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.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 10, 2025 1:56 AM
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Was 'rock' a euphemism for fuck?
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 6, 2024 2:40 AM
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Elvis was the best singer of the early rock guys.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 6, 2024 2:50 AM
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Marsha P Johnson twanged the first guitar and shook the first hip. And has a monument to prove it
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 6, 2024 4:25 AM
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I put my head on the shoulder of Linda Kealing in 1959 and got a boner. Who know Paul was such a chick magent
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 6, 2024 5:00 AM
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Like Merv Griffin, July 6 was the 100th anniversary of his birth.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 9, 2025 11:04 PM
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[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 Anonymous | reply 9 | July 9, 2025 11:12 PM
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[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 Anonymous | reply 10 | July 9, 2025 11:15 PM
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He managed to work the phrase "one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store" into mainstream radio and jukeboxes.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 9, 2025 11:48 PM
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R12 What?
R12 Are you at all familiar with Cab Calloway, the "jive' lyrics of some of his music, and his massive popularity?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 10, 2025 1:38 AM
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[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
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 10, 2025 1:47 AM
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^ 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 Anonymous | reply 15 | July 10, 2025 1:56 AM
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