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King Records Debut
King Records, a race record company, would be created for african-american singers -
Race Records is formed
Race Records, which was a record company for African-American singers and songwriters was created by King Records -
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History of Rock and Roll
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Little Richard's First Single is released
Little Richards first single is released -
Elvis First Single
"That's All Right" was Elvis Presley's first single back on this date, This song was relesased by Sun Records. -
Debut of Ray Charles
Ray Charles and his band form -
Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins recorded "Blue Suede Shoes" in 1955 -
Bill Haley and the Comets
Bill Haley and the Comets debuted the song "Rock Around the Clock" which was a best seller in 1955. -
The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers debuted in the year of 1955 -
Tutti Frutti
Little Richard would debut the song "Tutti Frutti" and be #1 on the pop charts -
american bandstand
American Bandstand was first aired on National Television in 1956 -
First Jerry Lee Lewis Single
Jerry Lee Lewis releases his first debut single "A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" -
Great Balls Of Fire
Jerry Lee Lewis sings "Great Balls Of Fire" which is #1 on billboard charts in 1957. -
Elvis Moves into the army
Elvis moves into the army. He would end up serving from 1958 until 1960. -
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters goes to England, where he shocked the people with his blues music -
"the day the music died"
On Feburary 3rd, 1959, a small charter plane crashed just north of Clear Lake, Iowa. 4 were found dead, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, J.P. Richardson "BIg Bopper", and Richard Peterson (the pilot). They were found dead in a fencline of a field. -
Elvis appears on Ed Sullivan Show
Elvis comes back from the army to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show -
Ray Charles first #1 Hit
Ray Charles comes out with his first top charting single "Georgia on my Mind" -
Beatles Debut
The Beatles would debut on this day at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England -
Robert Zimmerman reports to New York City
Robert Zimmerman, known as Bob Dylan, reports to New York City in search of a career -
The Supremes
The Supremes first recordings are released -
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder comes out with his #1 hit single "Fingertips" -
Bob Dylan plays at Folk Festival
Bob Dylan, folk singer would play at Newport Folk Festival for the first time -
The Who
In 1964, The Who was created and started to create topping singles -
Alan Freed Dies
Alan Freed, known as "Moondog" dies at age 43 -
Bob Dylan Goes Electric
Bob Dylan goes electric gutair, his fans outrage -
Jackson 5 releases their first single
"Big Boy" would be the Jackson 5 first single -
Woodstock
A 3 day concert series feauturing some of the greatest rock and roll singers at the time dragged thousands of people for a big get together -
Beatles split
The beatles would quit recording together and split up -
Jimi Hendrix dies
On this day, Jimi Hendrix would be found dead by overdose of herion -
Woodstock the Movie
One year later, movie producers created a documentary of woodstock in 1969 -
KISS Forms
The band KISS forms -
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band debut -
KISS Debuts
The Rockband KISS debut album comes out -
Sex Pistols
The sex pistols came to the United States -
Elvis dies
Elvis dies in his bathroom -
Prince Debuts
Prince debuted his first album, For You -
MTV
MTV is created -
Prince album
Prince's album "Purple Rain" goes 1 for 25 straight weeks -
Michael Jackson hair catches fire
Michael Jackson is rushed to the hospital after his hair catches fire during filming for a pepsi commercial -
Madonna
Madonna's album "Like a Virgin" is released and is on the charts for the US and UK -
Run DMC remake
Run DMC remaked the song "Walk This Way" original song by Aerosmith -
Wal-Mart Bans explict music
Wal-Mart Bans music labled "explict" -
Lolopooloza
Lolopoolooza was a big concert feauturing a bunch of big singers
