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On This Day – Don’t Knock The Rock
On this day in 1957 (no I don’t remember it) A film called “Don’t Knock The Rock” opened. In the late 50s and during the 60s rock was regarded with suspicion (to say the least) by the establishment. As a consequence films trying to show the positive side of real rock and blues tried to […]
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Tagged as: alan freed, Bill Haley & His Comets, classic rock music, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues, the treniers
On This day – The Payola Scandal Made Public
On This day in 1958 Billboard ran an article attacking the practice of accepting money to play certain records on the radio. The term used was ‘payola’ a combination of ‘pay’ and ‘victrola’ (Victrola was a line of phonographs originally introduced by RCA Victor in 1906 that continued until 1970). The article went on to […]
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Tagged as: alan freed, chuck berry, love rock music, On This Day, payola, real rock and blues, rock and blues