American Bandstand, a television program that had a profound impact on American culture and the music industry, made its national debut on August 5, 1957. Originally a local show called “Bandstand,” it began airing in 1952 in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV. The show was hosted…
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June 5, 1956, was a day that changed Rock and Roll forever. On the Milton Berle Show, a young musician named Elvis Presley scandalized the country on national television. Elvis’s performance included exaggerated gyrations that drove the girls in the audience wild, and enraged…
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Cleveland, Ohio is the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a reason. Cleveland Magazine explains, “Many claim that the defining moment that makes Cleveland “the birthplace” of rock started back in the early 1950s, with help from radio disc jockey Alan Freed.…
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On February 7, 1964, the United States was gripped with a mania, a Beatlemania. The British rock band, comprised of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, landed at the newly renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to…
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