1955

1955 - Rock History

-Elvis + Buddy Holly + Johnny Cash + Carl Perkins vid
Elvis in backstage with some future rock legends . This should be the first Elvis video ever, I guess...
Date: February 13, 1955 - Location: Cotton Club, Lubbock, TX (source)




-Elvis first video? vid
Elvis is so new, he doesn´t know how to move around yet (Jerry Schilling)
This was over half a year before Elvis was managed by Colonel Parker or recording by RCA Records"
Date: April 24, 1955 - Location: Magnolia Gardens, Houston, TX (Source)



-The Platters 1955 Hit "Only you" vid

The song scored a major hit when it was released on July 3, 1955. The song held strong in the #1 position on the U.S. R & B charts for seven weeks. It remained there for 30 weeks. (wiki source)



-Little Richard - Tutti Frutti 1955 vid

"Tutti Frutti" was Little Richard's first hit record, released in September 1955. With its opening cry of "Womp-bomp-a-loom-op-a-womp-bam-boom!" (supposedly intended to be a verbal parody of a drum intro) and its hard-driving sound and wild lyrics, it became not only a model for many future Little Richard songs, but also one of the models for rock and roll. (wiki source)


-"Blackboard Jungle" movie sparks the Rock n Roll revolution vid
-People dancing Rock n Roll in 1955 vid
-Chuck Berry plays his 1955 hit "Maybellene" in a 1965 French tv show vid
-Fat's Domino 1955 Hits "Ain't that a shame" vid and "All by myself" vid
-Bo Diddley - 1955 Hit "Bo Diddley" vid
-Ray Charles "Hallelujah I love her So" vid
-Elvis Interviewed by Mae Axton, 1955 vid
-The penguins - Earth angel vid