The fifties was the time that Rock really started to form and pick up speed. The biggest names would be Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, James Brown, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin, Ritchie Valens, Duane Eddy, Bill Haley, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Everly Brothers, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Eddie Cochran, Brenda Lee, Bobby Vee, Connie Frances, Johnny Mathis, Neil Sedaka, Pat Boone, Ricky Nelson and, of course, Elvis Presley
Buddy Holly, Richie Valenz, and The Big Bopper.
The Big Bopper, was an American disc jockey, singer, and songwriter whose big voice and exuberant personality made him an early rock and roll star.
Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper and pilot roger peterson
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Rock'n'roll, swing etc in the early 60s, then as bands like the Beatles came through pop, and as the early rockers came through rock. Also, in the mid to late 60s there was a craze for the blues.
Buddy Holly, Richie Valenz, and The Big Bopper.
The Big Bopper, was an American disc jockey, singer, and songwriter whose big voice and exuberant personality made him an early rock and roll star.
Richardson had seen the college students doing a dance called The Bop, and he decided to call himself "The Big Bopper"
The Big Bopper was born on October 24, 1930, in Sabine Pass, Texas, USA.
Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper and pilot roger peterson
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Rock'n'roll, swing etc in the early 60s, then as bands like the Beatles came through pop, and as the early rockers came through rock. Also, in the mid to late 60s there was a craze for the blues.
February 3, 1959, was a Tuesday. It's also known in Rock & Roll history as The Day the Music Died, because that's the day when Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper all died in a plane crash.
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Music headlines in the 1950s included outrage regarding Elvis' performance on the Ed Sullivan show and the advent of Rock and Roll music. Other headlines included the plane crash death of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper along with Ritchie Valens.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Big Joe Turner brought a blues sound to his own brand of rock music gaining him fame as the "Boss of Blues" of the rock world.
the beatles are a big one. but go to the rock and roll hall of fame website and look at all of the rock and rollers. anyone admitted into the hall of fame was a huge influence on rock and roll and music in general.