Rock And Roll In The 1950's

The 1950’s was a time of invention, hard fought war by men and women of our country and some of the most medical step forwards that we have ever had in our history. Not only was it a time for invention and war but also a time were rock and roll hit the ground running. Most people protested that rock and roll was the music of the devil poisoning the minds of our children. With even these people trying to bring that genera down the great legends prospered. Every kid remembers growing up and hearing the words “thank you, thank you very much” at least once in their life, it was words of the great king Elvis Presley. Not only was Elvis Presley the king of this era but we also had number one hit song from the 50’s we still listen to today. Remember

Some of the major number one hits in the 1950’s were Witch Doctor, The Purple People Eater and Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer just to name a few. The Witch Doctor came out in April 1958 written by David Seville who was the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks. He had to find a way with his own equipment to make his voice sound like high pitched chipmunk and at the point there were no chipmunk yet. What his did was recored his own voice into a tape recorder that was slowed at high speed and when he got done he would play it back at normal speed and that is what gives you the high pitch chipmunk sound back in those days. If you haven't heard this song it's a man looking for a witch doctor to help them impress a woman he had fallen in love with and the doctor gives in the call of love “Oo ee oo ah ting tang walla walla bing bang.” (http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=9805) The Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley was also written in 1958. Most people when they heard the song they were confused about if the creature was a “one eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater” or If it was purple itself. So many people had their ideas about this song but all the facts come true when Disney channel made the song came to life in 1988. With Neil Patrick Harris playing a little boy who makes a friend

Elvis Presley was born on January 8 1935, that was the day that the world had no idea who was about to change the whole world of Rock and Roll termiddisly. Elvis came from a very normal family, the average american family and raised up having strong beliefs in God. He received his first guitar on his 11th birthday from his mother Gladys. He then went on to writing his own songs that then won a talent show in High School in Memphis. After High School he work as hard as you could traveling and pursuing many job related to his music to get his name out there into the world. He was just a kid with a dream, amazing voice and a face for tv. He didn't want to give up even when people told him that he couldn’t, if you want something bad enough nothing can get in our way and that's what he lived by. By 1955 he began to have fans and his first number one signal was “Heartbreak Hotel.”(http://www.biography.com/people/elvis-presley-9446466#death-and-legacy) After that song came out he flourished, Elvis was everywhere! With his good looks and his sexy moves, the girls loved him. He then became an actor and staring in his first film in 1956 “Love Me Tender” that was a box office hit. But even with actors comes the average man, Elvis was drafted in the army in Germany for about a year and half but thankfully he did not get hurt or we wouldn't have some of the great music he made after the war. When he came back and got