The History of Rock n Roll Vol.1: 1995 Rock N Roll (18 of 21)

The History of Rock n Roll

in its original form on pop stations.
It was just too ragged and too....
In some cases, it was a little suggestive or more.
Sometimes even explicit.
Now, Pat Boone...
here was a white guy that took my music...
and made my hit, and this was my chance...
to be a big star...
and he shortcut me and going to outsell me...
which he did with my song that I wrote.
You understand me? But by him singing it...
he really made it bigger and made me bigger...
but at the time, I didn't feel that way.

Rock 'n' roll...
is the greatest music that's ever been...
and ever will be.
Whether it was taken from gospel roots...
or whether it was taken from rhythm and blues roots...
or black roots, red roots, blue roots, or whatever roots...
rock 'n' roll is rock 'n' roll.
Bill Haley started as Bill Haley and the Saddlemen...
a country band in Chester, Pennsylvania.
He was one of the creators of rockabilly...
and it goes way back to '54, '53, on Essex Records.
All of those wonderful precursors of rock 'n' roll.
Kids loved it.
Bill Haley was country to the bone.
He was really a country guy...
who had the saxophone...
and had that great record.
He had many, but Rock Around the Clock was a pattern-setter, let's face it.
I think one of the attractions of Bill Haley was that he was....