Tag: Rock and Roll

Podcast

4th December 1956: The Million Dollar Quartet of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash held an impromptu jam session at Sun Record Studios

4th December 2022
Tagged as: America, Art, Carl Perkins, Culture, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Memphis, Music, Recording, Rock and Roll, Sun Studios, Tennessee, United States, USA

Studio engineer Jack Clement, who had discovered Jerry Lee Lewis, was in the control booth and decided to record the session which was the only time that these pop music pioneers would ever record together.

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3rd February 1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper killed in a plane crash known as ‘The Day the Music Died’

3rd February 2022
Tagged as: Aircraft, Airplane, Crash, Culture, Day the Music Died, Flight, Music, Plane Crash, Rock and Roll

Their private plane took off at 12:55am on 3 February, but managed to fly only 6 miles before crashing amidst deteriorating weather.

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21st March 1952: Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, takes place in Cleveland, Ohio

21st March 2021
Tagged as: America, Cleveland, Culture, Music, Ohio, Rock and Roll, United States, USA

By the time the concert began at 10pm on 21 March there were thousands of people outside the arena unable to get in who resorted to breaking through the doors.