Rock at the beginning

The beginning of Rock and Roll dates back all the way to the 1950's with the music of the king himself, Elvis Presley. Elvis wouldn't have been able to make the impact on music that he did without the help of his very first drummer, DJ Fontana. Fontana was able to take the jazzy blues beats of the 1940's and put a swing into it that helped fuel Elvis' rockin new sound he introduced to America. Along with Elvis, other American performers helped shape the Rock and Roll sound and forever influenced later acts. Chuck Berry was the very first African American Rock and Roll musician, which is highly unusual for the 1950's. The drum beat on his classic song "Johnny B. Goode" is considerd one of the essential Rock and Roll drum beats that helped define the entire genre. Other early 50's American acts included Bill Haley & The Comets, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard all conriubted to the early Rock sound and had drummers who made the beats that made Rock music and all its sub-genres what they are today.Any aspiring drummer can play the drum beats of the songs of the artists i just listed. They're all just mainly a simple beat on the hi-hit with a two/four cooridination on the snare and bass drums (if you know what those are). But as early American Rock music started it off, it didn't become the biggest music in the world until the British Invasion and The Beatles.