1. Rock Timeline
1. RockIcons of the 50s- ElvisPresley, Buddy Holly,Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry
2. RockIcons of the 60s- The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix
3. RockIcons of the 70s- DavidBowie, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen and Saturday
Night Fever
4. RockIcons of the 80s- Prince,Madonna, Michael Jacksonand Run DMC
In 1956 for the first time
ever there was 5 rock
singles on the Top 10 charts,
showing the way in which
rock music could break the
racial barriers within the
world of music.
In 1966 The Beach Boys
album reached number 2
on the charts in the UK
and 10 in the US, the
album is known as one of
the greatest album of all
times
In 1986 the rock
musician Robert
Palmer hit
number 1 in the
US.
In 1996 there was 4
million album sells from
The wallflowers and L.A
bands second album.
