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Well, I was a witness to the Birth of Rock and Roll!
I watched Bandstand before Dick Clark took over in a midnight switch from a chap named Bob Horn who was caught in the broom closet with a minor. (Clark had been hawking dinner plates and silverware on a late-nite movie show).
The Grand Beginning: Bill Haley and His Comets, "Rock Around the Clock". 1954
(actually Joe Turner had recorded " Shake, Rattle and Roll", in1954 but it didn't go big until Haley did a cover later on).
Fats domino Ain't that a shame 1955
The Platters, "Only You". Released mid-1955.
Chuck Berry, "Maybellene". Recorded May 1955.
Carl Perkins, "Blue Suede Shoes". Recorded December 1955.
Elvis Presley, "Heartbreak Hotel 1956
Fats Domino, "Blueberry Hill". Released September 1956.
See
History of Rock and Roll der Brucer