2. -Live on the Milton Berle show in 1956 -Performed the song “Hound Dog” -Created a sensation and a controversy with his suggestive movements

3. -Smokey Robinson and The Miracles release ‘Shop Around’ in 1961 (first hit under the Motown Label)‘Shop Around’ -Went on to produce hits for The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, and others

4. -The British Invasion -Appeared live on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 -Kicked off their American tour -Soon after, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” became the number 1 single in America

5. -1969, on farmland in Bethel, New York -Advertised as “3 days of Peace and Music” -Artists included Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Creedance Clearwater Revival, The Who, Joan Baez, among othersJimi Hendrix

6. -Jimi: guitarist and singer, songwriter -Janis: singer, songwriterJanis -Both died in 1970, drug-related deaths -”The 27 Club”: Also includes Jimi Morrison (The Doors), Kurt Cobain (Nirvana), and Amy Winehouse

7. -1975, releases “No Woman, No Cry”“No Woman, No Cry” -Launched Marley and reggae into the pop culture sphere for the first time -Died in 1981, but his reggae music still remains popular

8. -December 1980 -Shot outside his New York home (near Central Park)New York home -Last interview: “The world is not the sixties- the world has changed.”

9. -Launched in 19811981 -First video: The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” -Made the music video into an important music marketing tool and an art form

10. -1982 -Established MJ as a solo artist -One of the top selling pop records of all time

11. -1985: single “Material Girl” -Propels her as a global pop star -Song and video promote materialistic atmosphere of 80s culture -Goes on to be a major icon of the 1980s and 1990s1980s and 1990s

12. -Lead singer of Nirvana, 90s grunge band -Songs include “About a Girl,” “Lithium,” “In Bloom,” “Smells Like Teen Spirit” -Found dead in 1994 at home in Seattle

13. -90s rapper, influential and controversial -Gang violence a part of songs and his life -Shot in Las Vegas in 1996 -Biggie Smalls, a rival rapper, was also gunned down in 1997 -Both artists are still important today and have even had posthumous hits posthumous hits

14. -1990s heart throbs -New Kids on the Block -Backstreet Boys -*Nsync -98 Degrees

15. -Superbowl Wardrobe Malfunction -Big name artists: Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Eminem, Lady Gaga -Britney Spears going crazy/comebacks -Kayne West/Taylor Swift VMA incident -Amy Winehouse’s Death