What celebrates its 50th anniversary on April 12th, 2004?

griffinj

Bill Haley an the Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock" on April 12, 1954, As it is popularly (and controversially) called "the first rock and roll song", are you looking for the answer "rock and roll"? [Apr 11 04 8:15 PM] griffinj writes: April 12, 1954 was also the date of the fall of Dien Bien Phu, which could be considered the begining of the Vietnam War. Apr 11 04, 7:46 PM

MaggieG 5

I was looking for the rock and roll connection, griff, so it's a big YAY! for rock around the clock. I was listening to a programme about it -and agree with the "controversial" aspect - it wasn't really the first rock and roll song, was it? And I never knew that rock and roll had entirely another meaning... Apr 12 04, 2:48 AM

griffinj

Thanks, Maggie. Yes, the other meaning is much older, too. For a good overview of the first rock and roll song, I'm impressed by this page: http://oldies.about.com/library/weekly/aa062302a.htm And this will give an idea of how difficult it is to give the award to any one song: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/First-rock-and-roll-record Apr 12 04, 8:10 AM

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