History of the Drumset - Part 14, 1954 - Early Rock'n'Roll

Bill Haley & His Comets recorded the iconic hit "Rock Around the Clock" in 1954 and is one of the most important records in rock and roll history. All of the elements combined became a totally unique and revolutionary new sound that had never been heard before!

In this 15-part series, Vic Firth and Daniel Glass will be looking at 100 years of drumming evolution. Learn about the key events and advancements that shaped the drumset we know and love today!

Visit the Vic Firth website today for an interactive timeline and hundreds of great photos cataloging the history of our instrument the drumset!

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[pepedrum]

I think this the very first video documentary that i have ever seen, nice tribute to the drums

[hugh]

Earl Palmer was my model. As a student, after my daily practice session of the rudiments and whatever my reading assignment was for my weekly lesson, I'd pull out my stack of 45s. Most of them were Fats Domino and Little Richard hits and other Imperial and Specialty R&B tunes, so of course, the drummer would be Earl Palmer. To this day, I wish I could have met him and thanked him for being my 'other' drum teacher.

[jlaustill]

I sincerely hope I get to play music for 5 minutes someday with Daniel, he's very inspiring :)

[gabeb.]

I look forward to these videos soooo much

[randysemenak]

the drum parts in Rock around the Clock are killer the snare shots at the bottom of each verse are all different very cool

[riced]

Thank you very much. Very informative. You did a great job with these video's.

[estimatedleighton]

What about 1951's "Rocket 88" which Ike Turner wrote/produced. It is the fist record to feature a distorted guitar sound, laying the foundation for rock n roll

[MuscleDad]

Hey, there's my old boss John Hatton on bass!! Dig!

[moonodude]

The part at 4:37... my sides are still in orbit.

[dreadallans]

All of the elements combined became a totally unique and revolutionary new sound that had never been heard before?
it ' s not true.Bill halley has recorded this song in the best studio, the sound is clear, it' s all and the only difference, and the song is a jump blues style, the way of siging a rhyme(rock, rock...)the same structure, chords, solos ...Drummers of jump blues, blues, bepop, jazz invented this style of drums, and binary...Drummer of Bill haley has just imitated.There are a lot of audios and vidéos testimonies in You tube( 1947-1954) of jump blues drumming...

[SeenEeven]

this new demographic known as... 'the teenager' lol

[PaulTheSkeptic]

Who's the guy with the accordion? Was there an accordion in that song?

[StankoAx]

Instead of "TtTTTtTT " hr goes "TttTtTTTT" and then you have "TtTTtttTT" which replaced "TTtTtTT"

[anthonymoreno]

it also put the devil in the children lol