MAJOR ARTISTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL



PRE-ROCK SOURCES

Blues

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Robert Johnson

Bessie Smith

“T-Bone” Walker

Muddy Waters

Howlin’ Wolf

B.B. King

Boogie Woogie

Meade “Lux” Lewis

Albert Ammons

Country and Western

The Carter Family – recorded between 1927 and 1956

Jimmie Rogers

Hank Williams

Bob Wills

Jump Blues

Louis Jordan

Rhythm and Blues

Roy Brown

Jackie Brenston

Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton

Big Joe Turner

THE 5 STYLES OF 1950s ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

Northern Band Rock ‘n’ Roll

Bill Haley

New Orleans Rock ‘n’ Roll

Fats Domino

Little Richard

Memphis Country Rock (Rockabilly)

Carl Perkins

Jerry Lee Lewis

Eddie Cochran

Elvis Presley

Chicago Rock ‘n’ Roll

Chuck Berry

Bo Diddley

1950s ROCK ‘N’ ROLL cont.

Buddy Holly

Vocal Group Rock ‘n’ Roll

The Orioles

Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers

The Coasters

The Marvelettes

The Shirelles

ROCK IN THE 1960s and 1970s

Surf Rock

The Chantays

The Ventures

Dick Dale and His Del-Tones

The Beach Boys

Jan and Dean

Folk

Woody Guthrie

Peter, Paul and Mary

Bob Dylan

Joan Baez

Folk-Rock

The Byrds

The Buffalo Springfield

Crosby, Still, Nash, and Young

The Band

Simon and Garfunkel

The Mamas and the Papas

Country Rock

The Byrds

The Flying Burrito Brothers

Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Eagles

Linda Rondstadt

Southern Rock

Allman Brothers Band

ZZ Top

Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Outlaws

The Marshall Tucker Band

The Charlie Daniels Band

1960s & 1970s Rock cont.

Soul

Ray Charles

Booker T. and the MGs

Sam and Dave

Percy Sledge

Wilson Pickett

Otis Redding

James Brown

Aretha Franklin

Motown

Martha and the Vandellas

The Supremes

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

Stevie Wonder

Funk

Sly and the Family Stone

Earth, Wind, and Fire

Kool and the Gang

Parliament/Funkadelic

Disco

The Bee Gees

Pop Funk

Michael Jackson

Prince

Madonna

Hip Hop/Rap

Gil-Scott Heron

The Last Poets

The Sugarhill Gang

Public Enemy

Ice. T

BRITISH BEAT GROUPS

The Beatles

Gerry and the Pacemakers

The Hollies

Herman’s Hermits

The Kinks

Manfred Mann

The Zombies

The Who

The Rolling Stones

The Animals

The Spencer Davis Group

Eric Clapton

• The Yardbirds

• The Bluesbreakers

• Cream

• Derek and the Dominos

PSYCHEDELIC ROCK

The Electric Prunes

The Jefferson Airplane

The Grateful Dead

Janis Joplin

Santana

The Doors

Jimi Hendrix

SINGERS/SONGWRITERS

James Taylor

Jim Croce

Joni Mitchell

Elton John

Billy Joel

Bruce Springsteen

HEAVY METAL

Steppenwolf

Black Sabbath

Deep Purple

Led Zeppelin

AC/DC

Van Halen

Judas Priest

Metallica

FUSIONS

Jazz Rock

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Chicago

Tower of Power

Steely Dan

Art Rock

The Moody Blues

King Crimson

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Yes

Rick Wakeman

Pink Floyd

PUNK ROCK AND ALTERNATIVE

Forerunners of Punk/Glam Rock

The Velvet Underground

Alice Cooper

David Bowie

The Ramones

Punk Groups

The Sex Pistols

The Dead Kennedys

The Clash

The Police

Alternative Groups

Nirvana

Pearl Jam

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