This 10-part documentary mini-series traces the history and evolution of rock and roll music, from its rhythm and blues, country, gospel and jazz roots in the early 1950's, through the advent of folk rock, soul, psychadelia, heavy metal, glam, funk, punk, and reggae, to the emergence of rap in the early 1990's, it's all here in this 5 disc set.

PBS ROCK AND ROLL

Episode 1: The Renegades
After World War II, black music was mostly still segregated. They had their own radio stations, and their independent record labels were putting out blues music.

Episode 2: In the Groove
Lieber and Stoller and other song writers like Carol King were situated at the Brill building in NY writing hits for black singers.

Episode 3: Shakesperes in the Alley
Bob Dylan was becoming a major star. His lyrics hit a chord with other musicians, and his style was widely adopted. Across the Atlantic.

Episode 4: Respect
Berry Gordy Jr. started his own record label Motown. Motown grew quickly within few years to be the major force in the pop industry as artists and songs were all selected on the basis of having crossover potential.

Episode 5: Crossroads
Records of blues men like Muddy Waters found its way by ways of merchant seamen to port cities which influenced young kids like Eric Burdon, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton in a major way.

Episode 6: Blues in Technicolor
San Francisco was the Mecca for the drug culture and San Francisco bands like the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane found its way into rock's mainstream.

Episode 7: The Wild Side
Theatrical rock was coming into the scene with them and another cross dressing pop star David Bowie.

Episode 8: Make it Funky
James Brown starts a new type of rhythm and blues called Funk which carries a big beat on the first note of the bar. Funk music finds its roots in black music as Sly Stone and others join the Frey.

Episode 9: Punk
The Ramones, Blondie, and the Talking Heads all had their start at the CB GB's. The scene influences a clothing store owner from Britain who took some of this idea back to London and presented at his shop.
10 years after the wave of Punk music, another type of music from the streets called the "Grunge" takes shape in America.

Episode 10. The Perfect Beat
In New York, dance music scene was going strong. A local DJ later named Grand Master Flash finds out that if he played certain portions of the record repeatedly, crowd will get excited.

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