Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Rock'n'roll did not come out of nowhere in the mid-1950s. In the United States, it fused musical traditions long kept apart by racial barriers: blues, country and gospel.
Three figures carried the break: Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard. More than a style, it was a youth culture, and a mirror of the tensions of segregation.
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- 2Blues, country and rhythm and blues
- 3Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard
- 4Rock, race and civil rights
- 5From the British Invasion to the legacy
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary15 terms explained in a tap.
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