During this period American Rock and Roll remained dominant ; however, in 1958 Britain produced its first " authentic " rock and roll song and star, when Cliff Richard reached number 2 in the charts with " Move It ".

Rock Bridge High School has a planetarium ( Room 303 ) where the school conducts star shows for all ages as well as students at RBHS and other schools as well.

Columbia Pictures cashed in on the new craze by hiring Haley and his band to star in two quickie movies, Rock Around the Clock ( 1956 ) and Don't Knock the Rock ( 1957 ).

* Rock star Jeff Lynne ( of Electric Light Orchestra fame ) recorded a cover of the song on his 1990 solo album Armchair Theatre.

In order for Rita to endorse the lipstick, however, Rock has to pretend to be her boyfriend to make her real boyfriend, Bobo Branigansky ( Mickey Hargitay ), the star of a TV Tarzan show, jealous.

Announcements by various celebrities that they had contracted HIV ( including actor Rock Hudson, basketball star Magic Johnson, tennis player Arthur Ashe and singer Freddie Mercury ) were significant in making the general public aware of the dangers of the disease to people of all sexual orientations.

Robert Christgau rated it an A-and called the music " a funky, vivacious rock and roll that's too eager and zany ever to be labeled tight ..." Sputnikmusic gave it a 4. 5 star rating and described it as " a grand fusion of nostalgic Rock ' n ' Roll and soulful R & B ".

In 2005, his album of big-band arrangements of contemporary standards, Rock Swings, provided a mainstream comeback of sorts that saw Anka awarded a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.

* J. P. Richardson, " The Big Bopper ", DJ, Rock & Roll star, Killed with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in plane crash in Iowa in 1959.

In 1981, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was one of the first inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at its inaugural ceremony in 1986.

One of these bands, first known as The Bad Rock Group and later as The Leather Canary, included future comedy star Chevy Chase on drums.

The master of ceremonies for the Columbia Gorge event was the TV star, John Ratzenberger, from " Cheers ", and the headlining musician was the " Father of Rock and Roll ," Chuck Berry.

They have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and sold over 90 million albums worldwide.

On 14 February 2007, it was announced by VH1 that Bret Michaels is going to have his own reality show called Rock of Love with Bret Michaels, where women will have to compete for his love and prove they can keep up with his rock star life.

Jones was a star running back at North Little Rock High School.

RPO players have been involved with many performances away from the classical repertory, including Yanni Live at the Acropolis, a concert held in Greece in 1993, conducted by Shahrdad Rohani ; the Hooked on Classics series of records ; orchestral arrangements of rock music by the likes of Pink Floyd, Elkie Brooks ( on the album Amazing ), Oasis, Queen, George Michael, R. E. M., U2, and ABBA ; the song / album, Art of Life by Japanese rock band X Japan, composed by Yoshiki Hayashi ; the official theme music of the UEFA Champions League ( UEFA Champions League Anthem ), tracks on the British folk metal band Skyclad's 2004 album A Semblance of Normality the Symphonic Rock: A Symphony of Hits 2004 album ; and the BBC Grandstand Theme in 1982 ; Seotaiji Symphony, a concert held in Seoul in 2008, with South Korean rock star Seo Taiji, conducted by Tolga Kashif.

Charlotte Caffey along with Anna Waronker wrote the music for the rock opera Lovelace: A Rock Opera based on the life of infamous porn star, Linda Lovelace.

Lynn is also ranked 65th on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll and was the first female country to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1977.

The Naked Civil Servant won a British Academy Television Award ( BAFTA ) for its star John Hurt as well as a Broadcasting Press Guild Award and a prize at the Prix Italia ; Rock Follies won a BAFTA and a Royal Television Society Award, while Widows also gained BAFTA nominations and ratings of over 12 million — unusually for a drama serial, it picked up viewers over the course of its six-week run.

British music-hall entertainer and film star George Formby helped write and perform the song " With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock ".

While their characters were less significant, well-known actors who played cameos in the programme included Joan Sims, best known for her numerous roles in the Carry On films, who guest-starred in the feature-length episode " The Frog's Legacy " as an aunt of Trigger and old friend of Del's late mother ; future Hollywood star David Thewlis, who played a young wannabe musician in " It's Only Rock and Roll "; John Bardon, who played the role of Jim Branning in the soap opera " EastEnders ", as the supermarket security officer in " The Longest Night ".

Famous fans include Stephen Morris of the band New Order, singer Mutley Mclad of the band Macc Lads, actor Marshall Lancaster, Amateur Football Alliance Director Jonathan Leese and ex-wrestling star Dwayne " The Rock " Johnson ( having randomly picked Macclesfield Town as his team out of the hat on Soccer AM ).

Chris Rock appeared ( as a " special guest star ") in a number of skits in the fifth season, and reprised his " Cheap Pete " character from I'm Gonna Git You Sucka.

* 2006: Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album – Rock of Ages … Hymns & Faith

* 2006: Inspirational Album of the Year – Rock of Ages ... Hymns & Faith

However, the tracks were nonetheless included in the compilation box set Rock ' n ' Roll Arrives released by Bear Family Records in 2006.

In 2006, Bear Family Records of Germany released what is considered to be the most comprehensive ( yet still incomplete ) collection of Haley's 1946-1950 recordings as part of its Haley box set Rock n ' Roll Arrives.

Bo Diddley performed a number of shows around the country in 2005 and 2006 with the fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Johnnie Johnson Band, featuring Johnson on keyboards, Richard Hunt on drums, and Gus Thornton on bass.

The researchers estimate there are up to 2, 000 coyotes living in " the greater Chicago area " and that this circumstance may well apply to many other urban landscapes in North America .< ref name =" urb ">< span class =" plainlinks ">" Thriving under our noses, stealthily: coyotes " URL accessed on January 9, 2006 .</ span ></ ref > In Washington, D. C .' s Rock Creek Park, coyotes den and raise their young, scavenge roadkill, and hunt rodents.

Finland holds the record for the largest number of people singing karaoke at one time, for over 80, 000 people singing " Hard Rock Hallelujah " on 26 May 2006 in Helsinki after Lordi won the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.

Kid Rock in concert on September 16, 2006 in Denver, Colorado.

On February 28, 2006, Kid Rock released his first live album, Live Trucker, comprising songs from his homestead performances in Clarkston ( on September 1, 2000, and August 26 through August 28, 2004 ), and Detroit's Cobo Hall ( March 26, 2004 ).

He inducted Lynyrd Skynyrd into the 2006 Rock ' n ' Roll Hall of Fame and performed " Sweet Home Alabama " with them.

California pornography company Red Light District planned to release the tape in 2006, but both Rock and Stapp filed with the California courts to sue Red Light District and stop the tape's distribution.

They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

* American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986 ( 2006 ) – " Filler "

In 2006, Sixx published his diaries as a best selling novel: The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star, and in 2007 Sixx's side project band Sixx: A. M. released The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack as a musical parallel to the novel.

Miles Davis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.

Painters gathered at Slide Rock State Park, Arizona in 2006.

Its title song was named " One of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock " by music writers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listing and is ranked as one of the all-time top-ten punk songs by a 2006 poll of original British punk figures, as reported in the Rough Guide to Punk.

* Philip Auslander, Performing Glam Rock: Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2006 ISBN 0-472-06868-7

On July 6, 2006, Jennings was inducted to Hollywood's Rock Wall in Hollywood, California.

In recent years, the album has received acclaim from music publications: In 2006, Classic Rock ranked it number 28 in " The 100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever ", and in 2007, Mojo ranked it No. 88 in " The 100 Records That Changed the World ".

Queen received the inaugural VH1 Rock Honors at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 25 May 2006.

The second single, " Punk Rock Superstar " surprised many fans while bringing in some new ones, when it was featured on the XBox 360's playlist upon its re-release in 2006.