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Danny & the Juniors Danny & the Juniors are a doo-wop and rock and roll vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania originally consisting of Danny Rapp, Dave White, Frank Maffei and Joe Terranova. Formed in 1955, they are most widely recognized for their 1958 hit single "At the Hop", recorded the previous year in 1957. Danny Rapp (lead), Frank Maffei (2nd tenor), Joe Terranova (baritone) (aka Joe Terry), and Dave White Tricker (1st tenor) (aka Dave White) met at John Bartram High School and started singing together in the mid 1950s. Known as the Juvenaires at the time, they sang at
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he listened to the radio—first to blues and country stations from Shreveport, Louisiana, and later, when he was a teenager, to rock and roll. Dylan formed several bands while attending Hibbing High School. In the Golden Chords, he performed covers of songs by Little Richard and Elvis Presley. Their performance of Danny & the Juniors' "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" at their high school talent show was so loud that the principal cut the microphone. On January 31, 1959, three days before his death, Buddy Holly performed at the Duluth Armory. Zimmerman, 17, was in the audience; in
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David White (musician) David White (born David White Tricker; November 26, 1939, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American singer-songwriter. He formed, and was a founding member of the doo-wop quartet Danny & the Juniors as well as being a founding member of the pop trio The Spokesmen. He wrote the Rock and Roll anthem, "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay" and co-wrote a number of other hit songs, including "At the Hop," "You Don't Own Me", and "1-2-3." David, prior to attending school, toured the country performing with his parents in their acrobatic/hand-balancing act called Barry and Brenda and
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In 1998, he married Sandra Simone. He and Simone are actively engaged in writing, producing, and discovering new talent. David White (musician) David White (born David White Tricker; November 26, 1939, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American singer-songwriter. He formed, and was a founding member of the doo-wop quartet Danny & the Juniors as well as being a founding member of the pop trio The Spokesmen. He wrote the Rock and Roll anthem, "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay" and co-wrote a number of other hit songs, including "At the Hop," "You Don't Own Me", and "1-2-3." David, prior
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Danny & the Juniors' "Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay" (1958). The song "Sandy" sung by John Travolta in the film, was co-written specifically for the film by Sha Na Na's Screamin' Scott Simon. Vinnie Taylor (1949–1974) (born Chris Donald), who replaced Larry Packer as the lead guitarist in 1970, died of a drug overdose in 1974. Escaped child killer Elmer Edward Solly assumed Taylor's identity and performed as him, though not with Sha Na Na, which eventually led to his discovery and capture. Bass player Dave "Chico" Ryan, among the television show lineup, died in 1998; while remaining
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Artie Singer Arthur "Artie" Singer (February 1, 1919 – May 2, 2008) was an American songwriter, music producer and bandleader. He was the co-writer and producer of the hit songs "At the Hop" and "Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay" by Danny & the Juniors. Singer began his career as a bass player and performed on WIP radio and on the TV Show "Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue". He became well known as a vocal coach with his brother Harold, whose students included Frankie Avalon, Chubby Checker, Al Martino and Bobby RydellJames Darren, and he was a vocal coach to
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Pennsylvania, when he died on May 2, 2008, at age 89. Artie Singer Arthur "Artie" Singer (February 1, 1919 – May 2, 2008) was an American songwriter, music producer and bandleader. He was the co-writer and producer of the hit songs "At the Hop" and "Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay" by Danny & the Juniors. Singer began his career as a bass player and performed on WIP radio and on the TV Show "Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue". He became well known as a vocal coach with his brother Harold, whose students included Frankie Avalon, Chubby Checker, Al Martino
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Danny Kaye in the early 1950s. Singer wrote hundred of songs for the educational children's TV program "Gina D's Kids Club". He also led the Artie Singer Orchestra. As a songwriter, music producer and orchestra conductor, Singer's most famous songs were the hits "At the Hop" and "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay", released in 1957 and 1958, respectively. The songs were originally recorded by Danny & the Juniors. "At the Hop", which Singer co-wrote with John Medora and David White, reached number one on the Billboard Top 100 on January 6, 1958, and remained there for seven consecutive
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Townline Townline (formerly known as Oliver Black) is a Canadian rock group from Welland, Ontario. Members of the band include Serena Pryne (vocals), Nick Lesyk (guitar), Greg Zack (bass guitar), and Allan Colavecchia (drums). Musically the band performs a mix of Americana and Southern Rock music with a slight Country flare, moving on from their past heavy rock and roll sound. They have always performed in such a manner that allows their music to stay fresh and non-derivative. The band has been described as "If Tina Turner sang lead for The Cult." The band originally formed, under the name Lenz
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one track, "Jamaica D.J." No hit singles resulted from this album, although Haley later re-recorded one track, "Vive la Rock and Roll", which incorporated the melody of "Frère Jacques", in a duet with Catarina Valente for the 1959 German movie "Hier bin ich - hier bleib' ich" ("Here I Am, Here I Stay") released by Central Cinema Company Film (CCC). All songs written by Bill Haley, Milt Gabler, Rusty Keefer, and Catherine Cafra except where noted. Rockin' Around the World Rockin' Around the World was the sixth album of rock and roll music by Bill Haley and His Comets. Released
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(performed by Sha Na Na). Singular Records could not handle the distribution of such a hot record so Artie sold the master to ABC Paramount Records. Danny and the Juniors' follow-up record was David's composition "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay," which went to number nineteen on the Billboard Chart and has become a rock and roll anthem. It is featured in the films "Grease" (performed by Sha Na Na) and "Christine" among others. David White had several other chart records while with the group, including "Dottie" (#39 in Billboard), "Twistin' USA" (#27 in Billboard), "Pony Express" (#60 in
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Rock 'n Roll in English, and singing Boleros in Spanish. His also sang Rock 'n Roll songs such as "Prometo Recordarte" (I Promise to Remember You). He made two appearances in a local New York television show, in which he sang "De Boca a Boca" (Mouth to Mouth) and several other Rock 'n Roll numbers. Poventud participated in a comedy sketch with Mexican comedian Tin Tan and was invited by the comedian to join his act in Mexico, which he did, and there they recorded an album based on their act. While in Mexico, he appeared and sang in Around
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the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies. Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll) "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" is a song by American dance artist C+C Music Factory. It was released in 1991 as the second single from the album, "Gonna Make You Sweat". The song was a success in the US, reaching number 3 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 7 on the "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" also went to number one on the dance chart, for three weeks. It also reached number 20 on the UK
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Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll) "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" is a song by American dance artist C+C Music Factory. It was released in 1991 as the second single from the album, "Gonna Make You Sweat". The song was a success in the US, reaching number 3 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 7 on the "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" also went to number one on the dance chart, for three weeks. It also reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was certified gold by
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at an incident which the media dubbed the "Second Battle of Waterloo". The group also toured Australia in 1957, and in 1958 enjoyed a successful (if riot-dominated) tour of the European mainland. Bill Haley & His Comets were the first major American rock and roll act to tour the world in this way. Elvis, who was on military duty in Germany, visited them backstage at some shows. On a free day in Berlin they performed two songs in the Caterina Valente movie "Hier Bin ich Hier Bleib Ich (Here I Am Here I Stay)". Back in the U.S., Haley attempted
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Benjamin Orr Benjamin Orzechowski (September 8, 1947 – October 3, 2000), known professionally as Benjamin Orr, was an American musician best known as a singer, bassist and co-founder of the rock band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their best known songs, including "Just What I Needed", "Let's Go" and "Drive". He also scored a moderate solo hit with "Stay the Night." Orr was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Cars in 2018. Benjamin Orr was born in Lakewood, Ohio to parents of Polish, Russian, Czechoslovakian and German
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Rock" in 1956, "Hier bin ich - hier bleib' ich" (Here I Am, Here I Stay) in 1959, and "Jóvenes y rebeldes" and "Besito a Papa" in 1961. Williamson left the Comets in early 1963 and reportedly never played another note, declining invitations to join Comets reunion groups that formed after Haley's death in 1981. He died at the age of 71 in 1996. In 2012, Williamson was inducted as a member of the Comets into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by a special committee, aimed to correct the previous mistake of not inducting the band with Bill
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as Danny and the Juniors. Their 1957 song "Do the Bop" came to the attention of Dick Clark, who suggested they rename it to "At the Hop." After limited initial success with the song, it became a worldwide hit when it was played on "American Bandstand". The Juniors went on to have two more hits "Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay" and "Twistin' USA". The Juniors released several more records in the 1960s but were not able to produce any more hits. In the 1970s, they capitalized on a strong '50s nostalgia movement by touring and rerecording "At The
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(which made the Top 40), and appeared in the movie as “Professor La Plano” to lead his fictional group, the Planotones, in a performance of “Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay”. The Animal House soundtrack also made the charts and sold over 1 million copies and the Eddie and the Cruisers Soundtrack Album sold triple Platinum. He contributed music for many other films and TV shows, and after being a guest singer on Saturday Night Live in 1977, became the musical director in 1980-1981. He booked Aretha Franklin and Prince, as well as James Brown, who on his only
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song "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" gained new significance a half-century later as the title of a global game show franchise. "I Love You, Samantha" has also become a jazz favorite for improvisations. When Bing Crosby sang "Now You Has Jazz", he uttered the Porter lyric "rock and roll", and it very well might have been the first time that phrase was uttered on film. It would have been ironic coming from Crosby since rock and roll would very soon eclipse the jazz and swing of Crosby, Sinatra, and Armstrong. The first rock and roll film came out the
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two two-track Ampex reel-to-reel tape recorders. During primitive recording sessions in the garage, Berry served as producer and arranger and experimented with multi-part vocal arrangements (five years before he started working professionally with Brian Wilson). In 1958, the Barons performed to popular acclaim at the talent competition at University High School, covering contemporary hits like "Get a Job", "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay", and "Short Shorts". Following the contest, various members of the Barons drifted away, leaving only Berry and Torrence, who tried to write their own songs. After being inspired by a poster featuring a local Hollywood
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of the musicals that opened during the season, and included, as described by "The New York Times", punk music, Frank Sinatra songs, Afrobeat rhythms, and early rock ’n’ roll. There were performances by the casts of the musicals nominated for both Best Musical and Revival: "American Idiot", "Fela!", "Memphis", "Million Dollar Quartet", "La Cage aux Folles", "A Little Night Music", "Everyday Rapture" and "Ragtime". Other performers were Lea Michele, who sang "Don't Rain On My Parade" and Matthew Morrison, who sang "All I Need Is the Girl", and punk rock band Green Day who performed "Know Your Enemy/Holiday". The casts
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be one o'clock and it might be three/Time don't mean that much to me/Ain't felt this good since I don't know when/And I might not feel this good again/So come on baby, let the good times roll/We gonna stay here til we soothe our soul". That summed up perfectly what rock and roll was about, and still is, in so many ways." The song has been covered by others artists. The Sam Cooke version of the song hit number one on the "Cash Box" R&B chart and number eleven on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Dan Seals' version was a Number
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Nights", "Austin Powers in Goldmember" and "The Perfect Man". The song tells part of the story of Robert Orin Charles Kilroy (ROCK), in the rock opera "Kilroy Was Here". The song is performed by Kilroy (as played by keyboardist Dennis DeYoung), a rock and roll performer who was placed in a futuristic prison for "rock and roll misfits" by the anti-rock-and-roll group the Majority for Musical Morality (MMM) and its founder Dr. Everett Righteous (played by guitarist James Young). The Roboto is a model of robot which does menial jobs in the prison. Kilroy escapes the prison by overpowering a
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on Save Nuta's cover of "Rock 'n' Roll High School" by the Ramones. The track was a collaborative effort by several prominent Finnish musicians to save youth centers across the country. In 2010, Valo sang back-up vocals on Anathema's "We're Here Because We're Here" album, and remixed three songs with his brother Jesse Valo for the HIM album "SWRMXS". That same year he also mixed HIM bassist Mige's solo album "Cimmerica", which was released under the pseudonym MZ. In 2014, Valo was featured on the track "Whisper in the Chaos '97" by Lullacry, which was released on their compilation album
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Rock 'n' Roll Is King "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" is a song written and performed by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) released as a single from the 1983 album "Secret Messages". With this song the band returned to their rock roots. It features a violin solo by Mik Kaminski. The song went through many changes during recording and at one point was going to be called "Motor Factory" with a completely different set of lyrics. The single proved to be ELO's last UK top twenty hit single, and reached no. 19 in the US in August 1983. ""I sang on
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have accused us of being bitter for writing that song, but it's no more bitter than "Positively 4th Street." In fact, it isn't as bitter as that. We were thumbing through a teen magazine and looking at all the unfamiliar faces and we couldn't help thinking: "Wow, what's happening … all of a sudden here is everyone and his brother and his sister-in-law and his mother and even his pet bullfrog singing rock 'n' roll." So we wrote "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" to the audience of potential rock stars, those who were going to
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club and signed her to record a single: "You Can't Stay Here (Step It Up And Go)", a rock and roll song, and "I'm Not Ashamed (Ugly Woman)", a blues song in which the narrator admits to being ugly but suggests that other, unnamed, qualities make up for that. The backup group was the Concords, which consisted of Milton Love (who later became the lead singer for the Solitaires), Joe Willis, Bob Thompson, and Jimmy Hunter. Both songs did well in the New York area and were favorably reviewed in "Billboard" magazine. The reviewer was more impressed with "You Can't
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"The Madonna Companion: Two Decades of Commentary", said that the song sounded like a "remake of sweet-sixteen Connie Francis tune, dripping with old-fashioned, hand-held romance" especially in the line "It's so brand new; I'm really crazy for you." Edna Gundersen from "USA Today" felt that the song is "touching and beautifully arranged." Dave Marsh, author of "The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made", felt that with the coda of the song, Madonna transformed her record into an adult love song. William McKeen, author of "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay: An Anthology", said that
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sang to "Born in the USA", while clutching small hand-painted American flags; something which the official press neglected to mention. Additionally, Springsteen said: "I am not for or against any government. I have come here to play rock and roll for you East Berliners in the hope that one day all barriers can be torn down", showing both his understanding of the restrictions East Germans faced and avoiding the impression that he was playing in support of the East German government. A few months after that concert, Erich Honecker, the leader of East Germany, resigned. The Berlin Wall itself collapsed
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re-recorded "Rock 'n' Roll Is Here To Stay" in 1968. In 1973 they re-recorded At The Hop for Crunch Records, which was owned by the same company that owned their ABC-Paramount Records master recordings. In 1976, "At the Hop" was re-issued, and it made its way into the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. The single was commercially used for the Canadian National Exhibition, changing the words to "Let's go to the Ex" rather than "Let's go to the hop." It was parodied by the band Dash Rip Rock with their single entitled "Let’s Go Smoke Some Pot", and
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Distortion announced on their official website that the album would be called "Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll" and would officially be released on September 28. On the same day, it was announced that bass guitarist John Maurer, who recorded the album, had left the band to "in order to stay home and devote time to his wife and two children". On tour, Rancid's Matt Freeman joined as his replacement, then was himself replaced a few months later by Ness' touring bass guitarist for his solo project, Brent Harding. Critical reviews of "Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll" were mostly
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roll feel that set him apart from the burgeoning pack of Elvis Presley imitators" Ricky (album) Ricky is the solo debut album by American actor and rock and roll musician Ricky Nelson, released in November 1957. Much of the album is in the pop-rock genre, focusing mostly on standards. It has since been re-issued on iTunes. Reception at the time of release is unknown. A recent review by Allmusic said that it is "derivative" but that "he also sang rhythmically in his smooth voice, negotiating the rock & roll beat with far greater ease than Pat Boone" and that "the
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Jennings's rendition of "Lucille" for its simplicity and straightforwardness. Jim Worbois of AllMusic's brief retrospective review read: "While many labels were raiding their vaults to create "medley" records of artists no longer signed with them ... Jennings seems to have done it to himself. There are a couple nice songs on here, but it's not one of his best." It's Only Rock & Roll (Waylon Jennings album) It's Only Rock & Roll is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1983. Jennings, who had been a mainstay on at the top of the country charts for most
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Radio 2 as part of their "In Concert" series. A "Rock 'n' Roll" (Rossi/Frost) (4.04) B1 "Hold You Back" (Rossi/Young/Parfitt) (4.22) B2 "Backwater" (Parfitt/Lancaster) (4.21) Rock 'n' Roll (Status Quo song) "Rock 'n' Roll" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1981. It was included on the album "Just Supposin'". It was written in Ireland by Francis Rossi and Bernie Frost during a stay in the country, and was not originally intended to be recorded by Status Quo themselves. The song was reprised, in 2014, for the band's thirty-first studio album "Aquostic (Stripped Bare)". It
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might never have heard the work of artists such as Buddy Holly, Elvis Costello, and Chuck Berry." Others have argued that Ronstadt had the same generational effect with her Great American Songbook music, exposing a whole new generation to the music of the 1920s and 1930smusic which was pushed aside because of the advent of rock 'n' roll. When interpreting, Ronstadt said she "sticks to what the music demands", in terms of lyrics. Explaining that rock and roll music is part of her culture, she says that the songs she sang after her rock and roll hits were part of
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Maddo viewed the album as "not sound[ing] like a debut album," but rather "the work of a band who have been making music together for many years now." "I Wish I Could Stay Here" was included at number 20 on "Thrash Hits" top 20 albums of 2011. Writing for "Thrash Hits", Lock Johnson wrote that the album contained "more soul, more emotion, and just more great songs" than any of the band's contemporaries. Personnel per sleeve. Basement Production Citations Sources I Wish I Could Stay Here I Wish I Could Stay Here is the debut studio album by English rock
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quite a few tracks; I sang on Rock 'N' Roll Is King. I played on that one, but it wasn't called that, it was something about something about working at Austin Longbridge! It was full of car plant sounds, you could hear it going clank, clank, clank, like somebody hitting a lathe with a hammer, and Jeff went away and made it into Rock 'n' Roll Is King, wiped off everything we'd done, no, there was still some backing left in there, It was much better how he finished it off than it was before."" Dave Morgan (4 March 1999
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songs did not end up on either the film or the soundtrack, both were later released as Sex Pistols singles. Along with Rotten, people who sang on "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" include: The album has been released in different variations featuring different track listings. There have been two main versions, which were featured on double-album vinyl and CD. The biggest differences between the track lists is that the songs are re-arranged and version A features "I Wanna Be Me" and the Dave Goodman produced version of "Anarchy in the UK" while version B features "Watcha Gonna Do About
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cars. The video features all (then-surviving) members of the Beach Boys (Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, and Bruce Johnston). Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue "Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue" is a single released by The Beach Boys on June 9, 1986. It was recorded for their 1986 greatest hits compilation "Made in U.S.A.". The single reached #68 on the U.S. Billboard pop singles chart. Brian Wilson sang most of the lead vocals, with Al Jardine, and Carl Wilson both having some lines. Mike Love and Bruce Johnston did backing vocals. The group did a live
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Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue "Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue" is a single released by The Beach Boys on June 9, 1986. It was recorded for their 1986 greatest hits compilation "Made in U.S.A.". The single reached #68 on the U.S. Billboard pop singles chart. Brian Wilson sang most of the lead vocals, with Al Jardine, and Carl Wilson both having some lines. Mike Love and Bruce Johnston did backing vocals. The group did a live version during their 1985 Farm Aid concert appearance with Mike Love, Carl Wilson and Al Jardine sharing lead vocals. The song has
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the Werner Müller orchestra. In 1955, she was featured on "The Colgate Comedy Hour" with Gordon MacRae. In 1958, she filmed the musical comedy "Hier bin ich – hier bleib ich" ("Here I Am, Here I Stay") which featured a guest appearance by Bill Haley & His Comets. During Haley's segment, Valente sings a duet with Haley on a newly recorded version of his song "Vive la Rock and Roll". In the mid 1960s, Valente worked with Claus Ogerman and recorded material in both Italian and English that he arranged/conducted and/or composed on the Decca and London labels. Valente was
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would go number one: "A group of entertainers who are going right to the top." Berle also sang and danced to the song which was performed by the entire cast of the show. This was one of the earliest nationally televised performances by a rock and roll band and provided the new musical genre with a much wider audience. Bill Haley and the Comets were the first rock and roll act to appear on the iconic American musical variety series the "Ed Sullivan Show" on Sunday, August 7, 1955, on CBS in a broadcast that originated from the Shakespeare Festival
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Orchestra Luna Orchestra Luna was an American rock and roll band of the 1970s who had two incarnations, the first producing a hard-to-categorize mixture of cabaret, Broadway musicals, and rock, and the second a somewhat more traditional mix of pop and rock. Rick Berlin, at the time using his birth name of Richard Kinscherf, composed most of their songs, sang, and played keyboards. Rick was the driving force of the band and is the only person who was a member in all the various lineups. On their eponymous debut album Orchestra Luna, the band consisted of Peter Barrett - Narration,
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Roll Away (album) Roll Away is the debut album by the British blues rock power trio Back Door Slam. It was recorded with the classic lineup of Davey Knowles on guitar, Adam Jones on Bass and Ross Doyle on drums and released on 18 June 2007 in the Isle of Man, 1 July in the United States and 25 September 2007 in the United Kingdom, under Blix Street Records. The album incorporates predominantly blues-rock, with hints of Celtic music, folk rock and country rock (in "Too Good For Me", "Too Late", "Stay", "Roll Away"). All songs written by Davy Knowles
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in 1956. The song also appeared in the 1958 German film "Hier Bin Ich, Heir Bleib Ich", or "Here I Am --- Here I'll Stay" in English, starring Caterina Valente. The recording was also released as a 78 single in the UK on Brunswick Records as 05582. The song appeared on the 1956 DECCA Records LP "Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show". The recording was on the 1985 MCA compilation album "From the Original Master Tapes" The song has been recorded or performed by The Belew Twins, Adriano Celentano, Phil Haley and His Comments, The Fireballs, Gina Haley live on the
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In 2015, Weir, along with former Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, joined with Grammy-winning singer/guitarist John Mayer to form the band Dead & Company. The band remains active. During his career with the Grateful Dead, Weir played mostly rhythm guitar and sang many of the band's rock-n-roll and country & western tunes. In 1994, he was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Grateful Dead. Weir was born in San Francisco, California to John (Jack) Parber and a fellow college student, who later gave him up for adoption ; he
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Schacht and Paul Kallett) had changed her name to Jackie Dee. Her only release on Gone included "I'll Be True" (A) and "How Wrong I Was" (B), which appeared in both 78 rpm and 45 rpm versions. Jackie almost certainly sang these songs at the Uptown Theater in Philadelphia on 3 July 1957, and at the Paramount Theater in New York, two weeks later, with Alan Freed's Big Rock 'n' Roll Show. However, her interpretations of country songs "Buddy" (as Jackie Dee) and "Trouble" (as Jackie Shannon) gained the attention of rock and roll star Eddie Cochran, who arranged for
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Ricky (album) Ricky is the solo debut album by American actor and rock and roll musician Ricky Nelson, released in November 1957. Much of the album is in the pop-rock genre, focusing mostly on standards. It has since been re-issued on iTunes. Reception at the time of release is unknown. A recent review by Allmusic said that it is "derivative" but that "he also sang rhythmically in his smooth voice, negotiating the rock & roll beat with far greater ease than Pat Boone" and that "the 17-year-old continued to display the combination of natural pop instincts and genuine rock &
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based on this play. Filming took place from 16 October to 11 November 1958 in Bamberg and Schloss Seehof in Franconia, as well as at the CCC-Studios in Berlin. The line producer of the film was Horst Wendlandt. The film premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Stuttgart on 8 January 1959. In the late 1980s Bear Family Records of Germany released a soundtrack album for the film, which was notable for including two of the three Bill Haley recordings which had been made exclusively for the movie (including "Vive la Rock and Roll" which featured the then-unprecedented duet between Haley and
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after attending a high school reunion. "I wanted to just write an honest appraisal of where I was at that moment in time," he said. "I was 31 years old and I was damn glad to be here." The song is accompanied by a mid-tempo sound and Seger's signature raspy vocals. The song is about aging and the ongoing power of rock music. The song advices the 31 listener to return to the rock 'n' roll he loved when he was 16. The song also serves as a tribute to Chuck Berry, who is mentioned in the line "Well all
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fuckin' hippies, and that is that rock and roll is here to stay!" The act usually ended after several encores, and closed with "Lovers Never Say Goodbye". The closing song was changed to "Goodnight Sweetheart" for the TV series. In concert, they would often return for up to seven encores, and this included when performing in Toronto, at Ontario Place and performing "Hound Dog" after announcing Elvis Presley's death earlier that same day (August 16, 1977). Sha Na Na hosted the "Sha Na Na" syndicated variety series that ran from 1977 to 1981. It was among the most watched programs
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it into a five-star 49-bedroom hotel. The Edge and Bono have recorded several songs together, exclusive of the band. They also worked on the score for the 2011 rock musical "". In May 2007, MTV reported that Bono was writing the foreword for a collection of poetry entitled ""Third Rail"". The book's foreword details the meanings of its poetry, stating "The poets who fill the pews here have come to testify, to bear witness to the mysterious power of rock and roll...Rock and roll is truly a broad church, but each lights a candle to their vision of what it
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Band The songs "Killer on the Loose," "I'm Back," "Rainbow Eyes" and "Watching You" on the soundtrack were recorded by the Los Angeles-based band Sorcery, who also play the part of the Headmistress band in the film. On the tracks written by the Sorcery band for this project, Nigel Benjamin sang three songs; "Killer on the Loose," "I'm Back" and "Watching You." Susie Rose Major sang "Rainbow Eyes," "Kcab m'I" ("I'm Back" in reversed are the SORCERY Band). The group Facedown did "Touch Me," "High School Boys," "Watch Me Rock" and "Can't Kill Rock 'n Roll." "Soul Searcher" was performed
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in March of the same year. Shuman was named one of the 2010 recipients of the Ahmet Ertegun Award from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He joined his early collaborator Doc Pomus, who was inducted in 1992. Mort Shuman Mort Shuman (12 November 1938 – November 2, 1991) was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas". He also wrote and sang many songs in French, such as "Le Lac Majeur", "Allo Papa Tango Charlie", "Sha Mi Sha", "Un Eté de Porcelaine", and "Brooklyn by
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ended up without suffering serious consequences. After, on the band's concert in Dolovo, Aleksić fell from the stage and broke his leg, he was replaced by Miroslav Cvetković (who would later become a member of Bajagić's band Bajaga i Instruktori) for the band's concerts in Sandžak. On these concerts, Cvetković also sang in the covers of foreign hits. On March 19, 1979, Riblja Čorba released their second single with the songs "Rock 'n' Roll za kućni savet" ("Rock 'n' Roll for Residents' Committee") and "Valentino iz restorana" ("Restaurant Valentino"). The lyrics for "Valentino iz restorana", with which the band appeared
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to The Assassins, and in return he'll stay on board as lead songwriter for the band, as well as coach to Gigi. Johnny experiences the challenges of an aging rock star in a music landscape fueled by hip-hop and pop, as well as caring for someone other than himself for once with his newly found daughter now in his life. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Songs from the FX Original Comedy Series) is the soundtrack album for the first season of the TV series. The album was released on September 10, 2015. The first season of "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll" received
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Rock 'n' Roll (Status Quo song) "Rock 'n' Roll" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1981. It was included on the album "Just Supposin'". It was written in Ireland by Francis Rossi and Bernie Frost during a stay in the country, and was not originally intended to be recorded by Status Quo themselves. The song was reprised, in 2014, for the band's thirty-first studio album "Aquostic (Stripped Bare)". It was featured in the ninety-minute launch performance of the album at London's "Roundhouse" on 22 October, the concert being recorded and broadcast live by BBC
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critical reception of this opera was mixed. Kory Grow of "Rolling Stone" said that the production team "[t]ransformed rock and roll into pure opera," and that this opera is "here to stay." "Musical Toronto"'s Jennifer Liu noted that "Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera" "shines a glaring light on a society which grapples with conflicting models of openness to the world," and that the opera is an "immersive ride for the audience." Arthur Kaptainis of "Montreal Gazette" called the opera "a sullen, gloomy flop given the appearance of success." Graham Strahle from "Music Australia" added that this opera is
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the biggest grossing soundtrack albums of all time, including "American Graffiti" and "" ("At The Hop"), "" ("Rock and Roll is Here to Stay"), "Hairspray" ("The Fly" and "You Don't Own Me"), "Mr. Holland's Opus" ("1-2-3"), and "Dirty Dancing" and "The First Wives Club" ("You Don't Own Me"). It was the 1996 hit film, "The First Wives Club," that not only featured "You Don’t Own Me", but it was used as the theme of the movie. On November 27, 2016, the song was announced to be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. John Medora John L. Medora (born May
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a cameo during Fox's television special ""; a live production of the Broadway musical "Grease". The band performed as Johnny Casino and The Gamblers during a high school dance scene, which incorporated a 1950s-inspired rendition of "Cake by the Ocean" and a cover of The Crickets' "Maybe Baby" alongside the "Grease" songs "Born to Hand Jive" and "Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay". In an interview with "Rolling Stone", Jonas explained that DNCE was approached by the producers of the special following a show in New York City, and that he had always been a fan of "Grease". In
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Carlson, who feels guilty about having helped to promote the concert, will change their format back to "elevator music." But Mr. Carlson, who was at the concert and actually found himself enjoying the music (before he learned what happened), understands that the stadium's first-come, first-served seating was to blame for the tragedy, and not the band or the music. "We're a rock n' roll station," he declares, "and we're going to stay a rock n' roll station." Because Mr. Carlson doesn't know much about the music or about business, he spends most of his time sleeping or playing with various
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the Seventies. His earlier books include "Highway 61" (W.W. Norton, 2003), "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay" (W.W. Norton, 2000), "Literary Journalism" (Wadsworth, 2000), "Tom Wolfe" (Twayne, 1995) and several earlier books on popular culture. His writing has appeared in "Maxim", "American History", "Holiday", "The Saturday Evening Post" and many other newspapers and magazines. Before beginning his academic career, he was a newspaper reporter and copy editor in Indiana, Florida and Oklahoma. He was associate editor of "The American Spectator" and "The Saturday Evening Post", where he helped compile "The American Story" (Curtis, 1975). Writer Tom Wolfe called "Mile
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of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll". The Marcels doo-wop version is one of three different versions used in the 1981 film "An American Werewolf in London" with this version appearing at the end credits of the film. A version by Bobby Vinton plays during the film's opening titles while a version by Sam Cooke plays during the film's famous werewolf transformation scene. The Marcels' version of the song is referenced in the 1962 Academy Award nominated animated short Disney musical film, "A Symposium on Popular Songs" during the song, "Puppy Love Is Here to Stay" written by
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Mark Opsasnick Mark Opsasnick is a Washington, D.C.-based writer and cultural historian who has authored seven books and more than 70 articles on such subjects as unexplained phenomena, popular culture and rock and roll music. Capitol Rock (1996) Washington Rock and Roll (1998) Miscellaneous and Unknown (2000) The Cultural Badlands Tour Y2K (2001) The Maryland Bigfoot Digest (2004) The Lizard King Was Here (2006) The Real Story Behind the Exorcist (2006) STRANGE WORLD (Strange World Productions, 1994) Produced and directed by Mark Chorvinsky. This is a 30-minute commercially issued video that investigates several fascinating cases of unexplained phenomena. The contents
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that while there were rock and roll records before Presley's, his recording was the moment when all the strands came together in "perfect embodiment". Presley is quoted as saying: "A lot of people seem to think I started this business, but rock and roll was here a long time before I came along." Also formative in the sound of rock and roll were Little Richard and Chuck Berry. From the early 1950s, Little Richard combined gospel with New Orleans R&B, heavy backbeat, pounding piano and wailing vocals. Ray Charles referred to Little Richard as being the artist that started a
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reading stories to his children. Roger Daltrey sang a rock and roll tempo in the 1995 television special when he performed as the Tin Man while Jewel who performed as Dorothy sang the verse "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" in order for it to have a girl's voice in the background. The Cowardly Lion's version, about courage, is the shortest of the three, and is connected to "We're Off to See the Wizard" by a bridge saying "Then I'm sure to get a brain; a heart; a home; the nerve" (a longer version was written, but it was shortened in the
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that overlooked The Oval cricket ground. The pattern of work adopted by the pair involved Dury presenting Jankel with his hand-typed lyric sheets. According to Chaz in "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll: The Life of Ian Dury" he would be repeatedly given the lyric for "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll" but Jankel kept rejecting the song, only for it to be at the top of the pile again the next time, only to be rejected again. This went on until Dury sung the song's guitar riff to Jankel and sang the song's title in time with
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on the desk - at this here school all you learn to do is rock!" - is matched by a truly rocking band, bopping piano, thundering drums and cutting guitar solos from (James) McClung. If you are only allowed one rock 'n roll record on your desert island, this is the one to take." -Bob Solly, 2005 "...Each week, Mr. Dylan picks a theme and plays music around that theme. For example, today's show will be "School" featuring songs such as "Homework" by Otis Rush, "School's Out" by Alice Cooper and "School of Rock 'n Roll" by Gene Summers." -
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choice, and their debut single. The debut single, originally written by Ken Lim, was renditioned by Farisha Ishak in its disco version, while Shaun Jansen sang the pop rock version. Besides voting through phone calls, text messaging, and Facebook, in a first for the entire season of the show, fans were offered the ability to vote for their favourite top 2 finalist through "gift-to-vote" – by purchasing the studio version of the original song performed by the respective top 2 finalists on the second top 4-week. Farisha Ishak's "Life Is Beautiful" and Shaun Jansen's "Here to Stay" are available for
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Club Band". The Plastiscines have been critical of French retailing of rock music. Louise Basilien has remarked that she learned about rock 'n' roll through her parents, the Internet, and by reading books: "the generation before us could not learn about rock 'n' roll because the stores here were rubbish". As a consequence, the French rock scene in 2006–07 was seen by many as fresh and exciting, even though the requirement that forty per cent of songs broadcast on radio in France should be in French continued to militate against bands who wished to perform in English (which, because of
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"Rock and roll is here to stay: an anthology" commented that with the song, Madonna became the last word in attitude and fashion for young girls of that time. He compared that image of Madonna with that of Barbie. McKeen explained that Madonna intermixed middle-class ideas of femininity with examples of what femininity meant to her, which was having equal opportunity. She offered an aggressive sexuality that implied it was acceptable for women not only to initiate relationships, but also enjoy them. In addition, according to Morton, at a time when eighties fashions were promoting flat-chested, stick-thin women as ideals
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1957. In December 1957, they received a call from Dick Clark to be a last minute substitution for a no-show band on American Bandstand, and they performed it for a national audience. The song became a nationwide hit after ABC Paramount bought the master recording and issued it in January 1958. They soon appeared on "The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom", and other national TV shows. Soon after, they recorded "Rock 'n' Roll Is Here To Stay" and "Dottie", both of which charted. In 1960, the band was signed to Dick Clark's Swan Records label, and they released one more record,
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I Wish I Could Stay Here I Wish I Could Stay Here is the debut studio album by English rock band Basement. After forming in 2010, the band released a demo and signed to Run for Cover. Following this, the band toured across the UK and Europe in late 2010 and early 2011. They recorded their debut album "I Wish I Could Stay Here" in May 2011 at Stuck on a Name Studios in Nottingham. "Grayscale" was made available for streaming in June. "I Wish I Could Stay Here" was released a month later. Following this, the group embarked on
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friends are?" and to "remember how you got where you are." The Funk Brothers, Motown's in-house studio band, backed "Superstar" with a funk instrumental track highlighted by Earl Van Dyke's piano chords. "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard R&B singles chart, and peaked at #18 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Notably, among the few covers of "Superstar" is a version by David Ruffin, one of the subjects of the original record, for his 1975 LP "Me 'N Rock 'N Roll Are Here To Stay". Norman Whitfield's group The Undisputed Truth
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Transformations", commented that Madonna sounded like a "sex-kitten" in the song. Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine called the song irresistible. William McKeen, author of "Rock and roll is here to stay", said that the melody of "Dress You Up" was insistently chugging. Debby Miller from "Rolling Stone" said that "Despite her little-girl voice, there's an undercurrent of ambition that makes her more than the latest Betty Boop." While reviewing the album in 1995, Dave Karger from "Entertainment Weekly" commented that the song came off as a bit repetitious and immature. Jim Farber from the same publication commented that "the song
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Later, Alligator" in which Haley's frantic delivery contrasted with the Louisiana languor of the original by Bobby Charles, "Don't Knock the Rock", "Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie", "Rudy's Rock" (the first instrumental hit of the rock and roll era) and "Skinny Minnie". Bill Haley and the Comets performed "Rock Around the Clock" in an a capella and a lip-synched version on the NBC television program "Texaco Star Theater", hosted by Milton Berle, on May 31, 1955. Berle predicted that the song would go to Number 1: "A group of entertainers who are going right to the top." Berle also sang and danced to
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Teensville Teensville is the twelfth studio album recorded by American guitarist and producer Chet Atkins, released in 1960. The idea here was for Atkins to release a record appealing to teens who were now interested in rock 'n roll. The original version of "Oh Lonesome Me", a hit on both the pop and country charts for Don Gibson, was produced by Atkins and featured his guitar. The original liner notes were by The Everly Brothers whom Atkins later produced. In his review for Allmusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote Atkins "never captures the raw spark of rock & roll. What
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soundtrack of "That '70s Show". The song has been covered by Church of Misery (on "Master of Brutality"), Iced Earth (on "Tribute to the Gods") and 3 Inches of Blood (as a bonus track on "Here Waits Thy Doom"). Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" is the debut single by American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult from their eponymous debut album "Blue Öyster Cult". Despite not charting, the song has become a staple at concerts, and is regarded as one of their most famous songs (being featured on ). The song's
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called Fui Chew. There is also a group known as Hakka Chinese Macao stay here. While in Kelian Pauh (Taiping), mines operated by Chinese Hakka, Chen Sang. At this time most of the Malays occupy Bukit Gantang and Trong. In the 1850s, the number of Chinese miners here amounted to 5,000 and increased to 35,000–40,000 people by the 1870s. Early 1860s, the number of Chinese residents in Kelian Pauh is of 4,000 people. There are about 100 pieces of row houses, between 70–80 houses belonging to Chen Sang and seven houses belong Fui Chew. 3000 inhabitants were miners and farmers.
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snow-decked forest. Spanish Cava wine producer Freixenet used the video as their Christmas season commercial. "Sale el Sol" was also included on the set list of The Sun Comes Out World Tour in 2010 and 2011. At the Rock in Rio concert show in May 2010, Shakira sang the song as a tribute to Argentine singer-songwriter Gustavo Cerati, who had fallen into a coma earlier that month. In 2010, Shakira began work on ninth studio album "Sale el Sol". The singer split the album into three musical "directions," one of which is "very rock and roll." Shakira, who was a
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of Rock & Roll," and "If This Is It" all reached No. 6. Lewis knew Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds from having played harmonica on their 1979 albums ("Labour of Lust" and "Repeat When Necessary") and produced Lowe's 1985 version of "I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)". He later produced several songs (including one where he sang backup and played harmonica) on Bruce Hornsby & The Range's debut album, "The Way It Is." Hornsby thanked him by writing the song "Jacob's Ladder", a No. 1 single from the News' next album. His song "The Power
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used in the video are on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum in Cleveland, Ohio. "I Stay Away" was featured in "Walking Erect" (1994), episode 10, season 3 of "Beavis and Butt-Head". I Stay Away "I Stay Away" is a song from Alice in Chains' 1994 EP "Jar of Flies", and the second single from the album. This song marked the first time the band wrote with bassist Mike Inez. The single reached No. 10 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks, and stayed in the chart for 26 weeks. "I Stay Away" was nominated for the Grammy
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stating "There's not a ton of hope to be found on You Can't Stay Here; with any sort of personal tragedy, it takes time to make sense of it. But what does emerge is a strong sense of togetherness; the hurt hasn't changed them, but it has strengthened their will." All music written by Iron Chic. You Can't Stay Here You Can't Stay Here is the third studio album by Long Island punk rock band Iron Chic. Like the bands previous work, the album was recorded in guitarist Phil Douglas' studio, The Hobo House. This was the first album with
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couldn't make it. If that's risqué, well, I'm sorry." The song was engineered by Jack "Cowboy" Clement, who told Lewis when he entered the studio, "We don't do much country around here. We're in the rock & roll business. You ought to go home and work up some rock & roll numbers". In Lewis' biographical film, "Great Balls of Fire!", Lewis is shown spying in on an African American speak-easy type club, listening to "Whole Lotta Shakin Goin' On" performed by a black woman, supposedly Big Maybelle. The part was played by the singer Valerie Wellington and her version was
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Gospel Choir, who sang background (as they did on previous Erasure single "Stay with Me"). "Rock Me Gently" was drastically remixed for its single release — adding a radio-friendly drum track to the mix and editing out most of the Galás interlude. An extended version of this mix was included on the CD single, retaining the Galás section while keeping the new instrumentation. Rock Me Gently (Erasure song) "Rock Me Gently" is a song by British synthpop duo Erasure. Written by group members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, the track appeared on their album "Erasure". It was released as a
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singles during this period, including the US Top 10 hits "School Days", "Rock and Roll Music", "Sweet Little Sixteen", and "Johnny B. Goode". He appeared in two early rock-and-roll movies: "Rock Rock Rock" (1956), in which he sang "You Can't Catch Me", and "Go, Johnny, Go!" (1959), in which he had a speaking role as himself and performed "Johnny B. Goode", "Memphis, Tennessee", and "Little Queenie". His performance of "Sweet Little Sixteen" at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 was captured in the motion picture "Jazz on a Summer's Day". By the end of the 1950s, Berry was a high-profile
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Who Shot Rock & Roll: The Film Who Shot Rock & Roll: The Film is a documentary film directed by Steven Kochones, which depicts the impact of photography on rock and roll history and culture over six decades. The film had its theatrical premiere at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. It was originally commissioned by the Annenberg Foundation to coincide with the museum exhibit, Who Shot Rock & Roll. Hear the stories behind rock's most enduring images. This documentary features interviews, photographs and never-before-seen footage spotlighting the work of rock photographers whose images defined rock and roll history, including photographers
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release, "Record Mirror" described the song as a "more mellow Slade", adding: "they're in dire need of a hit and this could be the one". In a review of the live album "Slade Alive, Vol. 2", "Superpop" commented: "...one complaint though, they did not include "Rock 'n' Roll Bolero", a classic no doubt." Geoff Ginsberg of AllMusic retrospectively stated in a review of the bootleg album "Gospel According to Noddy!": ""Rock N Roll Bolero," is heard here (by many) for the first time. Even more amazing is the B-side, "It's All Right By Me," which is unbelievably catchy and just
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In retirement he was active in his parish church of Holy Rosary in Sefton, Liverpool, where he sang folk music and rock and roll to attract younger worshippers. He also sang frequently with a karaoke machine at Cooper's Emporium and the Old Roan pub near the home he shared with his mother when the Searchers first started. Many of his audience had no idea who he was, but he had kept his skill and delighted to tell of someone stopping him in the supermarket to say how much they had liked his singing at the Old Roan. In 1998 he
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album of all time. Music scholar Michael Campbell called it "quintessential rockabilly" with Presley's voice "the magical element" drawing on country and rhythm and blues but confined to neither, while AllMusic critic Cub Koda said "what we ultimately have here is a young Elvis Presley, mixing elements of blues, gospel and hillbilly music together and getting ready to unleash its end result – rock & roll – on an unsuspecting world." The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll included two tracks from the album: "Mystery Train" and "That's All Right." In 2002, "The
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2001. "Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour" featured guest appearances from actresses Amanda Bynes and Jenny McCarthy. In addition to Uncle Kracker, music performances also came from Sugar Ray and The Peter Frampton Band. Country music group SHeDAISY sang a re-mixed version of their song "I Will… But". Rock band Smash Mouth also filmed an appearance, performing their track "Pacific Coast Party". The band's vocalist Steve Harwell commented, "That was fun. That appearance, and a few lines in the film "Rat Race", rekindled a childhood dream. I always said I wanted to be either a rock star or
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of the Four Preps with Jim Pike of The Lettermen. In 1972, Somerville formed the group WW Fancy, which also included Keith Barbour and Gail Jensen as members. In the late 1980s, he again sang with original members of The Diamonds and also returned to The Four Preps with Bruce Belland, Ed Cobb and Jim Yester of The Association. In 1972, Somerville sang background vocals along with The Blossoms in B. J. Thomas' version of "Rock and Roll Lullaby". Somerville's song "The (Ballad of the) Unknown Stuntman," jointly written and composed with Jensen, inspired Glen Larson, who had been the
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many charities both as a solo artist, and jointly with other members of the Who. In 1976, he performed at the Celtic Football Ground in Glasgow. An audience of 35,000 attended and a sum of over £100,000 was donated to charity. He sang a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" for a charity single released as "McEnroe & Cash with the Full Metal Rackets" for Rock Aid Armenia in 1986, and performed with the Who at Concert for Kampuchea in 1979, and Live Aid in 1985. Daltrey appeared in in 1995 for the Children's Defense Fund, and at
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Ready Teddy "Ready Teddy" is a song written by John Marascalco and Robert Blackwell, and first made popular by Little Richard in 1956. Little Richard sang and played piano on the recording, backed by a band consisting of Lee Allen (tenor saxophone), Alvin "Red" Tyler (baritone sax), Edgar Blanchard (guitar), Frank Fields (bass), and Earl Palmer (drums). It has since been covered by Buddy Holly, The Tornados, Elvis Presley, Tony Sheridan and others, making it something of a rock and roll standard. The composition, an uptempo rock and roll song, received its largest ever recognition on the evening of September
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cover was taken by Jürgen Vollmer during the Beatles' stay in Hamburg. It was Lennon's last album until 1980: With no recording contract obligation, he took a hiatus from the music business to raise his son Sean. In 1969, Lennon composed the song "Come Together" for the Beatles' album "Abbey Road". Inspired by the Chuck Berry tune "You Can't Catch Me", it bore too much of a melodic resemblance to the original—and Lennon took the third line of the second verse ("Here come old flat-top") for the new lyric. Publisher Morris Levy brought a lawsuit for infringement, and the case
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"Here Are The Sonics!!!" was influential on later punk rock music (see protopunk). The Sonics Technical Here Are The Sonics !!!Here Are The Sonics!!! is the debut studio album by American garage rock band The Sonics, released in March 1965. "Here Are The Sonics!!!" was released in 1965 by record label Etiquette. It was re-released in 1999 in mono by Norton Records. Cub Koda of AllMusic wrote that the album "show[s] a live band at the peak of its power, ready to mow down the competition without even blinking twice", calling it "Another important chunk of Seattle rock and roll
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Crosby, Texas. Gene Kelton Gene Kelton (10 April 1953 – 28 December 2010) was an American guitarist, harmonica player and singer-songwriter, based in Houston, Texas. He played Americana, blues-rock, Southern rock and rockabilly music. Born Sidney Eugene Kelton, in Booneville, Mississippi, United States, his mother sang gospel music on the radio. She divorced his ne'er-do-well father when he was six. Afterward they lived with his grandfather, a cotton plantation sharecropper. On weekends he listened to down-home blues in a dirt-floored juke joint. His step father, Bob Allbritton, who played rock and roll guitar then in a manner, as it can
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Gene Kelton Gene Kelton (10 April 1953 – 28 December 2010) was an American guitarist, harmonica player and singer-songwriter, based in Houston, Texas. He played Americana, blues-rock, Southern rock and rockabilly music. Born Sidney Eugene Kelton, in Booneville, Mississippi, United States, his mother sang gospel music on the radio. She divorced his ne'er-do-well father when he was six. Afterward they lived with his grandfather, a cotton plantation sharecropper. On weekends he listened to down-home blues in a dirt-floored juke joint. His step father, Bob Allbritton, who played rock and roll guitar then in a manner, as it can be said
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with Jessica Meuse and Alex Preston each performing their own, respective original compositions. They also performed duets for the first time this season. Every finalist chose a song for each remaining contestant, who then selected one song choice to perform. The songs used for the duets and trios were not a product of the theme. For the first time in the competition, each finalist sang two songs each: one from the rock 'n' roll genre, and the other from the country genre. The finalists sang songs requested by the voting public. On results night, the contestants were given the option
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after the death of Lennon, fans gathered outside the Dakota and sang "Give Peace a Chance". The single re-charted in January 1981, peaking at number 33. The song is one of three Lennon solo songs, along with "Instant Karma!" and "Imagine", in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. On 1 June 2008, the 39th anniversary of the song's recording, the first of three digital-only (and thus environmentally friendly) singles was released through Twisted Records exclusively on Beatport with remixes featuring a newly recorded vocal by Yoko Ono. It reached number 1 on
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