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Title: How Rock and Roll Became White (severe Stones content)
Post by Edith Grove on Oct 6^th, 2016 at 2:11pm

How Rock and Roll Became White

.....and how the Rolling Stones, a band in love with black music, helped lead the way to rock’s segregated future.

By Jack Hamilton

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2016/10/race_rock_and_the_rolling_stones_how_the_rock_and_roll_became_white.html

Title: Re: How Rock and Roll Became White (severe Stones content)
Post by mojoman on Oct 6^th, 2016 at 6:09pm

i thought it was pat boone?

Title: Re: How Rock and Roll Became White (severe Stones content)
Post by Edith Grove on Oct 6^th, 2016 at 7:25pm

mojoman wrote on Oct 6^th, 2016 at 6:09pm:

i thought it was pat boone?

mojo ?

Title: Re: How Rock and Roll Became White (severe Stones content)
Post by gorda on Oct 6^th, 2016 at 8:39pm

When rock and roll became Chicano: Ritchie Valens, La Bamba, 1958
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp6j5HJ-Cok

Title: Re: How Rock and Roll Became White (severe Stones content)
Post by Heart Of Stone on Oct 7^th, 2016 at 8:04am

Thanks EG, you post good interesting articles.

Title: Re: How Rock and Roll Became White (severe Stones content)
Post by Kilroy on Oct 7^th, 2016 at 10:18pm

And the 4headed monster:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/16/beatles-refused-to-play-segregated-audiences_n_966541.html
And then a great interview about how some think they "Walmarted it"
making it a little bit more acceptable!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n3vyvEPgOwp
Cool "White Kids" loving it and the less cool White kids listening to the cover bands!