The Golden Age of Rock And Roll.
I have always had a great love for the Rock and Roll music of the fifties and early sixties. There were some wonderful songs around back then and a lot of it was very innocent. There was certainly no shortage of singers and bands to listen to! Such greats as Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, The Marcels, Sam Cooke and, of course, Elvis Presley were all busy churning out hits back then.
Dancing is something that I have never been any good at but if I had been around in the Rock and Roll era then I’d have had a damn good go! It looked like brilliant fun and you still get a lot of people who do it in special clubs today. The whole imagery (particularly in America) was so cool; the cars, the suits and the women’s dresses. It must have been absolutely brilliant at the time and really exciting to be a part of it all.
Songs like; ‘Crying in the Rain’, ‘Unchained Melody’, ‘C’mon Everybody’, ‘Sea of Love’ and ‘Blue Moon’ will never sound dated. There is something immortal about the old songs that were recorded back then. Rock and Roll music also had a lot of romance about it; the fifties and early sixties was probably about the last period when women were still looked at respectfully.
It is a shame that those days have been and gone but the songs will always be here. Without Rock and Roll the music of today would never have existed; it formed the groundwork for many of the styles that are now so familiar to us all. Without the music of the fifties we would not have Rock, R and B, Punk, Metal or any offshoots of these genres.
Speaking of which, I have finally been able to figure out what everyone is going to owe me for the Touring caravan insurance quote for our trip to Graceland this month. Please try and get this to me by Thursday so I can get it squared away before we are ready to leave.