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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts) Tue Dec 28, 2021, 08:32 AM Dec 2021

December 28, 1957 - Boston Pops Conductor Arthur Fiedler in St. Louis said rock & roll was a passing [View all]

phase. He was here for a benefit with the St. Louis Symphony. Fiedler said a nation that survived the Charleston and the Black Bottom would survive rock and roll.

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December 28, 1957 - Boston Pops Conductor Arthur Fiedler in St. Louis said rock & roll was a passing [View all] Sherman A1 Dec 2021 OP

Roll over, Leroy Anderson, and tell Henry Mancini the news. NT mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 #1

+++ The Polack MSgt Dec 2021 #4

He later did whole albums of Beatles' songs. Tomconroy Dec 2021 #2

When Elvis was drafted he was asked what he would do Walleye Dec 2021 #3

Fiedler was a passing fad (n/t) PJMcK Dec 2021 #5

Fiedler On the Roof Chipper Chat Dec 2021 #6

"Groups with guitars are on their way out." thucythucy Dec 2021 #7

I Sure Hope Decca Fired Him ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #9

Nope. Instead, while attending a Liverpool "battle of the bands" thucythucy Jan 2022 #10

The Disco Phase Cartoonist Dec 2021 #8