History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995)

Original title

The History of Rock 'n' Roll

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 11 episodes

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This ten part documentary series traces the story of rock music from the 1950s through the 1990s. It features interviews with many famous musicians and music industry figures.

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What happens

The History of Rock 'n' Roll is a ten episode television documentary mini-series produced by Time-Life. It originally aired on the Prime Time Entertainment Network from March to May in 1995. All parts were later released on VHS, DVD, and reran on TLC and VH1, the latter which showed all ten parts in the last 10 weeks of the year 1999 on Friday night as part of a countdown to the year 2000. The series covers Rock Music from the 1950s to the 1990s and features over 200 exclusive interviews with many well-known artists and other music industry figures. Coincidentally in the same year as "The History of Rock 'n' Roll" first screened another 10-part documentary series, "Rock & Roll" (aka "Dancing in the Street" in the UK), was co-produced for PBS and the BBC, and which also covered the background of rock music. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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