rock 'n' roll - '50s & '60s by 
Boltzmann 
Rock 'n' roll. Where it all started. It elevated black folk music to something higher together with soul, but also introduced an important quality of popular music: emphasis and de-emphasis of beats. It kicked jazz off the main stage and brought white and black people closer together. It is characterised by a heavy backbeat - simple as that. It became very associated with electric guitars, but the first couple of rock 'n' roll tracks were accompanied by a piano (I Got a Woman, Tutti Frutti, Mess Around).
How to recognize rock 'n' roll: when you can bop your head to the backbeat without it feeling awkward.
Chronologically ordered; inclusion does not imply quality or whether I like it personally, just that I found it.
- Chart updated: 09/05/2021 10:45
- (Created: 09/02/2021 11:14).
- Chart size: 83 albums.
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Don't be mistaken, this album contains covers of rock 'n' roll tracks by black artists. Black artists were simply slower with releasing an album.
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1956
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1957
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3,987
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1957
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1956
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1,290
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1958
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1,083
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1959
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3,174
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1960
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819
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rock 'n' roll - '50s & '60s composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 8 | 10% | |
| 1960s | 75 | 90% | |
| 1970s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1980s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beach Boys | 11 | 13% | |
| The Beatles | 11 | 13% | |
| The Kinks | 7 | 8% | |
| The Byrds | 6 | 7% | |
| Elvis Presley | 5 | 6% | |
| The Who | 4 | 5% | |
| Little Richard | 4 | 5% | |
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rock 'n' roll - '50s & '60s chart changes
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| Down 11 from 26th to 37th Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) by The Beach Boys |
| Down 11 from 27th to 38th Rubber Soul by The Beatles |
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