references made less explicit)
Recorded sound “improved” (cleaned up)
Who wins and who gets ripped off?
Difference in payments (flat fee [usually for Black performers] vs. per unit royalty [White performers])

12. Elvis Presley, Bill Black, Scotty Moore, Sam Phillips (owner)
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Sun Records (Memphis)
Sam Phillips, owner/producer
Elvis Presley, Bill Black, Scotty Moore, Sam Phillips (owner)
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13. Elvis Aaron Presley (1935-1977)
b. Tupelo, MS (poor white rural)
Wide range of musical influences
1948 – to Memphis
1953 – 1st time at Sun Studios
1954 – demos for Phillips (“That’s All Right Mama” / “Blue Moon of Kentucky”)
Public performances
Col. Tom Parker, manager
Contract sold to RCA
TV – 1956
– into Army

14. Louisiana Hayride
Elvis Presley. I Got A Woman.Louisiana Hayride Archives Remastered – YouTube
Elvis Presley. Tweedle Dee.Louisiana Hayride Archives Remastered – YouTube
Elvis Presley. Maybellene . ( Tunzi Remix ).Louisiana Hayride Archives Remastered YouTube

15. Elvis on Television
Jan-Feb ’56: Stage Show (CBS) - Variety show hosted by Dorsey Brothers - No special interest or reaction
Milton Berle Show ( ) (“Mr. Television”) - 3 Apr ’56 (on Battleship USS Hancock) - 5 June ’56 : Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (1956) HD
“Elvis the pelvis” – panned by critics as obscene