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Kings of Rock and Roll

A trip back to the 1950s for a look at the wildest ever pop music in a film telling the stories of Bill Haley, Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly.

A journey back to the 1950s for a look at the wildest pop music of all time in a film that tells the stories of Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly, giants from an era when pop music really was mad, bad and dangerous to know.

The programme features the artists themselves, alongside people like Bill Haley's original Comets, The Crickets, Buddy Holly's widow Maria Elena, Jerry Lee Lewis's former wife Myra Gail and his sister, Chuck Berry's son and many more, including June Juanico, Elvis's first serious girlfriend.

Other contributors include Tom Jones, Jamie Callum, Paul McCartney, Cliff Richard, Joe Brown, Marty Wilde, Green Day, Minnie Driver, Jack White of The White Stripes, The Mavericks, Jools Holland, Hank Marvin, Fontella Bass, John Waters and more.

Elvis's pelvis was just the start. Who had to change the lyrics to their biggest hit because the originals were too obscene? Who married their 13-year-old cousin? Who used lard to get their hair just right? And what happened on the day the music died?

1 hour

Last on

Sat 5 May 2018 02:30

Music Played

  • Link Wray & The Wray Men

    搁耻尘产濒别听

  • Elvis Presley

    Jailhouse Rock聽

  • The Rock-A-Teens

    Woo-Hoo

  • Little Richard

    Keep on Knocking聽

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Shake Rattle and Roll聽

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Rock Around The Clock

  • Link Wray & His Raymen

    Rumble

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Shake Rattle and Roll聽

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    See You Later Alligator聽

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Hot Dog Buddy Buddy聽

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Shake Rattle and Roll聽

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    See You Later Alligator聽

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Thirteen Women and Only One Man聽

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Rock Around The Clock

  • Elvis Presley

    Jailhouse Rock聽

  • Elvis Presley

    Hound Dog

  • Elvis Presley

    Don't Be Cruel聽

  • Elvis Presley

    That's Alright Mama聽

  • Elvis Presley

    Hound Dog

  • Elvis Presley

    Mystery Train聽

  • The Crickets

    Blue Suede Shoes聽

  • Elvis Presley & Jerry Lee Lewis

    Heartbreak Hotel聽

  • Elvis Presley

    Heartbreak Hotel

  • Elvis Presley

    Hound Dog

  • Elvis Presley

    All Shook Up聽

  • Elvis Presley

    Jailhouse Rock聽

  • Elvis Presley

    Love Me Tender

  • Elvis Presley

    Don't Be Cruel聽

  • Chuck Berry

    Johnny B. Goode聽

  • Chuck Berry

    School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell)聽

  • Chuck Berry

    惭补测产别濒颈苍别听

  • Chuck Berry

    Promise Land聽

  • Chuck Berry

    Johnny B. Goode

  • Chuck Berry

    You Can't Catch Me聽

  • Chuck Berry

    Johnny B. Goode聽

  • Chuck Berry

    Maybellene

  • Chuck Berry

    Rollover Beethoven聽

  • Chuck Berry

    No Particular Place to Go聽

  • Chuck Berry

    Sweet Little Sixteen聽

  • Chuck Berry

    No Particular Place To Go

  • Chuck Berry

    Johnny B. Goode聽

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    Whole Lotta Shakin' (Live)聽

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    My Blue Heaven聽

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    You Win Again聽

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    It'll Be Me聽

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    End of the Road聽

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    Whole Lotta Shakin'聽

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    Great Balls of Fire

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    End of the Road

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    My Blue Heaven聽

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    叠谤别补迟丑濒别蝉蝉听

  • Little Richard

    Long Hair Sally聽

  • Little Richard

    尝耻肠颈濒濒别听

  • Little Richard

    Ready Teddy聽

  • Little Richard

    Send Me Some Loving聽

  • Little Richard

    Keep on Knocking聽

  • Little Richard

    Lonely Boy聽

  • Little Richard

    Tutti Frutti聽

  • Little Richard

    Tutti Frutti聽

  • Little Richard

    Jenny Jenny聽

  • The Beatles

    Twist and Shout

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    Whole Lotta Shakin' (Live)聽

  • Little Richard

    Ready Teddy聽

  • The Crickets

    It Doesn't Matter Anymore聽

  • Buddy Holly

    Peggy Sue

  • The Crickets

    Maybe Baby聽

  • Elvis Presley

    That's Alright Mama聽

  • The Crickets

    Rave On聽

  • The Crickets

    Blue Suede Shoes聽

  • The Crickets

    Oh Boy (Live)聽

  • The Crickets

    Well Alright聽

  • Buddy Holly

    Everyday

  • Buddy Holly

    Peggy Sue

  • The Crickets

    It Doesn't Matter Anymore聽

  • The Crickets

    Peggy Sue (Live)聽

  • The Crickets

    贬别补谤迟产别补迟听

  • Don McLean

    American Pie

  • The Crickets

    Oh Boy (Live)聽

  • Link Wray & The Wray Men

    Raw-Hide

  • The Beatles

    Long Tall Sally聽

  • Link Wray & The Wray Men

    Raw-Hide

Credit

Role Contributor
Producer Fay Gibson

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