The style of music changed greatly during this time period. During one of the most popular television shows of the time one of the most popular artists was introduced. His name was Elvis Presley, and he was introduced on the Ed Sullivan Show. This was when both of my grandparents were older in age and were both able to understand what was going on. They seemed to remember this vividly. It was a Sunday night and he had a completely different style of music. Originally many people were against the style of music and dancing that Elvis was doing. My grandmother remembers many people were very offended when Elvis would shake his hips. So often times when they showed him on television they would only show either his top half or just his face. Since many people grew on the dancing style and what he was singing, media began to film his whole body and his dance moves. Elvis was one of the most popular names in rock and roll and the reason that rock and roll got so huge during this time. Many other bands also began very popular due to Elvis making this style of music. Each of my grandparents was very big fans of rock and roll. Rock and roll is the reason that many events during the fifties happened such as the most popular sock hops and different kinds of Roller palaces. These were very popular activities for teenagers during the fifties. My grandma remembers everytime Bill Haley's song rock around the clock came on my grandpa would have to get on the dance floor with her and do the twist. When i was talking to my grandma about this and my grandpa left the room i turned the song on, on my computer and when he came back in the room my grandma convinced my grandpa to show me what the twist looked like. My grandpa was laughing through the whole thing and was wondering where i found the song on my computer, not understanding that you can find everything on the internet.
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