[78-L] One's taste in music is similar to taste in tooth paste. You can't argue about it.

[Julian Vein]

Cary Ginell wrote:
As I explained in detail, other than Elvis's records, which fairly 
quickly abandoned the "primitive" rockabilly he was doing at Sun after 
he reached RCA Victor, there were few rock 'n' roll records after 1957 
that became as big hits as any of the Beatles records. That is not being 
ignorant. That is merely an observation of record sales and chart 
action. Here are the #1 records from 1955-57 that I consider to be rock 
'n' roll and how many weeks they stayed at No. 1.

1955
Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley (8)
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To show you how ignorant I was of the popular music scene of 1955, I 
hadn't heard RATC until Tony Hancock did a spoof version of "Blackboard 
Jungle" at the end of the year or, perhaps early 56, and incorporated it 
into the sketch! I was familiar with the usual pop stuff, but had never 
heard/heard of rock 'n roll or rhythm 'n blues. Country music I was 
beginning to become familiar with via "Grand Ole Opry" on AFN.

      Julian Vein


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