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The kick-off of British Rock Music
« on: January 09, 2009, 07:03:39 PM »
Which of these song was the kick-off of British Rock Music?
Was it Cliff's Move It, The Shadows' Apache or The Beatles Love Me Do or did another song start the British rock scene?
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2009, 07:38:47 PM »
I think "Move It" was important , but the one that really got the ball rolling ,
was Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group  "Rock Island Line" (1956) think this is the record that kicked it off so to speak ?
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2009, 08:06:30 PM »
It's probably absurd for someone who isn't British and wasn't around anywhere else at the time to venture an opinion, but I agree with DaveRam about "Rock Island Line." It could be a Beatle-centered view of things, though: skiffle and the Quarrymen and all that.  :)
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2009, 08:07:56 PM »
Good point Dave. I can't think of an earlier example.

Somebody voted for Love Me Do?!!!
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2009, 09:25:01 PM »
This # 13 UK hit from Tommy Steele & The Steelmen "Rock With The Caveman" (1956) sounds like the first British RockN Roll record to me ?

Tommy Steele and the Steelmen Rock With The Caveman

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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2009, 02:19:00 PM »
lonnie also did john herny....
i still believe john nicked the name moondog from alan freed..
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2009, 02:24:32 PM »
also it was noted that bill hailey was half british.....
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2009, 10:45:48 AM »
Are people voting for "Love Me Do" because they see that record as the birth of The Beatles and how they changed everything ?
I thought some of the question was about what was going on before The Beatles ?
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2009, 07:40:56 AM »
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Are people voting for "Love Me Do" because they see that record as the birth of The Beatles and how they changed everything ?
I thought some of the question was about what was going on before The Beatles ?

Definitely. It's the reason why these kind of polls usually end up an irrelevance. Some people will just vote for their favourite regardless of what the question was.
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2009, 01:48:30 PM »
The Beatles,The Beatles,The Beatles !!!!!!!!!!!!  :P :P :P :P ;D ;D ;D ;D


but seriously i have no idea "Rock around the clock
" is as far back as i can remember.

and Buddy Holly but he is american would he have been one of the first to kick off the american rock music ?
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2009, 02:41:41 PM »
Listening to that Tommy Steele record again i can hear some latter John Lennon vocal phrasing and humour ?
Was John a fan i don't remember him mentioning Tommy  ?
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2009, 02:44:31 PM »
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Definitely. It's the reason why these kind of polls usually end up an irrelevance. Some people will just vote for their favourite regardless of what the question was.

I will bare that in mind before i add another 20 polls to the forum
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2009, 02:45:09 PM »
^  ;) ;D
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2009, 03:39:31 PM »
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Listening to that Tommy Steele record again i can hear some latter John Lennon vocal phrasing and humour ?
Was John a fan i don't remember him mentioning Tommy  ?
yeah he was a fan...he does mention it somewheres...they wrote him a song too...
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2009, 03:53:18 PM »
remember it wasn't called rock and roll when lonnie started the skiffle craze...the term came about from various songs...they talked of rocking in some songs and others talked of rolling...some examples....
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henry is supposed to have been hank ballard,he did a series of songs about annie...
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annie had a baby was a response to his own song
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read about hank here http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/hank-ballard..
of course the moral majority says it is directley a sexual connitation but it isn't entirely....
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Re: The kick-off of British Rock Music
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