It was called the Devil's music, corrupting our youth.
The first instances of this music phenomena would be heard as the background score for the film Blackboard Jungle (1955), starring Glen Ford and Sidney Poitier.
Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley And The Comets and Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley were two of the seeds sown for the music revolution of rock and roll.
One of the best interpreters of this great music was the first wild man of rock and roll, Little Richard.
This legend is now 70 and will retire soon. He had instant success with the record Tutti-Frutti.
And who can ever forget his performance over here, when Top Of The Pops devoted a whole live programme to him, backed by the superb Sounds Inc?
-Roy Jameson, Peacehaven
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