What Is The Role Of Rock And Roll In The 50's

Rock and Roll in the 50’s

As the time changes things will too. Like what kind of music is in, or the clothes you wear, and even the technology you use. In the 1950’s the invention of the television was a HUGE change in the way the common family lived their lives. But with the invention of television was the pop of Rock and Roll throughout the nation. Rock and Roll in the 1950’ started to create a huge divide with parents and their teens. With artists like “The King of Rock and Roll” (Elvis Presley), Buddy Holly etc who could resist the music?

The parents in the 50’s did not like a lot of things about the Rock and Roll, from the way Elvis danced to the provocative lyrics within the song. The parents of the teens in the 50’s did EVERYTHING they could to stop the teens from listening to the music. A video of a priest preaching about the bad things coming out of the teens listening to the music revealed how he believed that all this music may make these teens brainwashed because of the content within the songs. But the teens didn’t see it as a ‘rebellion” they saw it as a way to express their freedom

But not these stars who were peaking with their careers during the 1950’s. People like Marilyn Monroe dressed a little more risky then it had been preferred in the past, or the icon Elvis Presley who dressed himself in the preppy “Rockabilly” attire. Parents became worried that their teens would begin dressing as these stars did. But it was more than the clothes, they became worried that would start to dance the way Elvis did. The provocative dances worried parents that their children would begin to dance along with him. But the teens didn’t mind they still kept singing and dancing with the celebrities, it became a huge part of their