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Arts > Music > Rock > Rockabilly, Boogie-Woogie, Rock ’n’ Roll > 20th century

 

 

 

Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps.

Bluejean Bop!

Hollywood: Capitol,

1956.

Album cover.

Motion Picture, Broadcasting,

and Recorded Sound Division,

Library of Congress (269)

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/images/vc269.jpg

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/brit-7.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The "Chirping" Crickets.

Brunswick Records,

1957.

Album cover.

Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division,

Library of Congress (264)

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/images/vc264.jpg

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/brit-7.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stray Cats        USA

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jul/02/
how-we-made-stray-cat-strut-the-solo-must-have-taken-me-30-seconds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Kingsmen        USA

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/23/
louie-louie-ultimate-rock-rebel-anthem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Little Richard        USA        1942-2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Louis Bartholomew        USA        1918-2019

 

Best known

for collaborating

on an extraordinary

string of hits

with Fats Domino

between 1949 and 1963

– amassing more than

one hundred entries

on the pop and R&B charts

during that span of time

– Bartholomew was one

of the primary architects

of the sound now known

as rock and roll.

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/23/
698212277/dave-bartholomew-a-father-of-rock-and-roll-dead-at-100

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/23/
698212277/dave-bartholomew-a-father-of-rock-and-roll-dead-at-100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cecil James McNeely        USA        1927-2018

 

 

 

Big Jay McNeely

at the Paradiso in Amsterdam in 1988.

 

He had a pivotal role in establishing the saxophone

— before the electric guitar supplanted it —

as the featured instrument among soloists

at the dawn of rock ’n’ roll.

 

Photograph:

Frans Schellekens/Redferns, via Getty Images

 

Big Jay McNeely, 91, Dies; R&B’s ‘King of the Honkers’

NYT

Sept. 17, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/
arts/music/big-jay-mcneely-dies.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Jay McNeely ('s)

wailing

tenor saxophone

and outrageous

stage antics

helped define

the sound

and sensibility

of early rock ’n’ roll

 

Hailed as

the King of the Honkers,

Mr. McNeely

was at the forefront

of a group of post-bop

saxophonists who,

in the late 1940s,

abandoned

the heady reveries of jazz

for the more

gutbucket pleasures

of rhythm and blues.

 

In the process

he played

a pivotal role

in establishing

the saxophone

— before the electric guitar

supplanted it —

as the featured instrument

among soloists at the dawn

of rock ’n’ roll.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/
arts/music/big-jay-mcneely-dies.html

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/
arts/music/big-jay-mcneely-dies.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lawrencine May Collins / Lorrie Collins        USA        1942-2018

 

 

Lorrie Collins (...)

along with

Wanda Jackson

and Brenda Lee

was one of the most

dynamic female

rockabilly stars

of the 1950s

 

(...)

 

Ms. Collins

was the winner

of talent contests

in her native Oklahoma

when she was 8,

and by the time

she turned 12

she was appearing onstage

with her brother,

a guitar prodigy

who sang high harmonies

above her declamatory

lead vocals.

 

They dressed

in flashy Western wear,

and Larry,

two years Lorrie’s junior,

played a double-necked

electric guitar

and hopped around

onstage.

 

The duo’s

visually captivating

performances

were well suited

to television

variety shows.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/
obituaries/lorrie-collins-dynamic-rockabilly-singer-is-dead-at-76.html

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/
obituaries/lorrie-collins-dynamic-rockabilly-singer-is-dead-at-76.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. / "Fats" Domino        USA        1928-2017

 

 

 

Fats Domino, left,

with Dave Bartholomew,

who co-wrote and produced

many of Mr. Domino’s hits.

 

Charles L. Franck/Franck Bertacci Photograph Collection,

Historic New Orleans Collection, via PBS

 

‘The Big Beat’ Celebrates Fats Domino, Rock’s Reclusive Giant

NYT        By ALAN LIGHT        FEB. 23, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/
arts/music/the-big-beat-celebrates-fats-domino-rocks-reclusive-giant.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Orleans piano legend

 

Best known for classics

including

“Ain’t That a Shame,”

“I’m Walkin”

and “Blueberry Hill,”

Antoine Domino Jr.,

known as Fats,

has put up

staggering statistics:

 

He has sold more

than 60 million records

and, between 1950 and 1963,

he made Billboard’s

pop chart 63 times

and its R&B chart 59 times

— more hit records

than Mr. Berry,

Little Richard

and Buddy Holly

combined.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/
arts/music/the-big-beat-celebrates-fats-domino-rocks-reclusive-giant.html

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/fats-domino

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/
obituaries/fats-domino-89-one-of-rock-n-rolls-first-stars-is-dead.html

 

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/10/28/
560379013/playlist-the-roots-and-the-reach-of-fats-domino

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/
travel/fats-domino-new-orleans-louisiana-music.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/
opinion/jon-batiste-fats-domino.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/25/
fats-domino-giant-talent-inspired-ska-beatles-bling-89-boogie-woogie

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/
arts/music/fats-domino-best-songs.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/
obituaries/fats-domino-89-one-of-rock-n-rolls-first-stars-is-dead.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/25/
522583856/fats-domino-architect-of-rock-and-roll-dead-at-89

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/25/
fats-domino-new-orleans-rock-n-roll-pioneer-dies-aged-89

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/
arts/music/herbert-hardesty-dead-fats-domino-saxophonist.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/
arts/music/the-big-beat-celebrates-fats-domino-rocks-reclusive-giant.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chuck Berry        USA        1926-2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Orleans, USA > J & M Recording Studio

 

Cosimo Vincent Matassa    1926-2014

 

 

studio that helped

jump-start rock ’n’ roll

by recording early hits

by the likes of Fats Domino

and Little Richard

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/arts/music/
cosimo-matassa-whose-studio-birthed-a-rock-n-roll-sound-dies-at-88.html

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/
arts/music/cosimo-matassa-whose-studio-birthed-a-rock-n-roll-sound-dies-at-88.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Revere (born Paul Revere Dick)        USA        1938-2014

 

keyboardist

who founded

Paul Revere & the Raiders,

a band

whose Top 10 hits

were staples

of 1960s AM radio

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/
arts/music/paul-revere-organist-and-namesake-of-the-raiders-dies-at-76.html

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/
arts/music/paul-revere-organist-and-namesake-of-the-raiders-dies-at-76.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul O. W. Tanner        USA        1917-2013

 

former trombonist

for the Glenn Miller Ochestra

who played

an unlikely role

in the history

of rock ’n’ roll when,

using a device

he helped invent,

he performed the famous

electronic accompaniment

on the Beach Boys’

signature recording

“Good Vibrations”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/
arts/music/paul-tanner-musician-with-good-vibrations-dies-at-95.html

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/
arts/music/paul-tanner-musician-with-good-vibrations-dies-at-95.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Everett Strange        USA        1930-2012

 

prolific Los Angeles

session guitarist

who recorded

with Elvis Presley,

Nat King Cole

and the Beach Boys,

wrote a No. 1 single

for Chubby Checker

and arranged

Nancy Sinatra’s

No. 1 pop hit

“These Boots

Are Made for Walkin’”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/
arts/music/billy-strange-60s-session-guitarist-dies-at-81.html

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/
arts/music/billy-strange-60s-session-guitarist-dies-at-81.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Estelle Bennett        1941-2009

 

singer with the influential

1960s girl group the Ronettes

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/feb/16/estelle-bennett-obituary

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/feb/16/
estelle-bennett-obituary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss)        USA        1915-2009

 

guitarist and inventor

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/les-paul

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/nyregion/
guitar-hero-les-pauls-groundbreaking-model-to-be-auctioned.html

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/aug/13/obituary-les-paul

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/aug/13/guitar-hero-les-paul-die

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/jul/24/popandrock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bo Diddley        1928-2008

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/arts/music/03diddley.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/jun/02/popandrock2

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/02/usa.musicnews

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carl Lee Perkins        1932-1998

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Perkins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bill Haley        1925-1981

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/22/
bill-haley-rock-around-the-clock-worlds-first-rock-anthem

 

http://www.npr.org/2000/07/01/
1076106/rock-around-the-clock - March 6, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elvis Aaron Presley (USA, 1935-1977)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vincent Eugene Craddock / Gene Vincent        USA        1935-1971

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hmc6w 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jessie Mae Robinson        USA        1918-1966

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/
688199494/the-women-behind-the-songs-jessie-mae-robinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Joseph "Johnny" Burnette        USA        1934-1964

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Burnette

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ray Edward 'Eddie' Cochran        USA        1938-1960

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Cochran

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Hardin Holley / Buddy Holly        USA        1936-1959

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/buddy-holly

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/03/
690798999/buddy-hollys-classmates-remember-the-pioneer-60-years-after-the-day-the-music-di

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/dec/03/
buddy-holly-not-fade-away-review

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2009/feb/02/
buddy-holly-50

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/3/
newsid_2802000/2802541.stm

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/february/3/
newsid_4235000/4235875.stm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

launch of Oh Boy!        September 1958

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/26/
popandrock2 

 

 

 

 

Joe Willie Perkins        1913-2011

 

boogie-woogie piano player

who worked in Muddy Waters’s last great band

and was among the last surviving members

of the first generation of Delta bluesmen

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/
arts/music/pinetop-perkins-delta-boogie-woogie-master-dies-at-97.html

 

 

 

 

boogie-woogie > Louis Jordan's single, "Let the Good Times Roll"        1946

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec21.html

 

 

 

 

Blues / Rock'n Roll > Chess Records - Leonard and Phil Chess's legendary Chicago label

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/nov/06/
leonard-phil-marshall-chess-records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rockabilly > Wanda Jackson

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/
arts/music/23wanda.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Library of Congress > Popular Culture: from Baseball to Rock and Roll

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/brit-7.html

 

 

 

 

rock'n'roll pioneers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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