Rock - performed by Elvis PresleyElvis Presley - Hound Dog
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Schlock - performed by Bobby VeeBobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
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Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
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Doris Day - Teacher's Pet
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To quote one expert – Garofolo’ – ‘Such a musical development may have been inevitable – meaning Schlock Rock – but it still served the purposes of those who were terrified by the cultural implications of Rock n Roll. The energy of early Rock n Roll had crossed lines of age, class, race and culture in a country that seldom takes kindly to social upheaval and certainly did not during the conservative 1950s. As soon as rock n Roll captured the hearts, |
Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock
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The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand
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Led Zepplin's 'Stairway to Heaven', also
copped it as well, as it was thought to refer to drugs and sex. Moralists have long objected to some lyrics and pressured record makers to change. Together they have constituted a powerful force outside the music industry and play a role in influencing just what becomes popular and what doesn't, mind you with mixed results, as not all music is censored. |
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
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Don McClean - The Day The Music Died
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Pat Boone - Tutti Frutti
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Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
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