(1) Birth of R&R
Bill Drake's History of Rock & Roll
It was maybe the biggest thing to happen to rock and roll since Bo Didley, Bill Haley or Chuck Berry, discounting Elvis and the Beatles. It’s a definitive historical account of the transition of rhythm & blues to the most marketable genre in radio. It still stands as the longest and most listener-impacting documentary of any American medium. The History of Rock and Roll was so successful it was produced in numerous versions over three decades.The first HRR was produced by Jacobs and written by Pete Johnson, who at that time was the music critic of the Los Angeles Times. In addition to the music, it included historical detail and comprehensive interviews never before heard in a single production. Completed on a crash seven-week schedule and after extensive LA area promotion, the 48-hour rockumentary debuted on KHJ in February ’69, followed just days later by airings on CKLW (Windsor-Detroit) and other RKO-owned stations.The original 1969 version, a landmark broadcasting feature, ignited a stir across the nation’s pop music radio world.
(2) Bill Haley,SUN & Jerry Lee Lewis
(3) Elvis 1955 - 67
(4) Elvis LIVE
(5) R&B 1950's Coasters,Drifters
(6) Ray Charles
(7) Country Rock_ Holly, Cochran, Everyly Bros
(8) Teen Idols
(9) Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Chubby Checker
(10) Dion & the Belmonts, Chart Sweep 56-57
(11) 1957
(12) 1958-59
(13) Chart Sweep 1959-60
(14) 1960-61
(15) 1962-63
(16) 1964-65
(17) Girl Groups
(18) Phil Spector
(19) Motown
(20) Four Seasons
(21) Beach Boys
(22) Beatlemania
(23) British Invasion
(24) Beatles 1965.66,67
(25) Mid 60's Motown
(26) Mid 60's Folk Rock
(27) Rolling Stones
(28) Rolling Stones-70's
(29) Beatles 68-70
(30) Beatles Solo
(31) Bob Dylan
(32) Psychedelic Rock
(33) Britsh Rock of 60's
(34) Cream Doors Guess Who Steppenwolf
(35) Who Iron Butterfly Led Zepplin
(36) Rock Groups 1966-67
(37) Rock Groups Mid 60's
(38) Rock Groups Mid 60's Soul
(39) Southern & Reggae
(40) Chart Sweeps 1968-69
(41) Chart Sweeps 1970-71
(42) Chart Sweeps 1972-73
(43) Chart Sweeps 1974-75
(44) Chart Sweeps 1976-77
(45) Singers and Songwriters
(46) Stars Of the 70's
(47) Time Sweep 1969 Folk
(48) 70's Mellow Sounds - Lobo Seals & Croft
(49) R&B & Soul
(50) Disco 1975-76
(51) Pioneers of Big Band Jazz Rock
(52) Rock Bands & Groups 70's
(53) Rock Groups of the 1970's
(54) Solo - Paul McCartney
(55) More History 1976
(56) Solo - Stevie Wonder-75
(57) Solo - Elton John 72-73
(58) Solo - Elton John 1974
(59) Rock Groups of the 1970's Fleetwood Mack
(60) Rock Groups - Eagles 70's-76
(61) Top 10 of ALL Time -Time Sweeps-END