7 JUL 2022 · During the 1950s a new type of music called Rock and Roll emerged and revolutionized music tastes in America (specially teenagers) and ever since then the music world changed. When it first emerged it was just the blues combined with electrical guitars. Later, it mixed the blues with country, western music and gospel music. This type of rock music is called Rockabilly (A popular form of music originating in the southern US in the 1950s by combining the elements of Rock and Roll with country music.) However, the emergence of Rock and Roll is a long story.

7 JUL 2022 · Rock musicians in the first decade of the 21st century found themselves in a paradoxical situation. On the one hand, the business model that had driven (and been driven by) the rise of rock since the late 1960s—the hugely profitable manufacture, promotion, and distribution of albums—seemed to be in terminal crisis. On the other hand, the live music sector, long regarded as uncompetitive commercially and therefore dependent on record company support, flourished. The prices people were prepared to pay for concert tickets rose dramatically from the mid-1990s, and a new kind of multinational music corporation emerged, led by Live Nation, the live-music division of Clear Channel.

7 JUL 2022 · Some of the early Rock and Roll artists were Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, and Bill Haley and the Comets. The first number-one single of Rock and Roll was "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets. Rock and Roll emerged in the early 1950s.

7 JUL 2022 · The most widely held belief is that the first rock'n'roll single was 1951's Rocket 88, written by Ike Turner, sung by Jackie Brenston (the saxophone player from Turner's backing band The Kings of Rhythm), and recorded by Sam Phillips, who later went on to found Sun records and discover Elvis Presley.