![]() Many music writers acknowledge its importance in the development of rock and roll music, with several considering it to be the first rock and roll record (although "Rock Awhile" – Goree Carter, released 2 years earlier, is often cited as a better candidate). The record reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart. ”Rocket 88” – Credited to Jackie Brenston (Ike Turner’s saxophonist) and his Delta Cats, the band was actually 19-year-old Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm band. ] - Rock & Roll is born, or maybe it was two years earlier… Introduced for national distribution as the Broadcaster in the autumn of 1950, it was the first guitar of its kind manufactured on a substantial scale and has been in continuous production in one form or another since its first incarnation. Its simple yet effective design and revolutionary sound broke ground and set trends in electric guitar manufacturing and popular music. Guitar: Fender Telecaster Autumn 1950 The world's first commercially successful solid-body electric guitar. We will get to the Surf Music, I promise. ![]() If not available, it’s the date of the album release.* MM/YY – Month and Year of single release. Provided to show contrast with other popular instrumental music. ![]() Non-surf instrumental receiving significant air-play. Moto” Birth of Surf in late 1961, or Non-surf instrumentals that are a significant influence and/or sometimes included in surf band repertoire. – Instrumentals that pre-date the generally accepted “Let’s Go Trippin’” & “Mr. – Position in the SurfGuitar101/North Sea Surf Radio Top 101 in the December 2016 vote. – Top position on weekly National Billboard Top 10. – Top Position on National Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Charts – Non-surf vocal, but significant in the history of Rock ’n Roll Despite a purists view of “Instrumental” surf music, being REAL surf, and The Beach Boys being “Beach” music, in the general publics’ mind they are the same thing. – Vocal Surf Music – Included for historical context regarding the public perception of “Surf Music” and its popularity. – Popular culture reference - Events that may have influenced the development of surf music. It’s long.) I hope you enjoy this timeline, or at least find it interesting, and SurfGuitar101 is definitely the right home for it. (Please only copy relevant sections, as needed, for replys, not the whole timeline. If you think I’ve missed or misstated something, please share your thoughts in the thread. If you see that I’ve included something you think is odd, well, I was probably pursuing some theory or chain of thought. I was interested in the order in which tracks entered the public consciousness to determine how they were influencing each other. I used the December 2016 SurfGuitar101 / North Sea Surf Radio Classic Surf Top 101 poll to identify the surf tracks that I would include in the timeline and Billboard’s Year End Top 100 to identify non-surf tracks. I also wanted to see a timeline of the release of key surf tracks. ![]() I created this timeline to help me understand the history of the first wave of instrumental surf music within the context of early Rock ‘n Roll, including early instrumental rock, as well as pop culture as influenced by the baby-boomers coming of age. Classic Instrumental Surf Music Timeline – Surf’s First Wave
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