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There is much debate as to what should be considered the first rock and roll record. Sister Rosetta Tharpe was recording shouting, stomping music in the 1940s that in some ways contained major elements of mid-50s rock and roll. She scored hits on the pop charts as far back as 1938 with her gospel songs, such as "Rock, Daniel," "Up Above My Head", "Down By The Riverside", and "Rock Me". Another artist who was singing hard-rocking blues/gospel to a boogie piano player was Big Joe Turner, whose 1938 recording, "Roll 'em Pete," is almost indistinguishable from 50's rock and roll. Other significant recording artists of the 1940s and early 1950s included Roy Brown ("Good Rocking Tonight", 1947), more Big Joe Turner ("Honey, Hush", 1953, and "Shake, Rattle and Roll", 1954), and Fats Domino ("The Fat Man," 1949).
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Peter Lavinger of New York, USA, has collected over 1,300 famous drummers' sticks since 1980. He was faced with a peculiar problem after he had picked up his 100th starry stick. He had no proof of their amazing origin. "People would say 'Yeah, sure it was'," he remembers. It led to the mammoth task of tracking down drummers and persuading them to sign their own sticks from 13 years ago!
FIVE FACTS ABOUT PETER'S DRUMSTICKS
1. Each drumstick in Peter's extensive collection is valued at nearly $730!
2. All but thirty of the sticks he's collected have been signed.
3. Famous drummers have made their marks on most, but other band members' scribbled signatures are obviously accepted!
4. Peter has gathered his sticks by attending over 10,000 concerts over the years.
5. Peter's passion for drumsticks has made him a friend of the stars!
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La Bamba is a 1987 movie written and directed by Luis Valdez and starring Lou Diamond Philips, Esai Morales and Danielle von Zerneck. It is based on the real life events that affected the lives of rock star Ritchie Valens, his half-brother Bob Morales, his girlfriend Donna Ludwig and the rest of their family.
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The largest paying audience ever attracted by a solo performer was an estimated 180,000–184,000, in the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at a Paul McCartney concert held on April 21, 1990.
Rod Stewart's free concert at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on New Year's Eve, 1994, reportedly attracted an audience of 3.5 million.
The highest attendance at a rock festival was 670,000, at Steve Wozniak's 1983 US Festival at Devore, near San Bernardino, California, USA, from May 28-30, with a country music day on June 4.
A total of 1.6 million tickets, valued at £80 million (US$142,825,258.47) were sold in the first 24 hours (November 19 2005) for Robbie Williams’ 2006 World Tour.
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Groupie: a person who likes a particular popular singer or other famous person and follows them to try to meet them, especially in order to get intimate with them.
Roadie: someone who works for travelling entertainers, especially setting up and taking care of their equipment
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Rock Around the Clock by Max C. Friedman and Jimmy DeKnight and sung by Bill Halley and the Comets (among others)
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The album with the longest title to reach the US chart contains ninety words. 'When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right.' The album was by Fiona Apple, a singer from New York. It was released on November 9, 1999.
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The following are all rock ‘n’ roll related :
Together, they were a rock group. First, stoned. Then on stage, petrified.
Soon after he joined the band, the guitarist was instrumental.
A rock band set up on the exchange floor. They wanted to play the stock market.
A pop singer bought a new house for a song.
A group called the Balloons sings pop music.
With an agent for a girl who is a pop singer it is all hit and miss.
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The pleasures of being a rock musician is an of Chicks are free, usable, amusing option.
Elvis is an of lives
Mark Knopfler the guitarist and lead singer with Dire Straits is an of A first-rate plonker! He wails, makes a right turgid, strident din.
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Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms (Salman Rushdie)
When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio. If all the stations are rock and roll, there's a good chance the transmission is shot. (Larry Lujack)
Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards. (Keith Richards )
My my, hey hey Rock and roll is here to stay (Neil Young)
Rock and roll might be summed up as monotony tinged with hysteria (Vance Packard)
Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal. (Malcolm Mclaren)
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Concert Performed In Most Continents In 24 Hours: British band Def Leppard played on three continents - Africa, Europe, and North America, on October 23, 1995. Each of the concerts lasted for at least one hour and was attended by 200 or more people. The first began at 12.23 am in Morocco. The band then flew to London for the second concert and finished in Vancouver, Canada, at 11.33 pm on the same day.
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