Quote: DaButt @ 3rd May 2023, 2:24 PM
John Lennon was wrong, and I'm sure he would admit so.
We could go on about this for an eternity, but I assure you that there's plenty of written and recorded material about the birth of rock and roll, its African American roots, and the racism which shaped the genre in its early years. Feel free to explore for yourself.
I'll end my discussion with Elvis' own words, as spoken in a 1957 interview:
"A lot of people seem to think I started this business. But rock 'n' roll was here a long time before I came along. Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let's face it; I can't sing it like Fats Domino can. I know that. But I always liked that kind of music."
Long Live the King!..........Elvis, of course.
Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ 3rd May 2023, 3:39 PM
Hmm, a complicated one to answer with claims form both sides to who started it. I'd say Lennon was right in one major way, the way most would have witnessed it ie. Elvis popularised it, he brought it to public attention because he was white. I think it was Chuck Berry who said, 'we've been playing this music for years but it's takes a white man to get it on the radio' or similar. Elvis' first recordings were exquisite, his voice in Blue Moon of Kentucky **still sends shivers down me it's that good.
**I'm playing that right now, which proves to me why he was THE ONE as far as Rock 'n Roll is concerned, but my favourite on that CD is the haunting track "Blue Moon", which I actually have on 78 somewhere.