🐛History of Rock and Roll - 1

🐛History of

Rock & Roll - 1

This Week's Topics

• How did Rock and Roll begin?

• The King

• The Day the Music Died

• British Invasion

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How did Rock and Roll begin?

1954

FAST FACTS

• Time Span: 1950s

• Influence: Blues and Country

• Primary Instruments: Guitars, piano, drums, double bass, sometimes saxophone

• Major artists: Bill Haley and Chuck Berry

Bill Haley and the Comets

Rock Around the Clock

Number 1 in 1955

Bill Haley is known as the

Father of Rock and Roll.

Multiple Choice

What instrument was Bill Haley playing?

• violin

• drums

• cowbell

• guitar

Multiple Choice

Bill Haley's band was called Bill Haley and the

• camels

• comets

• cyclones

Rockabilly

Combines Blues and Country

Multiple Choice

Chuck Berry taught himself to play the

• guitar

• flute

• drums

• digeridoo

Multiple Choice

What was the audience doing in the video?

• Dancing all over.

• Sitting and listening.

Duck Walk!

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In 1954, a semi-truck driver with a tough exterior, slightly long hair, flashy clothes, and a crooked half smile entered Sun Records to record a Christmas song for his mother. Could this man connect teenagers of all races with his music?

The King of Rock and Roll

Elvis Presley

FAST FACTS

• Popularity Time Span: 1955-1970

• Influences: Gospel, Blues, Country

• Primary Instruments: Guitar, double bass, bass, drums, vocals

• Fun Fact: Elvis was nicknamed "Elvis the Pelvis" because of the way he moved his hips when he danced. Some TV stations wouldn't show his body from the waist down!

Multiple Choice

What instrument did Elvis play?

• guitar

• hurdy gurdy

• recorder

Elvis

• on TV

• on radio

• on Movies

• sold over 1 billion records during his lifetime

• earned more awards and chart-topping positions than any other artist in history

• served in the Army for 2 years and was stationed in Germany

The Day the Music Died

February 3, 1959

It was a cold winter day,

Buddy Holly did not want to ride their old tour bus that continued to break down. He decided to charter a plane to take them to their next destination. He offered Jiles Richardson a seat since he was sick, and Ritchie Valens won a coin toss for another seat.

Shortly after the plane took off, it crashed. There were no survivors.

How will the music industry survive this tragedy?

American Pie by Don McLean

Buddy Holly

HUGE IMPACT

standardized the rock band formation:

2 guitars

bass

drums

Multiple Choice

As you see on his face, Buddy Holly started a fashion trend by wearing black rimmed

• socks

• glasses

• bracelets

Multiple Choice

Buddy Holly's band was named after a black insect that makes noises at night. What do you think it was?

• ant

• cricket

• skunk

British Invasion

This was not a war.

This was an invasion of music!

• The Beatles

• The Rolling Stones

• The Monkees

• The Animals

• The Bee Gees

• The Who

Multiple Choice

The Beatles started a fad. Many boys wanted to have the same __________ as them.

• cell phone

• air plane

• hairstyle

Multiple Choice

Bill Haley was the _ _ _ _ _ _ of Rock and Roll

• King

• cell

• Father

Multiple Choice

Elvis was the _ _ _ _ of Rock and Roll

• King

• cell

• Father