tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post112594871092356537..comments2024-03-23T00:46:27.084+02:00Comments on Egyptian Chronicles: Is this America?Zeinobiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-36379390666520495132017-03-19T20:42:19.864+02:002017-03-19T20:42:19.864+02:0018 MARCH 2017.. IS the DAY that after 60 years,Roc...18 MARCH 2017.. IS the DAY that after 60 years,Rock^N^Roll was put to rest,with the death one of its GREAT LEGENDS/ Late CHUCK BERRY,who passed away at the age of 90/ this Saturday the 18th March 2017?! ..Mid 1950s was the REAL take off of this new craze,even though it was just a fetus in the mid 1940s..but Legends such as CHUCK + ELVIS PRESLEY + BILL HAYLEY + JERRY LEE LEWIS and many others, it reigned since DANCE FLOORS!! I heard (in Beirut) & on our old fashion Radio set ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK.. i thought ELVIS P.changed HIS voice?because i only heard then only HIS name as i was 8 y.old boy,& only about HIM as King of R^N^ROLL/in fact the singer was BILL HAYLEY?..but because most grown up teen-agers adopted HIS hair style and tight Jeans/denims..HIS popularity >Inflamed<+the whole Armenian YOUNG generation,especially in BOURJ-HAMMOUD Armenian quarters in North LEBANON!boys in street corners there tried to sing/imitate HIS voice,TALK like HIM /WALK like HIM/DANCE + SING TOO!!..of-course DRESS like ELVIS..TOO.!/Cinema theatres such as SEVAN/FLORIDA/ARAX/KNAR/RIVIERA/LUX/CENTRAL/SALOMEE were competing by showing HIS movies FIRST!!So Late/Great Mr.PRESLEY ruled OK with HIS voice and movies for almost over 2 decades..since from 1954?!!..Even though Late Legend as CHUCK BERRY was played in record shops/night clubs/family parties,but less we heard about HIS talent..as soon followed with new crazes such as The TWIST/TAMUREE/HULA-HOOP dances and songs,that narrowed the chances of Late CHUCK to get more popularity in the Middle Eastern clubs..as BLACK singers, the Lebanese,as whole adored The LEGEND Mr.NAT King COLE/Lady ELLA FITZGERALD & Mr.LOUIS ARMSTRONG..They were more classical & jazz singing types..by all ages and classes as Relaxing & not JUMPY like ROCK^N^R.,because that dance needed a person to be athletic & acrobatic??,small fellas as-myself-/didn^t find Rock^N^Roll our favourite GIG or Amusing!! Also when Mr.CLIFF RICHARD in Britain took the lead in this field plus The BEATLES in 1962/63 things got on top of each other?..BUT for all rock and role Nostalgic followers Still alive & kicking The GREAT CHUCK, will always be remembered AS > The MAN whom made THE ROCKs..ROLL for 6 decades../ GOD BLESS THIS GENIUS DEPARTED TALENT that left us for a better venue,to enjoy its..PEACE! My sympathy goes to all who loved HIS style/Regards From:London IS-HAK (Nostalgic) BARSOUMIAN. /LEGEND CHUCK BERRY was BORN: on 18th October of 1926 in St.Louis/Missoury USA-18th March of 2017... may HE R.I.P /Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03299393610752167927noreply@blogger.com