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Differences between Irish, British, Polish, American and other nations culture, tradition, music - loose talk [241]
Pretty much all the elements of rock and roll can be found in "race" records* from as early as the 1920s,
Spot on mafketis as that is the correct answer.
rock and roll in its pure form came from Britain and in Ireland
"Pure Form" compared to what ? lol
Rock and roll if you're talking about the 1950s stuff came from America and was copied by the Brits,
Spot on Atch as that is a correct answer too.
Now now kids, let old Dad tell ya straight from living in the 1950's when Elvis started "rock & roll" in the U.S.A. as I remember it happening first hand, not from google or Wiki.
First Elvis was born in Mississippi (a southern State) which had a lot of "Juke Joints" (Google yourself) that where Black run establishments for poor Blacks with gabling, dancing, drinking, blues and soul music.(1920's and 30's)
My personal favorite music may I add. (Google and listen)
Then in his teens Elvis grew up in Memphis Tennessee where there was "Hillbilly" music from the people who lived in the hills of Tennessee and Appalachian Mountains in the U.S.A.
Elvis took these two kinds of music and intertwined them into an upbeat mix which was known as rock & roll.
Mixing the Black and White music made him disliked by many who said that his 'rock and roll' would never last and that it was just a short lived fad.
In fact many wanted Elvis's music outlawed at the time here in America.
That was back in 1953 if I remember right and all of us kids knew the words to "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cry all the time."
So if anyone can show me a rock and roll group before 1953 please post them.
Elvis was not the first person to record 'hound dog'. who was?
That would have been Willie Mae (Big Mama) Thornton if my memory serves me right.
Class dismissed.
