Eruption of rock and roll the rise of a youth culture and the emergence of independent radio and record labels. Rock and roll played a crucial role in challenging Tin Pan Alley’s dominance of the music business and removing the divisions between the three industry markets: mainstream pop, country and western, rhythm and blues.
“First wave” of rock and roll, between 1955 and 1960. During this time, artists such as Fats Domino, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly established rock and roll as a distinct style. White teenagers thought of rock roll as their music-something distinct