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The Rock 'n' Roll Years

on BBC One London

1956
First of an eight-part series which revisits the years when rock 'n' roll began, connecting the events with the music via newsreels, headlines, movies, broadcasts, and rock performance footage.
The news - Khrushchev stays at Claridges, Frogman Crabb disappears, we retreat from Suez, Diana Dors proves she can act, Bardot pouts a lot and 'Ernie' is introduced. The music - BILL HALEY. LONNIE DONEGAN , ELVIS PRESLEY, GENE VINCENT , FREDDIE BELL AND THE
BELLBOYS. LITTLE RICHARD Videotape editor DAVE JONES Research SUE GAGAN Producer ANN FREER
0 FEATURE: page 82

Contributors

Unknown:
Frogman Crabb
Unknown:
Diana Dors
Music:
Bill Haley.
Music:
Lonnie Donegan
Unknown:
Gene Vincent
Unknown:
Freddie Bell

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