Haley continued to score hits throughout the 1950s such as " See You Later, Alligator " and he starred in the first rock and roll musical movies Rock Around the Clock and Don't Knock the Rock, both in 1956.

Nonetheless, he and his band continued to be a popular touring act, enjoying a career resurgence in the late 1960s with the Rock and roll revival movement and the signing of a lucrative record deal with the European Sonet Records label.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listed one song by Blind Lemon Jefferson of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.

One is a devotion to the original rhythm and blues roots of Rock and roll including Ritchie Valens, Sunny and the Sunglows, and?

The drum kit featured in many of rock and roll songs and the Rock and Roll period played a big role in modernizing the drum kit.

Rock and roll graffiti is a significant sub genre.

He is mentioned in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the greatest of all rock and roll drummers, and was posthumously inducted into the Rock Hall as a member of The Who in 1990.

* 1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release " Rock Around the Clock ", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.

Rock and roll ( often written as rock & roll or rock ' n ' roll ) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music.

By 1942, Billboard magazine columnist Maurie Orodenker had begun using the term " rock and roll " in descriptions of upbeat recordings such as " Rock Me " by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Rock ' n ' Roll, Bruce Springsteen demonstrates a compelling explanation of how Chuck Berry developed his brand of rock and roll, by transposing the familiar two-note lead line of jump blues piano directly to the electric guitar, creating what is instantly recognizable as rock guitar.

Rock and roll arrived at a time of considerable technological change, soon after the development of the electric guitar, amplifier and microphone, and the 45 rpm record.

Contenders for the title of " first rock and roll record " include Goree Carter's " Rock Awhile " ( 1949 ); Jimmy Preston's " Rock the Joint " ( 1949 ), which was later covered by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1952 ; and " Rocket 88 " by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats ( actually an alias for Ike Turner and his band The Kings of Rhythm ), recorded by Sam Phillips for Sun Records in March 1951.

In terms of its wide cultural impact across society in the US and elsewhere, Bill Haley's " Rock Around the Clock ", recorded in April 1954 but not a commercial success until the following year, is generally recognized as an important milestone, but it was preceded by many recordings from earlier decades in which elements of rock and roll can be clearly discerned.

" Rock Around the Clock " was a breakthrough for both the group and for all of rock and roll music.

At the same time British audiences were beginning to encounter American rock and roll, initially through films including Blackboard Jungle ( 1955 ) and Rock Around the Clock ( 1955 ).

Both movies contained the Bill Haley & His Comets hit " Rock Around the Clock ", which first entered the British charts in early 1955 – four months before it reached the US pop charts – topped the British charts later that year and again in 1956, and helped identify rock and roll with teenage delinquency.

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 and roll appeared at a time when racial tensions in the United States were entering a new phase, with the beginnings of the civil rights movement for desegregation, leading to the Supreme Court ruling that abolished the policy of " separate but equal " in 1954, but leaving a policy which would be extremely difficult to enforce in parts of the United States.

Rock and roll is often identified with the emergence of teen culture among the first baby boomer generation, who had both greater relative affluence, leisure and who adopted rock and roll as part of a distinct sub-culture.

This was hip-hop pioneer KRS-One's inspiration for his thought provoking group BDP, or Boogie Down Productions, which included DJ Scott La Rock.

Notable Australian musicians include: the opera singers Dame Nellie Melba and Dame Joan Sutherland ; country music stars Slim Dusty ( Australia's biggest selling domestic artist ) and John Williamson ; solo artists John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John, Pub rock band Cold Chisel, folk-rocker Paul Kelly ; Dance group The Avalanches ; jazz guitarist Tommy Emmanuel ; pioneer rocker Johnny O ' Keefe, global folk-rock band The Seekers, global rock and pop bands Men At Work, The EasyBeats, Air Supply, Crowded House, AC / DC, INXS, Little River Band, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Midnight Oil, Dragon, Silverchair, Youth Group, You Am I and Powderfinger ; the " pop princess " Kylie Minogue, Pendulum, Pop Rock duo Savage Garden and alternative music stars the John Butler Trio, Xavier Rudd, Wolfmother, Tame Impala and The Vines.

Rock and Roll pioneer Little Richard, who at one time gave up Rock and Roll to become a minister performed the ceremony.

In June 1970, after Stonehill graduated from Leigh High School, in San Jose, California, he moved to Los Angeles where he stayed with pioneer Christian Rock singer, Larry Norman in an attempt to launch his professional music career.

George L. Scott, Sr., an Alabaster pioneer, owned and operated Alabaster Lime Co. His shipping point, named for him, was known as “ Scott Rock ”.

The name comes from Mary Louise Van Solen, a pioneer settler who was the first schoolteacher on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.

* Bob Hartman-Guitarist and founder of the pioneer Christian Rock Band Petra ( band )

** Rock and Roll pioneer Bill Haley performs for the last time during a tour of South Africa.

* Mikhas Brusovanik, pioneer of Belarusian Rock Music, leader of the band Accent and member of the band Otrazhenie

In the fall of 2008, Common appeared in an ad for Microsoft's Zune, comparing his new song, " Universal Mind Control ", to ," Planet Rock ", a song from hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa.

He was a tenant of James Lawson, a white man, who was a prominent member of a pioneer family of Little Rock.

Rock and roll recording pioneer Cordell Jackson played a bit part as " Bathroom Woman.

Maná is considered to be a pioneer in the " Rock en Espanol " movement and has earned four Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards Latin America, six Premios Juventud awards, fourteen Billboard Latin Music Awards and fifteen Premios Lo Nuestro awards.

Comrie later left Cancom to join Rock and US cellular industry pioneer, Craig McCaw to co-found Netlink USA, and the Kirkland WA-based company launched its DBS lineup of Denver's ABC, CBS, NBC affiliates and PBS and independents at the Western Cable Show in Anaheim CA in December 1986.

Hononegah ( c. 1814-1847 ) was the wife of Stephen Mack, Jr. an employee for The American Fur Company, a pioneer to the Rock River Valley in northern Illinois and founder of the community of Rockton, Illinois.

* Larry Norman, Class of ' 65, pioneer of Christian Rock

Naked Prey's aggressive, distorted sound was characterized as " rough-edged country rock " and " folk-distorto-rock " and the band was credited with helping to pioneer the guitar-heavy " Desert Rock " sound associated with Tucson in the 1980s and 1990s.

Frosty Freeze of the Rock Steady Crew says, " we were known as b-boys ", and hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa says, " b-boys, what you call break boys ... or b-girls, what you call break girls.

He is often credited as a pioneer in Cowpunk and Alt-country music, which combines elements of Rock with Country, outlaw country and punk rock.

* Died: Bill Haley, 55, American rock and roll pioneer ( Rock Around the Clock )

The actors who played Hercules in these films were Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Kirk Morris, Mickey Hargitay, Mark Forest, Alan Steel, Dan Vadis, Brad Harris, Reg Park, Peter Lupus ( billed as Rock Stevens ) and Michael Lane.

The county is divided into ten townships: Cedar Rock, Cypress Creek, Dunn ( not Bunn as many may think although the Town of Bunn is located within that township ), Franklinton, Gold Mine, Harris, Hayesville, Louisburg, Sandy Creek, and Youngsville.

* 1969 – Interstate 35 opened from Lino Lakes to Rock Creek with an exit at Harris.

It contains many lakes, including North Turtle, South Turtle, and Rock Lakes, which make up the Turtle Chain, as well as Birch, Harris, Pardee, Circle Lily and Papoose Lakes, among others.

The Whistle Test most notably was the British television debut of the American glam punk band New York Dolls, which although host Bob Harris derided the group as " mock rock ," comparing them unfavorably to The Rolling Stones, their performance influenced the following Punk Rock scene such as the Sex Pistols and The Clash as well as alternative bands like R. E. M.

* Jeff " Rock " Harris, personal trainer and body building judge who claimed to have been a highly decorated Army Ranger who earned numerous commendations during Operation Restore Hope.

Edward Allen " Ed " Harris ( born November 28, 1950 ) is an American actor, writer, and director, known for his performances in Pollock, Appaloosa, The Rock, The Abyss, A Beautiful Mind, A History of Violence, Enemy at the Gates, The Right Stuff, Gone, Baby, Gone, Jackknife, Empire Falls and Game Change.

The actors who played Hercules in these films were Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Kirk Morris, Mickey Hargitay, Mark Forest, Alan Steel, Dan Vadis, Brad Harris, Reg Park, Peter Lupus ( billed as Rock Stevens ) and Michael Lane.

Following the fall of Little Rock in 1863, Arkansas ' Confederate government, led by Governor Harris Flanagin, went into exile.

In an interview with Classic Rock in August, Harris stated that he will be releasing more solo albums and hopes to tour with the band in the future.

Many artists have recorded the song, including Andreas Scholl, Bradley Kincaid, Joan Baez, Shirley Collins, Doris Day, The Everly Brothers, Roger Quilter, Texas Gladden, Nic Jones, John Travolta, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton ( with Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh ), Maxine Sullivan, Pete Seeger, Tom Rush, Angelo Branduardi ( Italian version titled ' Piano Piano " in 1983's album Cercando l ' oro and another Italian version titled " Barbriallen " in 2011's album Così è se mi pare ), John Jacob Niles, Merle Travis, Bob Dylan, Martin Carthy, Colin Meloy, Michael Hurley, Art Garfunkel, Simon & Garfunkel, Burl Ives, The Grateful Dead, Dando Shaft, Eddy Arnold, Moses " Clear Rock " Platt, Sonne Hagal, Frank Turner, The New Christy Minstrels, Blackmore's Night and Jim Moray.

A later Baldwin character, the Generalissimo from 30 Rock, mentions both Julie Harris and The Belle of Amherst, directed by Reilly as noted above.

The group's line-up eventually comprised singers Sharp and Ray Phillips, with former Cruisers Rock Combo members John Hawken ( piano ), Mick Dunford ( guitar ), Pete Shannon Harris ( bass ) and Dave Maine ( drums ).

During 2003 Bob Harris re-emerged fronting the Edge of Forever project, an eighties Rock styled venture in union with keyboard player Alessandro Del Vecchio, bassist Christian Grillo and the Sleek, Gotthard and U. D. O.

She made her feature film debut in the 1996 film The Rock, in which she appeared opposite Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery and Ed Harris.

In its initial tests at Goose Creek Oilfield in 1909 where the first offshore drilling for oil in Texas was occurring in Harris County, southeast of Houston on Galveston Bay, the Sharp-Hughes Rock Bit penetrated of hard rock in 11 hours which no previous equipment had been able to penetrate at all.

Also related was " Rock and Roll Blues " by Erline ' Rock and Roll ' Harris, a female singer, with the lyrics " I'll turn out the lights, we'll rock and roll all night "

She grew accustomed to influence from Southern Rock bands, which include The Allman Brothers, Eagles, as well as Country rock artists such as Emmylou Harris, Elvis Presley and James Taylor.

His first zines were Tolkien related, but among them was also a mimeographed sheet called Mojo Navigator ( full title, " Mojo-Navigator Rock and Roll News ") started in 1966 by David Harris with Greg's help, and is said to have been an early inspiration for Rolling Stone magazine.

Bemis sang along with Shawn Harris ( The Matches ) and Rachel Minton ( Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer ) on " Hello Helicopter " and " Point Of Extinction " of Motion City Soundtrack's Even if it Kills Me.

Peter Allen, Curtis Mayfield, Keith Allison, Cousin Bruce Morrow ( Cousin Brucie ), George Benson, Peter Noone, Elvin Bishop, Alan O ' Day, Stephen Bishop, Lee Oskar, Jack Bruce, The Paley Brothers, Keith Carradine, Robert Palmer, Carol Channing, Wilson Pickett, " Charlotte, Sharon, and Ula ", Anita Pointer, Jim Dandy, Bonnie Raitt, Sarah Dash, Helen Reddy, Rick Derringer, Minnie Riperton, Barbara Dickson, Chita Rivera, Donovan, Johnny Rivers, Randy Edelman, Monte Rock III, Yvonne Elliman, Danielle Rowe, Jose Feliciano, Sha-Na-Na, Leif Garrett, Del Shannon, Geraldine Granger, Joe Simon, Adrian Gurvitz, Seals & Crofts, Billy Harper, Connie Stevens, Eddie Harris, Al Stewart, Heart, John Stewart, Nona Hendryx, Tina Turner, Barry Humphries, Frankie Valli, Etta James, Gwen Verdon, Dr. John, Diane Vincent, Bruce Johnston, Grover Washington, Jr., Joe Lala, Hank Williams, Jr., D. C. LaRue, Johnny Winter, Jo Leb, Wolfman Jack, Marcy Levy, Bobby Womack, Mark Lindsay, Alan White, Nils Lofgren, Lenny White, Jackie Lomax, Margaret Whiting, John Mayall, and Gary Wright.

Lee Harris continued Playing drums and can still be found gigging with the Rock band Hybrid

Rock the Park ( formerly The Hawk Rocks the Park ) is an annual concert put on by 103. 9 FM in Harris Park in London.