{"id":1332,"date":"2015-06-07T18:57:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T17:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.lycee.nl\/?page_id=1332"},"modified":"2015-06-07T19:13:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T18:13:02","slug":"uk-music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrglackin.eu\/?page_id=1332","title":{"rendered":"UK MUSIC: rock ‘n roll"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 1950s, Britain was well placed to receive American rock and roll music and culture.\u00a0It shared a common language, had been exposed to American culture through the stationing of troops in the country, and shared many social developments, including the emergence of distinct youth sub-cultures, which in Britain included the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Teddy Boys<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Trad Jazz<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0became popular, and many of its musicians were influenced by related American styles, including\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Boogie Woogie<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>the Blues<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0The\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>skiffle<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0craze, led by\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Lonnie Donegan<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, utilised amateurish versions of American folk songs and encouraged many of the subsequent generation of rock and roll, folk, R&B and beat musicians to start performing.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0At the same time British audiences were beginning to encounter American rock and roll, initially through films including\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Blackboard Jungle<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0(1955) and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Rock Around the Clock<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0(1955).\u00a0Both films contained the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Bill Haley & His Comets<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0hit “<\/span><\/span><\/span>Rock Around the Clock<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>“, which first entered the British charts in early 1955 – four months before it reached the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>US pop charts<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>– topped the British charts later that year and again in 1956, and helped identify rock and roll with teenage delinquency.\u00a0American rock and roll acts such as\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Elvis Presley<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Little Richard<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Buddy Holly<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0thereafter became major forces in the British charts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t2QODf1NNwY<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qka6JrKUM5U<\/p>\n