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here you go: Hound Dog - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
Crazy Man Crazy - Bill Haley & His Comets
Good Lovin' - The Clovers possibly others, but those were the hit songs that have a rock and roll sound. http://www.popularsong.org/1953.html

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Rock and roll in 1950 was developed from a combination of Western Swing, Country Music, jazz, gospel, blues, jump blues, and African American genres. Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, and Little Richard are three of the most popular artist that made rock and roll in 1950.

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before the 1950s, everyone was very conservative. rock n' roll appealed to a new generation and had a new sound. the audience was mainly teenagers. it also helped that "the king of rock n' roll" Elvis presley was the most popular up and coming artist of the time.

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yes, in the form of elvis, buddy holly, etc.

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A style that they could call their own,

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Television

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