MSS 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Moondog Coronation Ball, Leonard Chess, Rock Dj
28 Oct 2016
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The decade of the 50s gave birth to rock and roll. When bill haley"s rock around the clock became popular in 1955. The feel-good innocence of a lot of the fifties music reflects on the post wwii optimism in. The young people of the time an emerging force called teenagers hadn"t struggled through the war years. They discovered the vitality in rock and roll. Yet all that white american complacency could not hold back the vitality of black r&b music so a whole new sound emerged- rock and roll. Cleveland dj (hall of fame in 86) began playing black r&b tunes. Freed moved his show to nyc in 1954 and began including live performances especially of the artists with the vocal harmonies he favored. Many consider his moondog coronation ball, held march 21,1852 in cleveland to be the very birthdate of rock and roll.
