All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music — Season 1, Episode 13: Hail! Hail! Rock n Roll (Rock n Roll)

Episode synopsis

The story of rock n roll begins and ends in Memphis, Tennessee, in the tiny studio of record producer Sam Phillips. He tells of how he discovered Elvis Presley and of the struggle he had to get Presley accepted. It was not the overnight success story that is popularly believed. Before long, however, Presley came to symbolize the spirit of an entire generation. How did this happen, and why? Or was it the product of Sam Phillips’ imagination and Presley’s stage presence? featuring Bill Haley Carl Perkins Chubby Checker Chuck Berry Cliff Richard Conway Twilty Elvis Presley Gene Vincent Jack Good Jerry Lee Lewis Little Richard Lonnie Donegan Pat Boone Sam Phillips Terry Dene Tommy Steele

About All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music

A 17-part television documentary series on the history of modern pop music covering some of the many different genres that have fallen under the label of "popular music" between the mid-19th century and 1976, including folk, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, vaudeville and music hall, musical theatre, country, swing, jazz, blues, R&B, rock 'n' roll and others.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Introductory Programme
• E2God's Children
• E3I Can Hypnotise 'Dis Nation (Ragtime)
• E4Jungle Music (Jazz)
• E5Who's That Comin'? (The Blues)
• E6Rude Songs (Vaudeville and Music Hall)
• E7Always Chasin' Rainbows (Tin Pan Alley)
• E8Diamonds As Big As the Ritz (The Musical)
• E9Swing That Music! (Swing)
• E10Good Times (Rhythm and Blues)
• E11Making Moonshine (Country Music)
• E12Go Down, Moses! (Folk 'War Songs')