Tag: Jackie Brenston

R&B Before Rock’n’Roll Story

This blog takes a look at the early R&B scene, before the advent of rock’n’roll in the mid-1950s – R&B before rock’n’roll story. COMPANION PODCAST R&B Before Rock’n’Roll R&B BEFORE ROCK’N’ROLL ROOTS Rock’n’Roll emerged in the mid-1950s as an amalgam of both black and white musical roots: gospel, blues, jazz, jump blues, R&B, Doo Wop,…


Rise and Fall of American RocknRoll

THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICAN ROCK’N’ROLL PODCAST FOR …..The Rise and Fall of American Rock’n’Roll The 1950s saw the rise and fall of American rock’n’roll.  The golden age of rock’n’roll was undoubtedly the second half of the 1950s. However, its roots go back much futher than that. ROCK’N’ROLL IN A NUTSHELL Rock’n’Roll has its…