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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