This is interesting:

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I thought it was Cleveland Ohio? And that's why they palced the R&R Hall of Fame in the mistake by the lake?
Or was Cleveland where they first invented Rolling Rock (beer) and they confused it with Rock n' Roll? Hmmmm, I dunno, but it sure is an interesting question.

NumberOneStonesFan Wrote:
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> I thought it was Cleveland Ohio? And that's why
> they palced the R&R Hall of Fame in the mistake by
> the lake?
> Or was Cleveland where they first invented Rolling
> Rock (beer) and they confused it with Rock n'
> Roll? Hmmmm, I dunno, but it sure is an
> interesting question.

Yeah, that was my first thought as well, the Cleveland part.

Funny thing is, Hattiesburg is about a 90-minute drive from my place, and I only know it as a sleepy college town.

The reason the RnR HoF is in Cleveland is because Cleveland wanted a tourist attraction and pushed to get it.

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Launches ya way way way back...

loog droog Wrote:
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> The reason the RnR HoF is in Cleveland is because
> Cleveland wanted a tourist attraction and pushed
> to get it.

Could it be, as well, that Alan Freed was from Cleveland? Wasn't he the one that coined the term "Rock n' Roll?"

Edith Grove Wrote:
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> loog droog Wrote:
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> > The reason the RnR HoF is in Cleveland is
> because
> > Cleveland wanted a tourist attraction and
> pushed
> > to get it.
>
> Could it be, as well, that Alan Freed was from
> Cleveland? Wasn't he the one that coined the term
> "Rock n' Roll?"

exactly right, on both counts

Edith Grove Wrote:
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>
>
> Could it be, as well, that Alan Freed was from
> Cleveland? Wasn't he the one that coined the term
> "Rock n' Roll?"


Yes,that's how I remember the story. Alan Freed,the old king of the moondoggers.....Of course,when,where,how Rock & Roll got started is very subjective.. I always remember the old expressiion "The blues had a baby and they called it rock & roll."

man, you can find everything on youtube !
blues had a baby...

Turns out Alan Freed is actually interred at the RnR HOF.

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The scene in the Last Waltz where Scorcesse is interviewing Levon Helm, and describing where irish and german music (hillbilly music really) came down from the mountains and slave music from the fields etc and all mixed up to create a new music. Marti goes "WOW MAN, whats that music called" Levon just smiles and say "rock and roll man, rock and roll" so just watch The last Waltz and you'll know.

of course some here might claim the thames delta

Edith Grove Wrote:
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> Turns out Alan Freed is actually interred at the
> RnR HOF.
>
> [en.wikipedia.org]


Now that I didn't know. Turns out he had a pretty sad story.

Edith Grove Wrote:
> Could it be, as well, that Alan Freed was from
> Cleveland? Wasn't he the one that coined the term
> "Rock n' Roll?"


Something of a myth. The expression was around long before that, not only as slang for copulating, but also on many records...

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Gazza Wrote:

> Something of a myth. The expression was around
> long before that, not only as slang for
> copulating, but also on many records...
>
> [en.wikipedia.org]

Yeah, forgot about the copulating reference!

Didn't know, though, that the Boswell Sisters had a tune called "Rock n Roll."

Didnt know that Betty Grable was in there too!

Fair choice ... The Graves brothers sure cut some stomping stuff
along with some fairly ordinary religious material. But when they were
hot they were HOT....Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) cut
at Hattiesburg 1936 may just be the rockinest lil' religious song ever recorded...

Sadly no photos have survived of the Graves Brothers Mississippi Jook Band...



ROCKMAN