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1998 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama and Papas and Eagles

1997 Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1995 Geoffrey Stokes, rock and roll writer, dies at 55

1995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio

1994 Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1993 Cleveland breaks ground for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1993 Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1991 IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1990 Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock and Roll), dies

1990 5th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin

1990 Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1989 1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards

1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin

1986 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, B Holly, J L Lewis and Elvis Presley)

1985 Establishment of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is announced

1982 "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." closes at St. James New York City after 9 performances

1982 "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." opens at St. James Theater New York City for 9 performances

1982 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks

1981 "Merrily We Roll Along" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 16 performances

1981 "Merrily We Roll Along" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances

1979 Little Richard quits rock and roll for religious pursuit

1979 "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres

1979 ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special

1976 Mary Nash, actress (Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91

1976 Ringo releases "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll"

1976 Beatles "Rock and Roll Music" LP is released in USA

1975 John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album

1968 Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired

1968 Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept," but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri

1960 Joan Jett, Philadelphia, singer, Blackhearts-I Love Rock 'n Roll

1958 Alan Freed's Christmas Rock and Roll Spectacular opens

1957 Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show

1954 WINS New York City begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show

1954 Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle and Roll"

1954 Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock and roll) records

1952 Darrow Igus, Newark, New Jersey, comedian, Fridays, Roll Out

1952 Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever

1951 Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500

1950 Hilly Hicks, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Roll Out, Roots

1948 Walter Egan, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Not Shy, Fundamental Roll

1946 Phillip Rudd, Melbourne, rock drummer, AC/DC-Rock 'n Roll Damnation

1945 Chris Britton, rocker, Troggs-Rock and Roll Goldmine

1944 Gary Glitter, [Paul Gadd], England, rocker, Rock and Roll Part II

1943 Stu Gilliam, Detroit, actor/comedian, Roll Out, Harris and Company

1941 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56

1941 Jelly Roll Morton, American Musician

1938 Etta James, [Jamesette Hawkins], U.S. singer, Roll With Me Henry

1936 Leonard Lee, U.S. vocalist, Shirley and Lee-Let the Good Times Roll

1934 G Kaufman and M Hart's "Merrily We Roll Along," premieres in New York City

1934 Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer, invented bubblegum music

1928 Bo Diddley, [Ellas Bates], Mississippi, rock 'n' roll pioneer, Bo Diddley

1926 Chuck Berry, St. Louis, rocker, Roll over Beethoven

1924 "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton

1922 Kay Starr, born in Dougherty, Oklahoma, singer, Rock and Roll Waltz, Club Oasis

1917 June Allyson, Bronx, actress, Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas

1916 Penny Santon, Greenwich Village, New York, actress, Roll Out, Matt Houston

1911 Joe Turner, KC, blues singer, Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle and Roll

1896 Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield

1885 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer

1885 Jelly Roll Morton, American Musician

1885 Mary Nash, Troy, New York, actress, Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By

1881 David Houston patents roll film for cameras

1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn



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