Essay: Since the rock concert was born 70 years ago, it has evolved from a euphoric teenage ritual into a $5.5 billion industry
Clockwise from top left: Chuck Berry, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie Mercury, U2 and Madonna.Seventy years ago, in the fall of 1951, a white Los Angeles disc jockey named Hunter Hancock hosted a series of rhythm & blues concerts that foreshadowed the modern rock concert.
Hancock’s “Blues & Rhythm Midnight Matinee” concerts were noteworthy for two reasons. First, they were integrated, which was significant for L.A. and virtually all major venues in the country. Most U.S. cities at the dawn of the 1950s were segregated, either through laws, real estate covenants, aggressive police forces or intimidation. Second, one of the concerts was documented on a whim by Bob Willoughby, who would go on to become one of Hollywood’s top movie-still photographers.
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