The song that shot Elvis Presley into the stratosphere. It hit #1 on both the Top 40 and C&W charts. It was Elvis first hit to top both charts in the Rock Era. However, Tennessee Ernie Ford beat Elvis to the punch with his hit, Sixteen Tons.
@TheDJGrandPa It did, but I don't think that it hit #1. Also, if you look at the back of the sleeve, you will see another Elvis song, I Forgot to Remember to Forget. That song hit #1 on the Country & Western charts. So that was the first #1 by Elvis. However, it has become a forgotten hit due to this hit.
@mkl62 I'm sure Blue Suede Shoes hit #1 on one of the charts. Bo Diddley hit #1 in '55, so did Little Richard's Tutti Frutti, and not to forget Maybellene. On the R&B charts. I Forgot to Remember is more of a Country song and Heartbreak is some weird hybrid song that... well yeah you could call Rock. But Elvis was not the first to hit #1 with a rock song, oh, and let's not forget Rock Around the Clock!
@TheDJGrandPa Rock Around the Clock hit #1 on July 9, 1955. Music experts have looked at that as the start of the Rock Era. When Heartbreak Hotel hit #1, that shot this new sound into the stratosphere. Then came The Beatles, then The Hues Corporation (Disco), and then The Sugar Hill Gang (Rap).
@mkl62 So... you're saying that "Rock Around the Clock" isn't a rock song? And sorry, but I do not care much for the so called "music experts", but hey, we all have our own opinions :)
@TheDJGrandPa To me, Rock Around the Clock is a rock song. It was played at the beginning of Blackboard Jungle, which really made it famous. Howard Hessman (WKRP in Cincinnati) said that he went everywhere looking for that record. The power of one song.
anyone know if this song has an electric guitar used in it or regular? I can't tell. But sounds electric to me, to be honest :P. Thanks in advance. [Wikipedia yields no help on this matter] (but I have seen live with no electric guitar) Help :P.
@r4d4101 Elvis plays acoustic rhythm guitar and Scotty Moore plays electric lead guitar. Wikipedia should tell you this, you can check live performances of the song if you want to.
my mom had old records i love stuff from the 50s things was better then ppl respected eachother an im 37
janbob73 11 months ago
my mom had ols records i love stuff from the 50s things was better then ppl respected eachother an im 37
janbob73 11 months ago
Fun Fact. The original U.K. LP of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night tried to imitate the photo as seen in the back of this EP.
ninenine909 1 year ago
@ninenine909 how
metalmaster78 11 months ago
The song that shot Elvis Presley into the stratosphere. It hit #1 on both the Top 40 and C&W charts. It was Elvis first hit to top both charts in the Rock Era. However, Tennessee Ernie Ford beat Elvis to the punch with his hit, Sixteen Tons.
mkl62 1 year ago
@mkl62 I'm pretty sure Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins was the first to reach really high up in all the charts?
TheDJGrandPa 5 months ago
@TheDJGrandPa It did, but I don't think that it hit #1. Also, if you look at the back of the sleeve, you will see another Elvis song, I Forgot to Remember to Forget. That song hit #1 on the Country & Western charts. So that was the first #1 by Elvis. However, it has become a forgotten hit due to this hit.
mkl62 5 months ago
@mkl62 I'm sure Blue Suede Shoes hit #1 on one of the charts. Bo Diddley hit #1 in '55, so did Little Richard's Tutti Frutti, and not to forget Maybellene. On the R&B charts. I Forgot to Remember is more of a Country song and Heartbreak is some weird hybrid song that... well yeah you could call Rock. But Elvis was not the first to hit #1 with a rock song, oh, and let's not forget Rock Around the Clock!
TheDJGrandPa 5 months ago
@TheDJGrandPa Rock Around the Clock hit #1 on July 9, 1955. Music experts have looked at that as the start of the Rock Era. When Heartbreak Hotel hit #1, that shot this new sound into the stratosphere. Then came The Beatles, then The Hues Corporation (Disco), and then The Sugar Hill Gang (Rap).
mkl62 5 months ago
@mkl62 So... you're saying that "Rock Around the Clock" isn't a rock song? And sorry, but I do not care much for the so called "music experts", but hey, we all have our own opinions :)
TheDJGrandPa 5 months ago
@TheDJGrandPa To me, Rock Around the Clock is a rock song. It was played at the beginning of Blackboard Jungle, which really made it famous. Howard Hessman (WKRP in Cincinnati) said that he went everywhere looking for that record. The power of one song.
mkl62 5 months ago
It is a gutiar and mainly double bass witch Paul mcartney now owns
weirdper 2 years ago
anyone know if this song has an electric guitar used in it or regular? I can't tell. But sounds electric to me, to be honest :P. Thanks in advance. [Wikipedia yields no help on this matter] (but I have seen live with no electric guitar) Help :P.
r4d4101 2 years ago
@r4d4101 Sorry dude it's an acoustic guitar.
K2theron 1 year ago
@r4d4101 This song uses an electric guitar. Scotty Moore is playing a Gibson Super 400, which is a large hollow body electric guitar.
blackwaxjh 1 year ago
@r4d4101 Elvis plays acoustic rhythm guitar and Scotty Moore plays electric lead guitar. Wikipedia should tell you this, you can check live performances of the song if you want to.
TheDJGrandPa 5 months ago
very cool!! is that from 56' I am guessing?
jcashfan365 2 years ago
Yeah, released in 1956.
spellerine 2 years ago