1955 Rock and Roll is Born....Maybe: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Nate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ⁠⁠⁠History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963⁠⁠⁠ with a look at 1955 and 1956. These are the years when the “American Prometheus” brought forth Elvis Presley, when Chuck Berry culturally appropriated Western Swing for his first hit and Hollywood shocked the masses with the first rock and roll movies. As al…