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Q Magazine 50 Years Of Rock And Roll

January 27, 2004 | Other
This month's edition on Q Magazine has a six page article "From Elvis to the Beatles; The Music that Changed the World". Elvis, Beatles, Dylan, Berry & Hendrix on the cover; Elvis in gold lame.

The feature on Elvis, as the "big bang" of rock 'n' roll, and lots of great features on The Beatles, Jerry Lee, Beatles etc. They also list the top 20 singles and albums of 54-69:

Singles:

1 That's All Right: EP
2 She Loves You: The Beatles
3 Little Red Rooster: Stones
4 Respect: Aretha Franklin
5 What'd I Say: Ray Charles
6 Blue Suede Shoes: Carl Perkins
7 Rock Around the Clock: Bill Haley & His Comets
8 Dancing in the Streets: Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
9 Only the Lonely: Roy Orbison
10 Louis Louis: The Kingsmen
11 Last Train to Clarksville: The Monkees
12 You Really Got Me: The Kinks
13 White Rabbit: Jefferson Airplane
14 Yakety Yak: The Coasters
15 Apache: The Shadows
16 Leader of the Pack: The Shangri-Las
17 Jai T'Aime...Mon Plus: Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsburg
18 Move it: Cliff Richard
19 Israelites: Desmond Dekker & The Aces
20 Rock Island Line: Lonnie Donegan

Albums

1 Revolver: The Beatles
2 The Freewheeling Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan
3 SGT Pepper: The Beatles
4 Pet Sounds: The Beach Boys
5 The Velvet Underground & Nico: The Velvet Underground & Nico
6 Let it Bleed: The Rolling Stones
7 Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin
8 Are You Experienced: Jimi Hendrix
9 Tommy: The Who
10 Piper at the Gates of Dawn: Pink Floyd
11 Live at the Apollo: James Brown
12 Elvis Presley: Elvis Presley
13 Disraeli Gears: Cream
14 Music from the Big Pink: The Band
15 The Notorious Byrd Brothers: The Byrds
16 Big Brother and the Holding Company: Cheap Thrills
17 The Stoogies: The Stoogies
18 Rockin' at the Hops: Chuck Berry
19 The Graduate OST: Simon & Garfunkle
20 Muddy Waters at Newport 1960: Muddy Waters
Source:Elvis 2nd To None