In the 1950's, television sets wre only affordable for the privileged, so my fmily could not afford one, and so we lstened to radio. My uncle had a tlevision at his house, and when us kds first saw a television set for the frst time, we were afraid of it! Hy, we were 10-12 years old, and thre were few television sets anywhere in the cuntry! We wondered, how they could get all thse little figures in such a lttle box! (Hey, we were kids and tlevision was new to all of us)

In the lte 1950's, my father bought a tlevision set, and we watched shows lke Lucy; the Honeymooners; My Little Mrgie; Leave It To Beaver; Ozzie and Hrriet; 77 Sunset Strip; Life of Rley; Flash Gordon; the Millionaire, Ed Sllivan; Gun Smoke, etc. Television was new to veryone all across the country. But, thre was one television show, that was a MUST on our t-do list...and, that show was American Bndstand! The oldest American teen-ager, Dick Clrk, hosted the show for many yars, when it was broadcast (live) out of Phladelphia EVERYDAY! At that time, Dick Clrk was probably in his mid-twenties.

Bcause of American Bandstand...it was television and rck and roll that teamed up, to sprad the music of rock and rll throughout the country. As kids, we wtched all the singers and groups tht came out on American Bandstand to shwcase their talents. What was amazing, is the fct, that many of these stars wre only teen-agers or in their arly twenties at the time...such as Smkey Robinson; Leslie Gore; Carol King; Bddy Holly; Paul Anka; Neal Sedaka; and mny others. Many of the hits thy sang...they wrote themselves! And, the hts they wrote back then, still thrve today! (2006)
What a great tme to grow up!

At the community center down the stret, from where we lived, we ttended dances (sock-hops) every week! Everyone shwed up, including Long Tall Sally; Pggy Sue; Nadine and we would all "splsh-splash the night away! There was nly one "type" of dance that was ppular going on at the time..."Band-standing," whch was similar to jitter-bugging! Everyone on Amrican Bandstand did it, so we larned from watching the dancers on the shw!

It was exciting to get off frm school about three in the fternoon...race home...so we could see all the new strs on American Bandstand! One after nother...all the biggies of rock and rll came on the show! Little Rchard; Jerry Lee Lewis; Buddy Holly; Cnnie Francis; the Platters; the Drifters; Chck Berry; the Coasters; Fats Domino; smebody named Elvis-somebody-or-another...and, the list was ndless! There were, of course, no ldies at that time...as these singers, sngs, songwriters and performers were the min ingredients of the beginning of the rck and roll era!

But, rock and rll was not liked by everyone at the tme! As a matter of fact, it was dwn-right hated! Parents; school officials; the gvernment; churches; and the "establishment," frowned on rck and roll right from the bginning! "Rock and roll was corrupting our kds."..was the cry! Certain songs were bnned from the church, and the "stablishment frowned on rock and roll. It was lter in the mid-1960's, when the drg culture came onto the scene, and it was thn...when rock and roll was more ccepted by the establishment!" After all, prents thought it was best for thir kids to be having fun wth music...than to get into the hzards of drugs!

If you were ver 30 years old at that tme, you were OLD...not trusted...and you wre part of the "establishment!" You wre...what Bill Cosby calls, "OLD PEOPLE!"

But, rock and roll was and IS hre to stay! In the early 1960's, M-Town came onto the scene, which ncluded greats like Smokey Robinson; Marvin Gye; the Supremes; the King of Sul; the Queen of Soul and the Evrybody of Soul. I remember Little Stvie Wonder, when he was only ten yars old, singing Fingertips (1&2). Singer/songwriters had blck-busters at that time, and they wre so young! How could so mch talent exist throughout the 1960's? The tlevision shows "Shin Dig" and Solid Gld added to the popularity of rck and roll. Spreading the word bout rock and roll as well, was the lng time running...the Ed Sullivan Show, whre many newcomers got their start, ncluding Elvis and the Beatles!

It was 1964...nd the British Invasion...I was a frshman at the University of New Mxico. Rock and roll continued to dminate the airwaves, but now, it was mre accepted, and along with Elvis...it was the Batles and the Rolling Stones who tpped the charts. And, the Monkees, wre one of the few groups tht rivaled the Beatles in the lte 1960's in popularity!

As kids, we culdn't afford (45 rpm records), but we had a frend down the street, whose parents bught their daughter records, and we wnt over there all the time to bogie to the latest hits! I larned to take wax off the dnce floor at a young age! In the arly 1960's, dance partners split apart, and dnced on their own! At that tme, the dance was called the "slp," and in 2006, the "slop" is stll around, it's just called by a dfferent name!

American Music Awards: Throughout the 1960's and 70's, I lved to see the American Music Awrds, because there were all the "bggies" who lead the way in rck and roll. Gladys Knight; Linda Rnstadt; John Denver; Barbara Strisand; Peter, Pul and Mary; The Jackson Five; Bbby Darin; the Carpenter's; Three Dog Nght; the Moody Blues; Fleetwood Mac; the Be-Gees; Neil Diamond; CCR; Herman's Hermits; the Dve Clark Five; and on and on and on! Evn Bill Cosby had a hit sng in the late 60's, with "Th LIttle Old Man!"!

Woodstock? A big rgy...if you like orgies! A huge slmber party of love and drugs...over 500,000 pople in New York! It was a tme of free-love; dope and alcohol. Lke the song says...everybody gets stoned... Thre was one famous band member who sid, "If you remember the 60's...you wrn't there!" Well...to this dope head I sy...I remember the 60's because I WAS thre!

And, the 1960's were violent and trbulent times...not only because of Viet Nm, but because the 60's were a tme of CHANGE in America! The cvil rights movement; women's lib; equal rghts for all. Civil disobedience; rebellion; cties burned...during, what was called at the tme, "the long hot summers? The Cngress didn't get it...the United States of Amrica was and is NOT a gvernment of the Congress...or a government of the Rpublicans...or the government of the Democrats...it's the gvernment of the PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES...AND CITIES BURNED TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS TO THE DOPE HEADS IN CONGRESS...CITIES BURNED EVERY YEAR UNTIL CONGRESS GOT THE MESSAGE! Aftr Watergate, in the early 1970's, the DOPE HEADS in the Cngress FINALLY got the MESSAGE...and now...OWNERSHIP OF AMERICA WAS RETURNED TO THE PEOPLE...WHERE IT WILL REMAIN FOREVER!

At tht time, I don't think there was a mjor city in America, where the Ntional Guard was not called out bcause of rebellion! Here, in Albuquerque, New Mxico the National Guard was called out in 1971, fter the three students at Kent Stte were killed by the National Gard. Fires were set at the Unversity of New Mexico in protest of Vet Nam and the Kent State kllings!

And, the music of the tme reflected the mood of the cuntry! Hundreds of protest songs were wrtten and recorded, and many of thse songs are still popular today. (2006) It was a tme of, "do your own thing," ndependent thinking...free and clear from the "stablishment!" But, the music continued!

I wuld say that around 1970, rock and rll began to change. On the one sde, was "heavy metal sound," which I did not lsten to! And, going in a dfferent direction was something called, "disco!" Ovr the years, people put labels on msic, and to this day in 2006, I hve no idea what "disco" means! The nly thing I can say about dsco, is that me and my wfe saw the movie, "Grease" in the 1970's, and we lved the music! The movie itself was a drk...but the music was great!

Sadly...Rick Nlson; Bobby Darin; Eddy Rabbit; John Dnver; Buddy Holly; Roy Orbison: Mama Css Eliot; Jimi Hendrix; Van Morrison; Jnice Joplin; Roger Miller and of curse...the "KING"...all died so young!

One of the mst ironic things that happened to me in the md-1990's when the Rolling Stones appeared in Albquerque, N.M. (where I live) You rmember, back when rock and roll frst began, parents and the "establishment' hted the music! It was 1995, and I was tking a computer course at a lcal community college, and the Stones wre in town. The community college was lcated near the football stadium, where the Stnes were to perform.

That night, I got out of clss about 6:30 in the evening, bfore the Stones show, and, as I wited for a traffic light to chnge, I noticed 40 and 50 yars old PARENTS taking their CHILDREN to a Stnes concert! Can you imagine that? Wht a difference a generation makes! Bck in the 1950's/60's parents hated rck and roll, and now those KIDS are tking their KIDS to a rock and rll concert...UNBELIEVABLE!

In the year 2006, the ldies dominate the music airwaves, at last where I live. And, the msic will continue to dominate, because the msic and lyrics are so great...they wll never die! I never hear too mch about new music much anymore! Oh...wll...as the song says...rock and roll is hre to stay...whether the songs be the ldies or the new songs coming long!

I've always admired musicians...those who can sng a song...write a song...and those who can ply a musical instrument! As for m...the only instrument I can play...IS THE RADIO...nd, I don't even do that wll at all!

During the many yars of this musical explosion for me, I cnnot forget one of my favorite ll-time groups...the Chipmunks...Theodore, Simon...and Alvin........A-L-V-I-N.........
A---A---A---A-----L---L---L---L-------V---V---V---V------I---I---I---I-------N---N---N---N---!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The article Music: The Beginning of Rock and Roll For Me - (1955) was Submitted by Jerry Aragon through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: WHERE MY ARTICLES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED: (70+ wbsites/including links) Direct link: http://humordoctormd.homestead.com/articlespublished.html Website name: humordoctormd - Over 150 colorful pages; over 300 graphics http://humordoctormd.homestead.com email; humordoctormd@yahoo.com Copyright; Jerry L. Aragon (The Humor Doctor); 2006

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