We'll visit Dion and the Belmonts, and The Everly Brothers before digging into Chuck Berry's fall from grace. Then we'll trace the brief but influential career of Buddy Holly and the end of the 1950s rock and roll era.

This week in our history of rock music, the UK in the mid '50s is swept up in the skiffle craze, and in the USA, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis follow in Elvis's footprints.

1955 is a key year in the history of rock music. We trace the recordings of Bill Haley & His Comets, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino and Chuck Berry that year.

We trace the second half of Elvis's music career, from his first films, through his military years, his big 1968 comeback TV special and eventual decline and death at Graceland in 1977 and ask the question...was Elvis the King?

We trace the early years of Elvis Presley's career, from his first recordings at Sun Records through to his first LP with RCA and first television appearance on "Stage Show". We'll also be introduced to Andreas van Kuijk aka "Colonel" Tom Parker.

We trace the early 1950s in Memphis and Sam Phillips, one of the most important figures in the early years of rock music history, as he records and kickstarts the careers of B.B. King, Ike Turner, Howlin' Wolf, Elvis Presley and many others.

In this episode of Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll: The Story of Rock podcast, we trace the history of the independent record companies that spring up across the USA in the late '40s and early '50s leading to one of the key figures in rock music history: Sam Phillips and Sun Records

Join us every other Monday as we trace 75 years of the music that has shaped our lives! Listen now!