I was somewhat hesitant about doing 50s and 60s RnR at senior homes, unless it appeared that they were "younger" (>75 yo) seniors. But recently I've been doing "Rock ATC" with surprising success. I'll start by telling that 50 years ago this month, July, 1955, for the very first time a r-n-r song hit the top of the pop music charts. It stayed there for 8 weeks and changed the world of music.

Yesterday, after I played RATC, a resident was proud to tell us that in 1953, Bill Randell (a prominent Cleveland, OH DJ at the time) brought Elvis P, Bill Haley, and Pat Boone to her high school for an "assembley program". The first 2 names were relatively unknown at the time! Unreal, huh?!

Glenn