Events

1956 was the year rockabilly & rhythm 'n' blues completed their evolution into the rambunctious teen-centric Rock 'n' Roll sound. That was the year rock n roll went mainstream with the film "The Girl Can't Help It" starring the SINsational Jayne Mansfield & featuring performances by Little Richard, Gene Vincent, & other stars of the genre.  

But there was a lot of other exciting music filling the dance floors that year:

- Afro-Cuban dance records were still riding the mambo & cha cha craze with stars like Tito Puente and Perez Prado leading the way

- Johnny Cash scored his first massive hit with his distinctive, gritty rhythm-centric country music, while Patsy Cline was bounding into the scene with her early country bop style

- the Electric Blues recorded in Chicago, Memphis, and Louisiana was in the midst of it's golden era

- The polyrhythmic R&B of New Orleans was in peak form

- Sister Rosetta Tharpe was laying down energetic gospel tracks featuring her influential rockin' guitar style

- The Gospel-inspired R&B introduced by Ray Charles was evolving into its own genre which would be called Soul Music

- Vocal stars of the big band era like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington & others were still shining on records featuring an elegant jazzy style of pop music 

ALSO hot in 1956 - The Rock 'n' Roll scandal magazines!  It would truly be a SCANDAL if you don't come to the Kenton Club and help me celebrate the DANCIVERSARY of the year that changed American music forever! 

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