World Rock and Roll Day April 12th. History of holidays - World Rock and Roll Day

Music has been developing since ancient times. She owes her success to outstanding personalities and progress, which gave new instruments, means of sound recording and reproduction. In the twentieth century, culture and art were significantly influenced by such a genre of music as rock and roll. To honor the founders, participants of the direction, famous personalities An international holiday was established to popularize the style.

When it passes

World Rock and Roll Day is celebrated annually on April 13th. In 2019, the date is celebrated in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other countries.

Who celebrates

World Rock and Roll Day is celebrated by fans of the genre and music lovers. The holiday is considered by members of fan clubs, rock bands, and guitar lovers. Join the celebrations record companies, music critics, instrument manufacturers, collectors, employees of thematic institutions.

History and traditions of the holiday

The holiday arose to honor rock and roll, its figures and fans. The selected date has symbolic meaning. It is associated with the 1954 recording of the song "Rock Around The Clock". The composition gained high popularity outside the United States and contributed to the popularization of the genre.

Celebrations take place in many countries around the world. They involve people of different professions and activities. On this day, style lovers exchange paraphernalia, gifts, and rare records. Young and famous groups perform famous compositions. Museums organize exhibitions, display exhibits, photographs, instruments, and personal belongings of famous rock musicians. They play on radio stations popular songs. Recordings of concerts and video clips are broadcast on television.

The song with which the date of the celebration is associated was written in 1952 by James Myers and Max Friedman. The track was featured in the film “School Jungle” and brought fame to the group “The Comets”.

Guitarist Bill Haley is considered one of the first stars of rock and roll. In music, he combined country, rhythm and blues. I used slang in the texts.

Another outstanding figure of rock and roll is Elvis Presley. His creativity, unique style of performance and movements on stage influenced many groups, including " The Beatles" The Fab Four became cult phenomenon in the history of mankind.

The genre was banned in the USSR. Some groups avoided taboos. They positioned their concerts as parodies of Western industry.

The city of Cleveland has a museum - the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is dedicated to the figures of the movement: it contains paraphernalia and the names of musicians.

An annual award has been established that honors style leaders.

World Rock and Roll Day ( World Rock-n-roll Day) is not just a holiday, but a whole and unique era. Once started, it will never end. This is especially true for people for whom it is Musical direction became the meaning and way of life. If you like drive, fiery dances, incredible expression, parties, it means that you are a like-minded person of millions of people around the world who celebrate World Rock and Roll Day on April 13.

history of the holiday

The holiday is celebrated annually on April 13, although historical event, which served as the basis for the holiday, happened a day earlier: on April 12, 1954, Bill Haley recorded the single “Rock Around The Clock,” which became a landmark in a new musical direction that quickly crossed the borders of the United States and spread across countries and continents, challenging society and traditions.

The legendary "The Beatles", Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis - these names are known to every person who loves music even a little. The real underground of the mid-20th century, shocking and rhythmic, crazy and stunningly popular - this is exactly what rock and roll was at the time of its emergence. Its basis is rhythm and blues mixed with black jazz.

Who would have thought that the courage of disc jockey Alan Freed would be the beginning of a whole musical era. He became the person who was not afraid to present to the public something new that was radically different from the musical tastes of the time with sentimental sentiments. In 1954, Bill Haley recorded the first single in this genre, “Rock Around The Clock.” Some sources claim that this significant event took place on the night of the 12th to the 13th, so the second date was chosen for the celebration.

You can call it rock and roll musical genre. This will be true, but only partially. In reality, it is the image and style of life of a person and entire, quite numerous groups of people. Powerful drive and fiery rhythms are characteristic feature this direction. Rock and roll has tens of millions of adherents in almost all countries of our planet, including Russia. It would be simply strange if millions of people did not seek opportunities for unification and did not establish a holiday dedicated to the object of their cult.

Story

Officially, the holiday is called World Rock-n-roll Day. World Rock and Roll Day does not yet have recognition at the state or interstate level. It is not recognized by the UN either. However this fact does not in any way prevent tens of millions of music lovers around the world from celebrating the holiday on their own, without the help of government agencies or structures.

Fans still have some disagreements regarding the date of the celebration. The official founder of the genre, Bill Haley, wrote the melody “Rock Around The Clock” in 1954, recognized first in the world by a work of the genre under discussion. Since he completed his work at night, some experts believe that this happened on April 12, but most rock and roll fans are inclined to accept April 13 as the founding date of the movement.

Traditions

Despite the lack of official traditions, the celebration world day Rock and roll is pretty much the same all over the world. Most entertainment venues in the world, including nightclubs, hold rock and roll dance parties.

On many suitable stage areas Thematic concerts are held with the performance of new genres and the most outstanding melodies of past years. There are also performing competitions, which are usually international in nature. It is already a traditional phenomenon - a performance somewhere in San Francisco by a musician or an entire musical group from Japan, and in Krasnoyarsk - performers from Indonesia or the countries of Black Africa.

Fans of rock and roll gather in huge crowds to enjoy listening to their favorite works and have fun to the fullest with the drive and energy inherent in rock and roll.

Works of singers and groups flow from the speakers:

• Bill Haley and Elvis Presley;
• Pink Floyd, and Deep Purple;
• Led Zeppelin, And Black Sabbath;
• Nirvana;
• "Kino" and "Alice";
• "Nautilus Pompilius" and "Brigade C".

Usually, the main media, especially those whose work is related to the world of music, do not miss the opportunity to mention the holiday. What is also surprising is the absence of various conflicts at such crowded gatherings.

Every year, on April 13, World Rock-n-roll Day is celebrated all over the world. This is a celebration of like-minded people for whom rock and roll has become not only music, but a style and way of life. It is celebrated annually on April 13, although the historical event that served as the basis for the holiday occurred a day earlier.

On April 12, 1954, Bill Haley recorded the single "Rock Around The Clock". It became so popular that the new musical direction captured not only the United States, but also all countries and continents.

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Rock and roll is a challenge to society and traditions, it is an explosion of emotions. It appeared in the mid-20th century, at a time when, after the end of World War II, people began to strive for peace and a measured life. It was not customary to listen to something aggressive or emotional; the music of that period was as calm and sentimental as possible, with sweet-voiced vocals. At the official level, there was an idea that everything provocative was a wild black culture from which the respectable image of a respectable American needed to be protected.

Back in 1947, American journalist Jerry Wexler, while preparing a black music chart for the American Billboard magazine, decided to replace the negatively connoted name of the hit parade “Racial Records” with the “rhythm and blues” he invented. This name stuck so well that on June 17, 1949, Billboard magazine recognized it as official, renaming the hit parade “Rhythm and Blues Records.”

The legendary “King” Elvis Presley is considered one of the founders of this trend. His style of clothing, manners and movements became an example to follow for an entire generation.

In the early 1960s there appeared a new style in rock and roll - pop rock. The Fab Four launched an epidemic of “Beatlemania” into the world with their compositions. In 1964, the Rolling Stones appeared, distinguished by a fast, powerful and technical sound. At the end of the 60s, hard rock appeared on the scene, the prominent representatives of which were the groups “Deep Purple”, “Led Zeppelin”, “Black Sabbath”. This decade is considered the golden era in the development of rock culture.

1978, The group "Rainbow" and its hit "Long Live Rock-n-roll", video: bobdaisleyv

By the end of the seventies, punk rock had emerged with its simplified musical design, powerful drums and extremely strong lyrics. This revolutionary music began to sound criticism of the government, politics, and the upper strata of society. The most prominent representatives punk - Sex Pistols, The Clash, Stooges, Iggy Pop.

In the 1980s there appeared female rock and such popular groups like Blondie and The Pretenders.

And in the practical 1990s, the brightest rock and roller was Kurt Cobain and his band Nirvana.

Today there are countless trends in rock music - from casual, playful romanticism to dark, deep philosophy. And it continues to change.

Let us remind you that yesterday the whole world celebrated Cosmonautics Day. Minister, which the whole world celebrates on April 12, on some other day, because it is “Soviet”.

And Easter will be celebrated this weekend. 8 million parishioners will participate.

World Rock and Roll Day,
There is such a holiday in the world, celebrated on April 13

Hidden behind the calendar date an entire era, created by multi-layered cultural layers, and most importantly by people for whom rock and roll has become a way of life. Incendiary drive, dancing couples, sometimes performing literally acrobatic performances. Rock and roll became more than just a new music movement. It was a new lifestyle. A challenge to society and traditions.

Rock and roll is characterized by a simple melody built on haunting guitar riffs - a jazz technique of African origin, based on the continuous and repeated repetition of a short, monotonous, easy-to-remember phrase with accents on the 2nd and 4th beats of the bar.

In the middle of the 20th century, on official musical Olympus The USA was dominated by orchestral music with sweet and sentimental vocals. It was a carefully calibrated commercial project designed to protect white culture from wild culture blacks and create a good image of a respectable American. Along with official music in America, there was a completely different one - loud, rhythmic, full of life - rhythm and blues. One evening, Cleveland radio disc jockey Alan Freed took it upon himself to play rhythm and blues records on the air. And in order not to shock the unprepared public, he came up with another name for it - “rock and roll”, literally meaning “swing and spin.” So, thanks to Alan Freed, disguised rhythm and blues sounded in full force, becoming accessible to everyone, regardless of skin color. Alan Freed called himself Mr. Rock and Roll and seriously began to popularize this music, broadcasting it on the radio and organizing concerts. In the press, on television, in educational institutions a real war has begun against rock and roll as harmful to younger generation phenomenon. But it was useless to “treat” young people, especially new music also interested white musicians. Rock and roll inherited from rhythm and blues fast pace, loud sound, pressure and actual composition musical instruments. The texts were secondary, the main thing was the rhythm of the dance and the manner of performance.

The first rock and roll star among white performers was singer-guitarist Bill Haley; he agreed that the name rock and roll was invented by Alan Freed, but he considered the sound and style to be his own invention. He simply mixed rhythm and blues and country, added street slang and got a killer brew. Real success came in 1955 with the song “Rock around the clock” (Rock around the clock) for the film Blackboard Jungle. The song instantly became a hit not only in America, but also in England. We must not forget about Elvis Presley (the king of rock and roll), who became the god of American youth, removed generational contradictions, and the handsome man’s glamorous shows convinced adults that rock and roll was no uglier than the Charleston of the older generation. About Roy Orbison (you simply could not help but hear his “Pretty woman”), Jerry Lee Lewis (who introduced an instrument uncharacteristic for this style - the piano) and Buddy Holly.

Even a certain style appeared - rockabilly (around 1954-56 - a surge in the popularity of Elvis Presley), pop culture lost its innocence: teenage girls had already learned to run away from home at night, dance rock and roll and boogie-woogie, kiss under the moon and shed tears on Elvis Presley posters. This time was naive and touching: there were still 15 years left before the famous “summer of love”, the emergence of psychedelic drugs and psychedelic rock. Everyone danced rock and roll - from the delivery boy to the Queen of England. Newspapers reported in detail how Elizabeth II danced rock and roll with great enthusiasm with Lord Dorchester. In September 1957, rock and roll was played during a church service in Manchester. Another definite and clear date is 1964, the conventional birthday of a new style in rock and roll - pop rock. The famous Fab Four, thanks to their simple and memorable compositions, infected the whole world with the epidemic of “Beatlemania”. In the same 64th, the antipodes of the Beatles appeared - “ Rolling stones" Their fast and powerful sound has become technical and more pleasant to perceive. In the 70s, psychedelic rock and its prominent representatives appeared American band"Pink Floyd" and the British "Led Zeppelin", "Deep Purple", "Black Sabbath". The 70s are considered the golden era in the development of rock culture. Group performances are gradually starting to go beyond musical frames. The first attempts at theatrical accompaniment appeared - decorative and lighting design, stage costumes and pyrotechnic effects. The end of the 70s was marked by the most real musical revolution. The rockers seemed to remember why all this was started and gave birth to punk rock (“crappy rock”). Simplification musical scheme led to the promotion of vocals to the leading position. Bold and poignant texts were built on anarchism, criticism of politics, government and the wealthy. At the rear of punk rock were groups such as the Sex Pistols, The Clash, the Stooges and Iggy Pop. In the 80s, women's rock appeared, in the 90s, the creativity of groups is a problem of comics or computer games. The only rock and roller in the pragmatic 90s was Kurt Cobain and his band Nirvana.

In the USSR, rock began to be played in the early 80s, the most famous groups this direction were Zoo, Bravo.

At the same time, in the 90s, acrobatic rock and roll appeared (the federation appeared in Russia in 1992) - on the one hand, exciting, dynamic kind of sport, on the other hand, a sparkling, temperamental dance. On the one hand, you need to be a well-rounded athlete, strong and risk-taking, have perfect skills as a gymnast, an acrobat, master the art of lifts, and not complain about lack of strength, otherwise you won’t catch your partner, or you’ll let your partner down. On the other hand, you need to be at home in the world of beauty, sensitively capture the style and character of the musical accompaniment and skillfully convey it with nuances of movement, be distinguished by grace and technical performance, be an elegant gentleman or a charming partner. Acrobatic rock and roll is in demand in children's and youth environment- after a few years, frail, weak, clumsy teenagers grow into boys and girls with enviable posture, strong muscles, hardy, light, coordinated.

September 1, 1995 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened in Cleveland on the shores of Lake Erie. To the sounds of the national - it is not customary to say state - anthem, performed in a recording by the martyr of rock culture Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and Godfather Rock Little Richard cut the red ribbon. The orchestra blasted “Respect” and a ten-meter figure of Elvis Presley was raised into the sky.

Before rising on the shores of Lake Erie, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dates back to 1983. in the dreams of two people - Ahmet Ertegun, owner of Atlantic Records, and Jenn Wenner, publisher of the magazine Rolling Stones" They were later joined by Seymour Stein, president of Electra Entertainment. This triumvirate, this union of the practice of rock and its theory, algebra - money and harmony - the press, at first had modest plans - to buy in New York the brownstone mansion (made of dark red brick) and turn it into a museum-archive of rock. At the same time, it was decided to establish a symbolic Palace of Glory of the Eye and annually count among its host of saints the most outstanding musicians and singers who have stood the test of time - performing on the stage for at least 25 years. For this purpose, a special fund was formed. Beginning in 1986, the foundation began to hold ceremonies for the induction of “immortal” rock idols.

American cities have crossed their checkbooks, vying for the right to become the site of the Palace of Rock Fame. Cleveland emerged the winner of this jousting tournament, spending $65 million on the barrel.

J. Voinovich, governor of Ohio at that time: “The Palace of Rock and Roll Fame promises to be an economic catalyst that will give us an international dimension and attract a flow of tourists from all over the world. California and Florida have Disneyland, Nevada has Las Vegas. Ohio will have a Rock Fame Palace." According to preliminary estimates, it was expected that the Palace of Glory would be visited by about million people, bringing the city about one hundred million dollars in revenue. The palace was erected by I.M. Pei, the patriarch American architecture. Pei gave modernism, as a radical ferment of social change, a certain reflection of a “polished” individualized and liberalized existence in glass and metal, brick and marble. The architecture of the palace breathes youthful energy. He is saturated with it geometric shapes- triangle, cylinder, rectangular box, trapezoid over the lake. “This is not just youth music. This is the music of youth,” the wise old man Pei said about his brainchild.

The palace nests at the very top of the tower, which can be reached via a dizzying double spiral staircase. The Hall of Fame is a giant black glass box. The names of the laureates, members of the fatal “Academy of Immortals” are engraved on the glass, video monitors with photographs of rock stars light up and go out. The palace symbolizes the immortal glory of rock and roll.
"The Beat goes on!"

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