History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1843 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rock Around the Clock
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The idea
In nineteen fifty-four Bill Haley and His Comets released Rock Around the Clock, heard the next year in the film Blackboard Jungle.
In practice
Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show, the camera avoiding his hips.
Where people slip
By nineteen fifty-six, the anchor says, more than sixty-eight percent of the music on the radio was rock and roll, to many parents' dismay.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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