rock 'n' roll - '50s & '60s
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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: 07/04/2024 06:45
- (Created: 09/02/2021 11:14).
- Chart size: 85 albums.
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1965
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1966
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1967
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3,444
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1969
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6,727
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rock 'n' roll - '50s & '60s composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 9 | 11% | |
| 1960s | 76 | 89% | |
| 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
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 2 from 4th to 2ndElvis by Elvis Presley |
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| Down 2 from 11th to 13thSomething For Everybody by Elvis Presley |
| Down 2 from 12th to 14thSurfer's Choice by Dick Dale And His Del-Tones |
| Down 2 from 13th to 15thTwist Uptown by The Crystals |
| New entries |
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| Try Me! by James Brown And His Famous Flames |
| Think! by James Brown |
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