Musicrainbow

Music's Big Bang: The Genesis of Rock and Roll

By Tanya0510

  • “Maple Leaf Rag” by Scott Joplin first to sell 1 million copies of sheet music

    Maple Leaf Rag

  • W.C. Handy, self-proclaimed Father of the Blues

    W.C. Handy

  • Memphis Blues

    Memphis Blues

  • Louis Armstrong, influential New Orleans Musician

    Louis Armstrong, influential New Orleans Musician
    Louis Armstrong

  • Hokum Blues. Predecessor to Rock n' Roll

    Hokum Blues

  • Mississippi Delta Blues

    Delta Blues

  • Charley Patton, influential Mississippi Delta Blues Musician

    Charley Patton

  • Son House, influential Mississippi Delta Blues Musician

    Son House

  • Chicago Blues

    Chicago Blues

  • Frank Sinatra, Rock Star before Rock n' Roll

    Frank Sinatra

  • Leadbelly, influential Louisiana Blues Musician

    Leadbelly

  • Robert Johnson, influential Delta Blues Musician

    Robert Johnson

  • The Bo Diddley Beat

    Bo Diddley Beat

  • Little Richard

    Little Richard

  • Muddy Waters, Mississippi Delta Blues Musician considered the "father of modern Chicago blues"

    Muddy Waters

  • John Lee Hooker, influential Mississippi Delta Blues Musician

    John Lee Hooker

  • Fats Domino, New Orleans R&B, Rock n' Roll Musician

    Fats Domino, New Orleans R&B, Rock n' Roll Musician
    Fats Domino

  • Sam Phillips, influential record producer opens Memphis Recording Service

    Sam Phillips

  • Chess Records, Electric Blues & early Rock n' Roll Chicago recording studio

    Chess Records

  • Disc Jockey Alan Freed coined the term "Rock n' Roll"

    Alan Freed

  • Howlin Wolf, influential Chicago Blues Musician

    Howlin Wolf, influential Chicago Blues Musician
    Howlin Wolf

  • Dinah Shore's "Sweet Violets" recorded, Inspires youth to rebel & gravitate to RnR

    Sweet Violets

  • Big Mama Thornton Recorded "Hound Dog" Spent 7wks at #1 on R&B charts

    Big Mama Thornton

  • Sun Records opened in Memphis

    Sun Records

  • Roy Orbison, Poet Laureate of the Lonely

    Roy Orbison, Poet Laureate of the Lonely
    Roy Orbison

  • Marion Keisker, assistant to Sam Phillips, first person to record Elvis

    Marion Keisker

  • Elvis Presley, "King of Rock n' Roll"

    Elvis Presley, "King of Rock n' Roll"
    Elvis Presley

  • Chuck Berry, pioneer of Rock n' Roll

    Chuck Berry

  • Johnny Cash

    Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash

  • Buddy Holly, pioneer of Rock n' Roll

    Buddy Holly, pioneer of Rock n' Roll
    Buddy Holly

  • Bo Diddley, The Originator, Blues Musician who transitioned blues to rock

    Bo Diddley

  • "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash released

    "Folsom Prison Blues"

  • Carl Perkins releases "Blue Suede Shoes"

    Carl Perkins

  • Elvis's "Hound Dog" topped the Pop, R&B & Country charts

    "Hound Dog"

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    Jerry Lee Lewis

  • Million Dollar Quartet: Elvis, Cash, Lewis, Perkins jam session at Sun Records

    Millioin Dollar Quartet

  • The Crickets, Buddy Holly's band

    The Crickets

  • Ritchie Valens, pioneer of Rock n' Roll & forefather of Chicano Rock

    Ritchie Valens

  • The Day the Music Died: death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper

    The Day the Music Died

  • The Beatles, inspired by many blues musician & chose their name in homage to The Crickets

    The Beatles

  • "Hello Dolly" by Louis Armstrong made him the oldest person to top the Billboard chart

    "Hello Dolly"

  • "Lady Madonna" by the Beatles, influenced by Fats Domino

    "Lady Madonna"

  • Traveling Wilburys, supergroup with Orbison, Petty, Dylan, Harrison, Lynne

    Traveling Wilburys