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Bill Haley Started The Rebellious Youth Movement 70 Years Ago

1954 saw the release of "Rock Around The Clock." White kids could now appropriate R&B and therefore rock'n'roll became a commercial viability. Little Richard, more cutting edge, and Chuck Berry more musical, straighten their hair, became more white and accessible to white teens and middle America, while Elvis added the cherry on top with his gyrations. Could you imagine male teens in the late 40s literally putting their heads on the shoulders of the chicks they were dancing with? By 1959 they could.

Bill Haley. Bill Haley got the ball rolling. Right, members of the beat generation? Bob Dylan, don't forget it.

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by Anonymousreply 15July 10, 2025 1:56 AM

Was 'rock' a euphemism for fuck?

by Anonymousreply 1June 6, 2024 2:40 AM

Proof

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by Anonymousreply 2June 6, 2024 2:40 AM

Elvis was the best singer of the early rock guys.

by Anonymousreply 3June 6, 2024 2:50 AM

Marsha P Johnson twanged the first guitar and shook the first hip. And has a monument to prove it

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by Anonymousreply 4June 6, 2024 4:25 AM

I vote Orbison, r3.

by Anonymousreply 5June 6, 2024 4:31 AM

I put my head on the shoulder of Linda Kealing in 1959 and got a boner. Who know Paul was such a chick magent

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by Anonymousreply 6June 6, 2024 5:00 AM

Oops...MAGNET

by Anonymousreply 7June 6, 2024 5:27 AM

Like Merv Griffin, July 6 was the 100th anniversary of his birth.

by Anonymousreply 8July 9, 2025 11:04 PM

[quote]Could you imagine male teens in the late 40s literally putting their heads on the shoulders of the chicks they were dancing with?

Of course they did in the 1940s.

by Anonymousreply 9July 9, 2025 11:12 PM

[quote]1954 saw the release of "Rock Around The Clock." White kids could now appropriate R&B and therefore rock'n'roll became a commercial viability.

"Rock Around The Clock" was not R&B.

by Anonymousreply 10July 9, 2025 11:15 PM

The crown jewel of R&B

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by Anonymousreply 11July 9, 2025 11:31 PM

He managed to work the phrase "one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store" into mainstream radio and jukeboxes.

by Anonymousreply 12July 9, 2025 11:48 PM

R12 What?

R12 Are you at all familiar with Cab Calloway, the "jive' lyrics of some of his music, and his massive popularity?

by Anonymousreply 13July 10, 2025 1:38 AM

[quote]He managed to work the phrase "one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store" into mainstream radio and jukeboxes.

The Andrews Sisters did it better in 1938.

"Hold Tight" Wild sexy lyrics. The public knew exactly what they were singing about:

Hold tight, hold tight, a-hold tight, hold tight

Fododo-de-yacka saki

Want some sea food mama

Shrimps and rice they're very nice

I like oysters, lobsters too

I like my tasty butter fish, fooo

When I come home late at night

I get my favorite dish, fish

Hold tight, hold tight, a-hold tight, hold tight

Fododo-de-yacka saki

Want some seafood mama

Shrimps and rice they're very niiiiiiiiiiiiice

Bad da do daa, da de do da do daa, ba da da da do daaaa

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by Anonymousreply 14July 10, 2025 1:47 AM

^ And there's more:

Fododo dya, Fododo dya Fododo-de-yacka saki

want some seafood Mama

Oh won't you give it to me

cause I'm as happy as can be

When the seafood comes to me

La-da-da La-da-da La-da-da

When I come home late at night

drip drip dripin' on the window pane

Wash it

Hold tight do-dat-do-day

Hold tight she wants some seafood Mama

Shrimpers and rice they're very nice

by Anonymousreply 15July 10, 2025 1:56 AM
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