13th of April – World Rock-n-roll Day

World Rock-n-roll Day is a celebration of like-minded people, for whom rock and roll have become not only music but a style and way of life.

The holiday is celebrated annually on April 13, although the historic event that served as the basis for the holiday happened a day earlier: on April 12, 1954, Bill Haley recorded the single “Rock Around The Clock”, which became a landmark in a new musical direction that quickly crossed the US borders and spread across countries and continents, challenging society and traditions.

In the middle of the 20th century, shortly after the Second World War, people strove for peace and measured life. Nobody wanted a shock. The reflection of public mood was the music of that period - calm and sentimental, with sweet-voiced vocals. On the official musical Olympus of the United States, the idea was promoted to protect the culture of whites from the wild culture of blacks and create a respectable image of a respectable American.

Along with official music, in America there lived a completely different - loud, rhythmic, full of life - rhythm and blues. One evening, the disc jockey of the Cleveland radio station Alan Fried took the liberty of “scrolling” on-air the recordings in the style of rhythm and blues. And in order not to shock the “white” public, he came up with another name for him - “rock and roll”. Thanks to Alan Fried, the masked rhythm and blues sounded at full strength, becoming available to everyone, regardless of skin color.

The first rock and roll star among white artists was singer-guitarist Bill Haley. His cocktail of rhythm and blues, country and street slang was a resounding success.

Today, rock music has many directions: from light dance rock and roll to brutal aggressive grindcore. Lyrics range from laid-back and playful to gloomy, deep and philosophical. Often rock music as opposed to pop music, although there is no clear boundary between the concepts of “rock” and “pop”. Many musical phenomena balance on the verge between them.

In any case, even if you are not a fan of rock-n-roll, you can celebrate this funny and musical holiday! Staying at home will help you with this. Turn on Online Chat on VeronikaLove - and dance with your beloved lady! The main point of this holiday is happiness!