Download the Songs that Shaped Rock & Roll app for iPad and iPhone!
Selected by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum curatorial staff and a number of rock critics and historians, these songs are some of rock & roll’s most popular and influential recordings. Arranged by artist and song title, the songs cover a variety of musicians and genres illustrating the evolution of rock & roll over the last century: http://www.sideways.com/apps/rock-hall-songs-app/
Download the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's first ever app and discover the songs and artists that defined Rock & Roll. The app allows you to explore the history of rock starting with the 1920s through 2000 by decade, artist and song title: http://www.sideways.com/apps/rock-hall-songs-app/
Includes the following:
BO DIDDLEY - "Bo Diddley" (1955): BO DIDDLEY's debut recording and the song that introduced the world to the BO DIDDLEY beat, a unique, mixed-up rhythm that mixes blues, Latin American, hillbilly, spiritual, African and West Indian rhythms. Now widely acknowledged as one of the most influential debut records of all-time, BO DIDDLEY's November 1955 performance of the song on the Ed Sullivan Show was one of the earliest rock & roll performances on national TV.
BO DIDDLEY - "Say Man" (1958): A US Top 20 pop hit for BO DIDDLEY in 1959 and a landmark track which would later be an influence on many funk and rap musicians. Based on the African-American game or ritualized exchange of verbal insults known variously as "signifying" and as "the dozens", the song features BO DIDDLEY and band member Jerome Green trading good-natured insults over an infectious shuffle rhythm and is now widely recognized as being an important presage in the development of hip hop.
Muddy Waters - "Mannish Boy" (1955): Muddy Waters' answer song/cover version of BO DIDDLEY's 1955 hit song "I'm A Man", this affirmation of masculinity has gone on to become a blues standard.
Quicksilver Messenger Service - "Who Do You Love" (1969): A live recording of BO DIDDLEY's 1956 song "Who Do You Love" and a superb example of West Coast acid rock, the track appears on "Happy Trails", the second album by psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service.
Listen and download your favorite tracks right from the app to your iTunes and create a playlist that truly reflects the evolution of the foremost cultural movement of our time, rock & roll music: http://www.sideways.com/apps/rock-hall-songs-app/
