Pink Floyd “Darkside of the moon” David Gailmours (Guitar/vocals) Roger Waters (Bass/Vocals) Nick Mason (Drums) Richard Wright (Keyboards) The Who “Who’s Next” Rodger Daughtry- Vocals Pete Townsend- Guitar/Primary Composer Keith Moon- Drums John Entwhistle- Bass *The godfather of the electric guitar is Les Pual (1955) Elvis Presley Buddy Holly Fat Domino Chuck berry (All prominent artist who kickstarted the rock genre in the 50s) Teeny Boppers: American bandstand, a music show designed specifically for a younger audience. *The day Rock died: Elvis Presly is drafted into the vietnam war in 1957. Buddy Holly, Richy valens, and the Big Bopper die ina plane crash in 1959. *Chubby Chase performs the twist which becomes popular. *Folk becomes the predominant form of alternative music for a mature audience *Feburary 9th 1964 the Beatles appear on the Ed sullivan show which sky rockets their popularity internationally *The Rolling Stones Marketed as the rebels and contrast the Beatles *Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Paige *The beatles form in 1957,were a skip-it-band originally called the quarrymen from Liverpool in a port city…inspired by Buddy Holly *The Rolling Stones were more inspired by the American blues genre *Bob Dillion becomes increasing popular in granch village, NY *The Byrds are an American band coming out of California, performing in Los Angles in response to the british invasion…first hit was the tangerine man

Pink Floyd members

David Gailmours (Guitar/vocals)

Roger Waters (Bass/Vocals)

Nick Mason (Drums)

Richard Wright (Keyboards)

The who members

Rodger Daughtry- Vocals

Pete Townsend- Guitar/Primary Composer

Keith Moon- Drums

John Entwhistle- Bass

Important rock artists in the 50s

Elvis Presley

Buddy Holly

Fat Domino

Chuck berry

What happened on “the day rock died”?

Elvis Presly is drafted into the vietnam war in 1957. Buddy Holly, Richy valens, and the Big Bopper die ina plane crash in 1959.

Who were The Rolling Stones?

*Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Paige. Marketed as the opposite of the beatles

When did the Beatles form? Who were they?

The beatles form in 1957,were a skip-it-band originally called the quarrymen from Liverpool in a port city…inspired by Buddy Holly

Who was bob Dillion?

A folk rock singer that traveled the world and sung folk music. Became increasingly popular in granch village, NY

What helped popularize the Beatles?

Feburary 9th 1964 the Beatles appear on the Ed sullivan show which sky rockets their popularity internationally