Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll: The Story of Rock

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Show website: https://h2r2pod.com/ A rock music podcast that traces the evolution of rock music over the past 75 years. We will dive head first into the cultural history and impact of rock and roll and explore the stories behind the music. It’s history with a heck of a soundtrack!

  1. 04/07/2025

    Ep. 11 The Day the Music Died

    We'll visit Dion and the Belmonts, and The Everly Brothers before digging into Chuck Berry's fall from grace. Then we'll trace the brief but influential career of Buddy Holly and the end of the 1950s rock and roll era.

    24 min

  2. 03/24/2025

    Ep. 10 The Skiffle Craze and the Elvis Effect

    This week in our history of rock music, the UK in the mid '50s is swept up in the skiffle craze, and in the USA, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis follow in Elvis's footprints.

    27 min

  3. 03/03/2025

    Ep. 9 1955: Critical Mass

    1955 is a key year in the history of rock music. We trace the recordings of Bill Haley & His Comets, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino and Chuck Berry that year.

    25 min

  4. 02/17/2025

    Ep. 8 Elvis Presley Part 2: The Downward Spiral

    We trace the second half of Elvis's music career, from his first films, through his military years, his big 1968 comeback TV special and eventual decline and death at Graceland in 1977 and ask the question...was Elvis the King?

    39 min

  5. 01/27/2025

    Ep. 7 Elvis Presley Part 1: The Happy Years

    We trace the early years of Elvis Presley's career, from his first recordings at Sun Records through to his first LP with RCA and first television appearance on "Stage Show". We'll also be introduced to Andreas van Kuijk aka "Colonel" Tom Parker.

    27 min

  6. 01/13/2025

    Ep. 6 Here Comes The Sun Part 2: The Rise of Sun Records

    We trace the early 1950s in Memphis and Sam Phillips, one of the most important figures in the early years of rock music history, as he records and kickstarts the careers of B.B. King, Ike Turner, Howlin' Wolf, Elvis Presley and many others.

    34 min

  7. 12/30/2024

    Ep. 5 Here Comes the Sun: The Indie Producers and the Rise of Sun Records Pt.1

    In this episode of Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll: The Story of Rock podcast, we trace the history of the independent record companies that spring up across the USA in the late '40s and early '50s leading to one of the key figures in rock music history: Sam Phillips and Sun Records

    22 min

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    Join us every other Monday as we trace 75 years of the music that has shaped our lives! Listen now!

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Show website: https://h2r2pod.com/ A rock music podcast that traces the evolution of rock music over the past 75 years. We will dive head first into the cultural history and impact of rock and roll and explore the stories behind the music. It’s history with a heck of a soundtrack!

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