This companion to a past exhibition about Elvis Presley features an essay about the musician and performer, along with photos of items from the exhibit. Provides a link to Elvis' Rock and Roll Hall of Fame profile, which includes a biography and timeline. From the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Muse

Grove on Bill Haley and his Comets, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis!

Tracing the roots of rock and roll. In the early '50s, "race music" gains popularity among whites,

A salute to the times, culture & music of that magical decade.

The musical world that Wald describes lasted from the first decade of the 20th century until somewhere in the middle '60s. Then came the Beatles. .. How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N Roll ... Connie Francis Pat Boone Beatles Little Richard Carl Perkins

The Moondog Rock & Roll House Party ALAN FREED rock 'n' roll Record Rendezvous LEO MINTZ .. history of rock and roll

Rock and roll music Day the Music Died Rock 'n Roll Biographies

The Story of Rock and Roll .. history of rock and roll

The Day the Music Died Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson The Beatles Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan W.C. Handy Rocket 88 Memphis Sam Phillips Ike Turner Elvis Presley

rock 'n' roll is an art form that was created by blacks. "It started out as rhythm and blues," says Little Richard, the flamboyant rock pioneer who saw such tumultuous songs of his as Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally taken to the charts in white-bread "cover" versions by the likes of Pat Boone. "The