Pretty good history of rock music (bullet points style) from Australian newspaper

Here is how it starts:



"LET'S suppose, for a moment, that when 19-year-old Elvis Presley entered Memphis's Sun Studios in July 5, 1954, to make his first professional recording, instead of rocking out he had rallied his fellow musicians Bill Black and Scotty Moore, waited for Sam Phillips to roll the tape, then bellowed into the microphone: "OK, fellas, let's waltz."



Where would we be now? Would the Stones have got as far as recording It's Only a Waltz But I Like It? Would AC/DC have found it a long way to the top in order to waltz? Would rock'n'roll as we have known it for the past 50 years exist?"



It's a good read.



The Australian: Shake, rattle & rock on