THE FIFTIES
# 1951 - "Rocket 88," considered the first Rock record, is released.
# 1952 - Little Richard's first records are released.
# 1953 - Elvis Presley makes his first (private) recordings.
# 1954 - Ray Charles forms his own band.
# 1955 - The movie Blackboard Jungle is released featuring Bill Haley & The Comets' "Rock Around The Clock." RCA signs Elvis Presley. The Everly Bros. make their first studio recordings.
# 1956 - Elvis' first film, Love Me Tender. An impromptu recording session at Sun Studios for Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, the million dollar quartet.
# 1957 - Chuck Berry releases the hits "School Day" and "Rock And Roll Music"
# 1958 - Elvis is drafted into the U.S. Army
# 1959 - Buddy Holly is killed in a plane crash.
THE SIXTIES
# 1960 - Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show following his Army stint.
# 1961 - Big soul hits for groups like The Shirelles, The Marvelettes. Dion splits from The Belmonts.
# 1962 -......

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