Rock And Roll 1955-1969 Flashcards
Rock around the clock - 60 teddy boys riot
1956
Blackboard jungle
March 1955
How many jukeboxes in Britain
By 1958 more than 7000 jukeboxes in Britain
Teddy boys influenced by
American GI’s
Number of 15-19 year olds rose
3,174,000 in 1951 to 4,282,000 in 1965
Education Act
1944 leaving age to 15
Disposable income
5m teenagers 10% national income spent mainly on entertainment and luxuries
Albemarle report
1960
National Service Act
1948
Blackboard jungle
March 1955
Teen pics
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) Beach Party (1963)
Pick of the pops
1955 on radio
Pirate radios
Radio Caroline 1964
Radio London
Six Five Special
1957
Beatles lead British invasion of the American charts
1964
Sergeant Pepper’s lonely hearts club band
1967
Last live performance the Beatles
August 1966
The word teenager
1921