1957 The Miracle Year of Rock&Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock&Roll - a podcast by Pantheon Media

It’s time to talk about 1957 -- what Ed Ward calls the “Miracle Year” of rock and roll. The year when Elvis, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and others were at the peak of their powers and dominating the charts. But it was also a year when many legendary records were released to little acclaim. We’ll start with a bunch of crazed hillbilly cats who were playing around Memphis at the same time as Elvis, including a pair of squabbling brothers who may have invented rockabilly before the King or was it punk rock 20 years ahead of its time? We’ll also be defending the Chess brothers against charges of cultural appropriation and exploitation and the larger alliance of Jewish businessmen and black musicians and we’ll be learning about the man who inspired Chuck Berry’s lyrical magic, the misadventures of Buddy Holly with a major label and how he finally put it all together with the help of a nerd in the middle of no where and much more.
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