The 1952 comets - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

From the 1952 Comets, the first rock and roll band, of Bill Haley to the Beatles and the Rolling stones of later decades, rock and roll has a rich history of self-reinvention, rebellious genius, and stylistic innovation. Millions of rock and roll records have been produced since the mid-50s, millions sold, and thousands have made it to the top of the charts in the world. From all these, the following ten are better placed to represent the history of rock and roll

Post World War two (WW2) America saw the rise of the working class lifestyle made possible by the emerging economic boom that followed the war. This saw a seismic shift in the American music culture from an elitist to a proletarian/working class subculture. With this new development emerged the rock and roll genre in the mid-1950s. Perhaps as a reflection of the era’s poor and working class rebellion against bourgeoisie music and art. From then onwards this new purely American music genre and ...