... the 21st of March 2012 is the 60th anniversary of what is labelled 'The First Ever Rock And Roll Concert'. The BBC has this article about it... here.
Leo Mintz ran a record store in Cleveland and noted the music that people were buying. He teamed up with Alan Freed and Freed had a radio show where he played the music. The rest they say is history...
Mintz is the guy on the right.Here are Paul Williams and The Hucklebuckers...
And here is Tiny Grimes (of the Art Tatum Trio fame)...
And here is Tiny Grimes (of the Art Tatum Trio fame)...
Who would of thought the wizened grey thing drooling in the corner was getting down to this stuff?
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