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I say 1965. |
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| Honky Tonk Man |
1956. Without a shadow of doubt. This year changed everything. Without Elvis and co, you wouldn’t be thinking 1965 was quite so great. |
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| Gazza |
'69 would give '65 and '66 a close run, IMO
Its been definitely downhill all the way since 1980 |
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| Gazza |
quote:
Honky Tonk Man wrote:
1956. Without a shadow of doubt. This year changed everything. Without Elvis and co, you wouldn’t be thinking 1965 was quite so great.
a wise post for a young chap of your tender years |
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| Saint Sway |
THE RELEASE OF THE VERY UNDERATED DIRTY WORK ALBUM IN 1986 MAKES '86 THE GREATEST YEAR FOR ROCK AND ROLL BY A FUCKING LANDSLIDE.
(Perks, feel free to take the rest of the day off) |
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Rock and Roll Timeline
1877
Thomas Edison invents the phonograph for playing back stored sounds. The first recording he
makes is "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
1915
The Chicago Automatic Machine and Tool Company invents the jukebox that plays records (as opposed to the cylinder recordings type of player that had been around since 1889).
1917
In 1917, the first jazz record was issued in the U.S. when Nick LaRocca’s Original Dixieland
Jazz Band released "The Dixieland Jazz Band One-Step."
1929
The 78 rpm record is introduced.
1931
Adolph Rickenbacker invents the electric guitar
1936
Billboard puts out its first record sales chart in 1936.
1938
Bluesman Robert Johnson records his first record
Pete Johnson and Joe Turner cut their first boogie records in Kansas City
Boom of boogie woogie in Chicago
Telefunken helps develop magnetic tape for use with tape recorders.
John Hammond's 'Spirituals to Swing' concert in NYC
Saxophonist Louis Jordan leaves Chick Webb's sax section to form his Tympany Five. This might well mark the beginnings of what we know as Rock and Roll
1939
Leo Mintz founds a record store in Cleveland, the "Record Rendezvous", specializing in
black music
1942
Louis Jordan launches "jump blues" (rhythm and blues) with "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie "
Los Angeles bluesman T-Bone Walker incorporates jazz chords into the blues guitar with "I
Got A Break Baby"
Savoy is founded in Newark (NJ) to promote black music
1943
King Records is founded in Cincinnati by Syd Nathan to record hillbilly. In 1946 adds race music.
1945
Les Paul invents "echo delay", "multi-tracking" and many other studio techniques Johnny Otis assembles a combo for "Harlem Nocturne" that is basically a
shrunk-down version of the big-bands of swing
Jules Bihari founds Modern Records in Los Angeles, specializing in black music
1946
Muddy Waters cuts the first records of Chicago's electric blues
Carl Hogan plays a powerful guitar riff on Louis Jordan's "Ain't That Just Like a Woman"
Lew Chudd founds Imperial Records in Los Angeles, specializing in black music
Specialty Records is founded by Art Rupe in Los Angeles to specialize in black popular
music
1947
Billboard writer Jerry Wexler invents the term "rhythm and blues" for electric blues
Roy Brown writes and cuts "Good Rockin' Tonight" in Texas
Chess Records is founded in Chicago by two Polish-born Jews, Leonard and Phil Chessm to promote blues and later rhythm and blues
Ahmet Ertegun founds Atlantic Records in New York to promote black music at the border between
jazz, rhythm and blues and pop
1948
Detroit R&B saxophonist Wild Bill Moore releases "We're Gonna Rock We're Gonna Roll"
John Lee Hooker records Boogie "Chillen'" for Modern Records, a a single, which topped the
R&B charts in 1949.
Columbia introduces the 12-inch 33-1/3 RPM long-playing vinyl record
Homer Dudley invents the Vocoder (Voice Operated recorder)
Memphis' radio station WDIA hires Nat Williams, the first black disc jockey
The magazine Billboard introduces charts for "hillbilly" and "race" records
1949
Fats Domino cuts "The Fat Man," a new kind of boogie
Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" reaches the top of the country charts Scatman Crothers cuts "I Want To Rock And Roll" (1949), with Wild Bill Moore on
saxophone
RCA Victor introduces the 45 RPM vinyl record
Todd Storz of the KOWH radio station starts the Top 40 radio program
The Billboard chart for "race" records becomes the chart for "rhythm and blues" records
Aristocrat changes its name to Chess
Dewey Phillips (white) deejays race music show 'Red Hot and Blue' in Memphis (Delta blues, Chicago blues, boogie)
1951
The white Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed decides to speculate on the success of Leo
Mintz's store and starts a radio program, Moondog Rock'n'Roll Party, that broadcasts
black music to an audience of white teenagers
The first rock and roll record, Ike Turner's Rocket 88, is released
The first juke-box that plays 45 RPM records is introduced
Howling Wolf and Joe Turner popularize the "shouters"
Gunter Lee Carr cuts the dance novelty "We're Gonna Rock "
1952
Bill Haley Saddlemen become the Comets
Bob Horn's Bandstand TV program airs from Philadelphia every weekday afternoon
The Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed (aka Moondog) organizes the first rock and roll
concert, the Moondog Coronation Ball
Les Paul invents the Gibson guitar, the first solid-body electric guitar
Sam Phillips founds Sun Records and declares "If I could find a white man who sings with
the Negro feel, I'll make a million dollars"
Charles Brown's "Hard Times" is the first hit by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller to enter the
charts
Little Richard's first records released
1953
Bill Haley's "Crazy Man Crazy" is the first rock and roll song to enter the Billboard charts
The Orioles' "Crying in the Chapel" is the first black hit to top the white pop charts
Leo Fender invents the Stratocaster guitar
Sam Phillips records the first Elvis Presley record in his Sun studio of Memphis using two
recorders to produce an effect of "slapback" audio delay
The black market constitutes 5.7% of the total American market for records
Vee-Jay Records is founded in Indiana, is owned by James and Vivian Bracken, specializing in black music
Elvis Presley makes his first (private) recordings
1954
Boom of Doo Wop
Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" is the first rock song used in a movie soundtrack
The record companies switch from 78 RPMs to 45 RPMs
Japanese electronic company TTK (later Sony) introduces the world's first transistor radio
Ray Charles forms his band
In 1954, Big Joe Turner recorded the original version of the 1950s hit, Shake, Rattle and Roll.
Johnny Cash forms the Tennessee Two with Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant,
1955
Chuck Berry cuts his first rock and roll records, the first ones to have the guitar as the main
instrument, and invents the descending pentatonic double-stops (the essence of rock guitar)
Bo Diddley invents the "hambone" rhythm
The Chordettes and the Chantels are the first girl-groups
Ray Charles creates "soul" music with "I Got A Woman," a secular adaptation of an old
gospel
Ace Records is formed by Johnny Vincent in New Orleans, specializing in black music
The Blackboard Jungle is released featuring Bill Haley and His Comets "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock"
RCA signs Elvis Presley
The Everly Brothers make their first studio recordings
Alan Freed's Rock 'n' Roll Ball" draws huge, half-white audience
Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes"
Sales of 45 rpm records finally outsold 78s.
1956
Colonel Tom Parker signed on as Elvis Presley’s manager
Heartbreak Hotel starts Presley-mania
Presley's first film, Love Me Tender
The rock 'n' roll music of white rockers is called "rockabilly" (rock + hillbilly)
Screamin Jay Hawkins' "I Put A Spell On You" introduces voodoo into rock'n'roll
Wanda Jackson is the "Queen of Rockabilly"
The popularity of rock and roll causes the record industry to boom and allows independent labels to flourish
In impromptu recording session occurs at Sun Studios with the million dollar quartet consisting of Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash
Elektra pioneers the "compilation" record, containing songs by different musicians
Buddy Holly had his first official recording session in 1956. It was held in Nashville at producer
Owen Bradley’s, Barn Studio.
Brenda Lee signs a recording contract at the age of 11, after five years of singing professionally
Gene Vincent made his first appearance on national TV by performing on The Perry Como Show
American Bandstand first aired on nationwide TV
1957
Chuck Berry releases "School Day" and "Rock and Roll Music" Golden Age of the teen-idols
Link Wray's Rumble invents the "fuzz-tone" guitar sound
Buddy Holly recorded, That’ll Be the Day, at a Norman Petty's New Mexico studio.
Billboard begins the Hot 100 singles chart
Buddy Holly and Sam Cooke made their first appearances on the same The Ed Sullivan Show
1958
Elvis is drafted into the Army
Carl Perkins left Sun Records in 1958,becoming the first big rockabilly artist on the Columbia label.
Golden age of instrumental rock
Eddie Cochran overdubs all instruments and vocals on "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody "
Lowman Pauling invents guitar distortion and feedback on the Five Royales' "The Slummer" RCA introduces the first stereo long-playing records Don Kirshner opens offices at the Brill Building
David Seville's "The Witch Doctor" and the Tokens' "Tonite I Fell In Love" are the first
novelty hits
Bobby Freeman's "Do You Wanna Dance" begins the "dance craze"
Stax Records is founded in Memphis to promote black music
Little Richard quit rock and roll in 1958 to attend Bible college.
Dion and The Belmonts and Laurie Records both had their first hit when the band’s, "I Wonder
Why," made the Top 40
Jerry Lee Lewis had 34 of his 37 concert dates in the U.K. cancelled in 1958 when it was
discovered that his new bride with him was also his 13 year old cousin.
Buddy Holly makes his final studio recordings " It Doesn’t Matter Any More," "Moondreams," " Raining
In My Heart" and "True Love Ways"
The Dick Clark Show TV Show began
1959
Rick Hall founds the FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
The Drifters' "There Goes My Baby" introduces Latin rhythm to pop music
Berry Gordy founds Tamla-Motown in Detroit to release pop-oriented soul records
600 million records are sold in the USA
Buddy Holly dies at 22 in a plane crash
Since 1955, the US market share of the four "majors" has dropped from 78% to 44%,
while the market share of independent record companies increased from 22% to 56%
Since 1955, the US market has increased from 213 million dollars to 603 million, and the
market share of rock and roll has increased from 15.7% to 42.7%
1960
Elvis appears on the Ed Sullivan Show following his release from the Army.
Twist is the biggest dance-craze in the year of the dance-crazes
Larry Parnes, Britain's most famous impresario, arranges a show for the Silver Beetles in
Liverpool
Sam Cooke signed with RCA Records in 1960, bringing his hits on Keen Records with him
The Shirelles' "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" coins a form of romantic multi-part vocal
harmonies
The British producer Joe Meek uses the recording studio like an instrument for "I Hear a
New World "
Eddie Cochran dies at 22
Ray Charles has his first #1 hit "Georgia On My Mind "
1961
Dick Dale uses the term "surfing" to describe his instrumental rock and roll
Stax begins to produce soul records in Memphis
The Peppermint Lounge opens in New York
Roy Orbison has his first number #1 hit, "Running Scared"
Phil Spector and partner Lester Sill released the "Oh Yeah Maybe Baby" on their new label Philles
1962
The Supremes first recordings are released.
James Brown record his famous Live At the Apollo album
1963
Surf music rules the airwaves
Little Stevie Wonder recorded his first #1 hit, "Fingertips – Pt. 2,"
1965
Alan Freed, the man who gave rock ‘n’ roll its name, died in 1965. |
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| Honky Tonk Man |
quote:
Gazza wrote:
a wise post for a young chap of your tender years
Thank you Gazza. I'm more than capable of great posting, which is why I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the Paris Hilton thread. I think I've let myself down there. |
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| Saint Sway |
that 1962 listing seems a little light... |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
quote:
Saint Sway wrote:
that 1962 listing seems a little light...
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quote:
Honky Tonk Man wrote:
Thank you Gazza. I'm more than capable of great posting, which is why I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the Paris Hilton thread. I think I've let myself down there.
The mark of a great poster is how many hits a "thread start" gets. Your legacy is now eternally tied to Paris Hilton. |
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| Gazza |
quote:
Honky Tonk Man wrote:
Thank you Gazza. I'm more than capable of great posting, which is why I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the Paris Hilton thread. I think I've let myself down there.
Considering the fact that its not that long ago that I recall your definition of shaggability was Beyonce Knowles, I would say your standards have certainly slipped! |
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| nanatod |
Thanks to wikipedia, I'd select 1989 as best year ever for rock and roll:
April 9 - The Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman announces that he's getting married to 19 year old Mandy Smith, whom he has dated for 6 years
May 1 - California jewelry store employees call the police reporting a suspicious person hanging around their store. The person turned out to be Michael Jackson shopping in disguise
Albums released...
Flowers in the Dirt - Paul McCartney
Girl You Know It's True - Milli Vanilli (US release)
Bleach - Nirvana (debut)
Top hits...
"My Brave Face" - Paul McCartney
"Blame It on the Rain" - Milli Vanilli
The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Dion, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations and Stevie Wonder
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| Honky Tonk Man |
quote:
Gazza wrote:
Considering the fact that its not that long ago that I recall your definition of shaggability was Beyonce Knowles, I would say your standards have certainly slipped!
That's right! I went through a Beyonce phase in 2003. I DON'T actually like Paris Hilton much. I'm just keeping the thread alive for Joey!  |
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| sirmoonie |
1971
Sticky Fingers
Who's Next
Muswell Hillbillies
Right there, 1971 is the best. But more:
Every Picture - Stewart
What's Going On - Gaye
Riot - Sly
Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
L.A. Woman - Doors
Madman Across the Water - Elton John's only good album
IV - Led Zep
Thats just off top of head. I'll bet there is much more. Early 70s was best music ever and 1971 was the head of the piss pint.
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1971 was a VERY GOOD year. That was the year they patted me on the head, gave me my high school "diploma" and sent me down the road to fate, fame and fortune. |
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| gimmekeef |
The year?....nah it needs to be right down to the minute..When Keith met Mick again with those records under his arms in 62...The start of the Biggest Bang in Rock.. |
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I'd say 1971, some of my favorites from that year:
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Who - Who's Next
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Faces - A Nod's As Good As A Wink
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
ZZ Top - First Album
Deep Purple - Fireball
Led Zeppelin - IV
Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Allman Brothers Band - At The Fillmore
Yes - The Yes Album
Traffic - Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
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| sirmoonie |
quote:
Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
1971 was a VERY GOOD year. That was the year they patted me on the head, gave me my high school "diploma" and sent me down the road to fate, fame and fortune.
It was also the year I started drinking. |
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quote:
sirmoonie wrote:
It was also the year I started drinking.
Oh. I started drinking long before that. Plus pot, plus LSD, plus fucking, plus Rock n Roll...Gawd those were the Good ole' Days. |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
Oh yeah plus....Steppenwolf. Steppenwolf were big ... for awhile. Born to be Wild has got to be in the top ten greatest rock n roll songs of all time. In fact it might well be. |
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well....this is a good plug for 1968.
BORN TO BE WILD
From the 1968 release "Steppenwolf"
Words and music by Mars Bonfire
Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space
I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space
Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never wanna die
Born to be wild
Born to be wild
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quote:
Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
well....this is a good plug for 1968.
BORN TO BE WILD
From the 1968 release "Steppenwolf"
Words and music by Mars Bonfire
I've always wondered, was Mars Bonfire a nickname for a member of Steppenwolf, or was he a completely outside songwriter that wrote that song for them? Either way, I've always liked the name Mars Bonfire. |
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| glencar |
quote:
gimmekeef wrote:
The year?....nah it needs to be right down to the minute..When Keith met Mick again with those records under his arms in 62...The start of the Biggest Bang in Rock..
Dartford train station? Has anyone ever checked it out? |
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| Dan |
1991 |
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| Mel Belli |
quote:
Break The Spell wrote:
I'd say 1971, some of my favorites from that year:
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Who - Who's Next
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Faces - A Nod's As Good As A Wink
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
ZZ Top - First Album
Deep Purple - Fireball
Led Zeppelin - IV
Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Allman Brothers Band - At The Fillmore
Yes - The Yes Album
Traffic - Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Count me in as a '71 partisan. What makes that list so great is what *isn't* on there -- namely a Beatles album  |
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
1967 |
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quote:
Mel Belli wrote:
Count me in as a '71 partisan. What makes that list so great is what *isn't* on there -- namely a Beatles album
Indeed, thats yet another reason I picked 1971, the first year in nearly a decade without a Beatles release. Cheers for good old '71!! |
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| glencar |
1985 - She's The Boss! |
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quote:
glencar wrote:
1985 - She's The Boss!
1985....Money for Nothing |
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| glencar |
And yes, wasn't Phil Collins big in '85? |
