On April 13th, 1954, the
American singer Bill Haley recorded the song “Rock Around the Clock”. This was
the beginning of a new era, the era of “rock ‘n’ roll”.
The rock’n’Roll’s essence is made up of a series of immortal artists:
Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley or the Fab
Four – The Beatles.
Coincidentally, on April 13th 1962, The
Beatles were booked as the opening act for the launch of a new club in Hamburg.
The Star-Club, opened by Manfred Weissleder, had a capacity for two thousand
people, as well as cinema-style seating. When the Beatles were booked to play
there, Neil Aspinall left his job to become the Beatles’ permanent road
manager. So The Beatles returned to Hamburg by plane to play from 13 April to
31 May 1962.
Nowadays, the term “rock ‘n’ roll” now has at least two different
meanings, both in common usage: referring to the first wave of music that
originated in the US in the 1950s and would later develop into the more
encompassing international style known as “rock music”, and as a term simply
synonymous with the rock music and culture in the broad sense.
