In the Beginning of Rock and Roll

Socetal Changes

Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 31, 1985

Technology

Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 31, 1980

Mamie Smith Crazy Blues

Aug 31, 1920

https://www.bluescentric.com/blues-history/text_timeline.php

First Broadcast Radio Station

Nov 2, 1920

Bessie Smith Down Hearted Blues

Feb 20, 1923

https://www.bluescentric.com/blues-history/text_timeline.php

Son House

Jan 1, 1925

http://blues.about.com/od/artistprofil2/p/Houseprof.htm

Harlem Renaissance

Jul 1, 1925

Charley Patton

Jan 1, 1929

http://blues.about.com/od/artistprofil2/p/Pattonprof.htm

Charlie Patton records for Paramount

Jun 20, 1929

https://www.bluescentric.com/blues-history/text_timeline.php

Stock Market Crash

Oct 29, 1929

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/stockcrash1929.htm

Electric Guitar invented

Jul 1, 1931

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_guitar

Start of New Deal and 100 days

Mar 4, 1933

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1906802_1906838_1906979,00.html

Ledbelly

Jul 1, 1934

http://blues.about.com/od/artistprofil2/p/Leadbellyprof.htm

Lomax Family begins collecting Blues for Library of Congress

Jun 1, 1938

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/lomax/

Start of WWII

Sep 3, 1939

http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/wwiistarts.htm

Muddy Waters move to Chicago

Apr 20, 1943

https://www.bluescentric.com/blues-history/text_timeline.php

End of WWII Europe

May 8, 1945

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081122163435AANbSuL

Successful test Manhattan Project

Jul 16, 1945

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atom-bomb-successfully-tested

End of WWII Japan

Aug 14, 1945

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081122163435AANbSuL

Chess Records

Jan 1, 1947

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Records

Jackie Robinson Integrates Baseball

Mar 20, 1947

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/jr1947.html

reel to reel tape reocorders

Apr 20, 1947

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reel-to-reel_audio_tape_recording
photo is of mid-1950's home version

ENIAC Patented

Jun 26, 1947

http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/Eniac.htm

Truman Desegregates the US Military

Jul 26, 1948

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/desegregation/large/index.php?action=chronology

First 45 rpm records

Feb 1, 1949

http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question14873.html

Start of Korean War

Jun 25, 1950

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/korean-war-begins

Ike Turner Hers Howin Wolf

Mar 22, 1951

https://www.bluescentric.com/blues/bios/howlin_wolf.php

Fender and the Electronic Guitar

Jun 1, 1951

http://www.fender.com/history/

Scotty Moore opens Sun Studios

Feb 1, 1952

http://www.scottymoore.net/studio_sun.html
http://www.sunrecords.com/

End of Korean War

Jul 27, 1953

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/armistice-ends-the-korean-war

Start of Vietnam War

Apr 20, 1954

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/628478/Vietnam-War

Brown v Board of Education Decision

May 17, 1954

First Transitor Radio

Jun 1, 1954

Fats Domino-Ain't that a Shame

Jun 1, 1955

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0930418.html

Little Richard

Jun 1, 1955

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutti_Frutti_(song)

Chuck Berry and Maybellene

Jul 1, 1955

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybellene

Bo Diddley on Ed Sullivan

Nov 20, 1955

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley

Elvis moves to RCA

Nov 21, 1955

http://www.elvis.com/timeline/default.aspx

Elvis Records Heartbreak Hotel

Jan 10, 1956

http://www.elvis.com/timeline/default.aspx

Carl Perkins and Blue Suede Shoes

Apr 20, 1956

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/carl-perkins/biography

First 8 track tapes

Jun 1, 1956

http://www.recording-history.org/HTML/8track1.php

Elvis on Ed Sullivan

Sep 9, 1956

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/qt/elvissullivan.htm
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elvispresleymusic.com.au%2Fpictures%2F1956_september_9_ed_sullivan_show.html&tbnid=YJlMxCqksnG1iM:&docid=bfYpGPa94UxSHM&h=458&w=608

Million Dollar Quartet

Dec 4, 1956

http://www.sunrecords.com/news/million-dollar-quartet-dec-4-1956

American Bandstand goes to ABC

Aug 5, 1957

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bandstand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Clark

Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire

Nov 1, 1957

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Balls_of_Fire

The Day the Music Died

Feb 3, 1959

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-day-the-music-died

Newport Folk Festival

Jun 20, 1959

https://www.bluescentric.com/blues-history/text_timeline.php

Woolworth's Lunch Counter Sit in

Feb 1, 1960

http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/6-legacy/freedom-struggle-2.html

Freedom Rides

May 4, 1961

http://www.core-online.org/History/freedom%20rides.htm

March on Washington 1963

Aug 28, 1963

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

Death of JFK

Nov 22, 1963

http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/November-22-1963-Death-of-the-President.aspx

Beatles on Ed Sullivan

Feb 9, 1964

http://www.edsullivan.com/the-beatles-on-the-ed-sullivan-show-on-february-9-1964/

Beach Boys on Ed Sullivan

Sep 27, 1964

http://www.edsullivan.com/the-beach-boys-on-the-ed-sullivan-show/

Rolling Stones on Ed Sullivan

Oct 25, 1964

http://www.edsullivan.com/the-rolling-stones-1st-appearance-on-the-ed-sullivan-show-102564/

Roy Orbison on Ed Sullivan

Jul 4, 1965

http://www.edsullivan.com/artists/roy-orbison/

Voting Rights Act signed

Aug 6, 1965

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act

Cassets come to the US

Jun 1, 1966

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Cassette

Eric Clapton forms Cream

Jun 20, 1966

https://www.bluescentric.com/blues-history/text_timeline.php

Mamas and Papas on Ed Sulilvan

Dec 11, 1966

http://www.edsullivan.com/artists/mamas-papas

San Francisco Sound

Jan 1, 1967

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-12-best-sixties-san-francisco-sound-rock-albums

Tuesday Afternoon / Strawberry Fields Mellotron

Apr 20, 1967

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/mellotron-songs/

The Beatles move on--Sgt Pepper

Jun 1, 1967

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band

Monterey Pop Festival

Jun 16, 1967

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monthttps://www.google.com/search?q=monterey+pop+festival&rlz=1C1EODB_enUS549US549&es_sm=93&biw=1600&bih=756&tbm=isch&imgil=CsrcIfuYqlqGKM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcT0GZIv-xI9K7r7jK4QxiqQb6Yjhmm0MnNUyO4IVMcsyX2CR7Ul%253B1200%253B1200%253BmKG7GxjmfApGVM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fbootlegtunzworld.blogspot.com%25252F2010%25252F09%25252Fmonterey-international-pop-festival.html&source=iu&erey_Pop_Festival

Doors on Ed Sullvan

Sep 17, 1967

http://www.edsullivan.com/artists/the-doors

Switched on Bach and Moog Synthesizer

Apr 1, 1968

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404780,00.asp

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prision

May 1, 1968

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Folsom_Prison

Beatles Break Up

Jan 20, 1969

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/why-the-beatles-broke-up-20090903
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_and_Winding_Road

Woodstock

Aug 15, 1969

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock

End of Vietnam War

Apr 1, 1975

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/628478/Vietnam-War