First Rock Star, first Rock and Roll artist to hit #1 on the charts (1955 with Rock Around The Clock).
First international Rock Star (toured U.K. and Germany in 1957).
Had the first rock song to make the top 20 (1953 with "Crazy Man, Crazy").
Had the first million-selling Rock song ("Shake Rattle and Roll" in 1954).
First Rock Star to have music featured in a major motion picture ("Blackboard Jungle" with Glen Ford and Sidney Poitier in 1955).
One of the first inductees into The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.
First Rock Star to star in a movie ("Rock Around The Clock" with Alan Freed!)
First white artist to be elected as the "R and B Personality of the Year".
First Rock Star to tour with all-Black supporting artists.
First Rock Star to appear on a network television show.
Toured Mexico in the 1960's with Big Joe Turner, toured South Africa in 1980.
Last studio album released in The States was "R-O-C-K" in 1980, recorded in Muscle Shoals, released on Sun Records (Yes, the Legendary Sun Records).
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