Previously on Hipp Nights...

Did you miss it!?

Josh the Engineer Extraordinaire here, and if you didn't tune in this Saturday, you missed out on the first installment of the "Decades" shows, where Joe brings in his dad, John Hipperson, for an all-music show taking us through each decade, one Saturday a month. This being the first show, we started things off in the '50s, where times were simpler, family values were at the core of our culture, and Rock and Roll was just starting to show us what "hip" really means.

We started off trying to determine what the first "Rock" song was, and neither of them had to do with Chuck Berry, or his cousin Marvin....

"well listen to THIS...."

History will say that the first "Rock and Roll" song is either "Rocket 88" or "Rock Around the Clock" - What do you think?

"Rocket 88" - Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythmor...

"Rock Around the Clock" - Bill Haley and the CometsIf I had to weigh in on my opinion, I'd go with "Rocket 88" - it's got a St. Louis connection in Ike Turner, plus the song is just much much cooler.

After softballing a couple more Fifties topics, we finally, ultimately, obviously landed on Elvis, and the unmistakeable mark he left on music...

...and fashion...

...and politics

Now, Landon and I have NO IDEA why this guy is so revered, but I guess we just don't get it. Sure, he's the King of Rock, and he sexed up America's youth with his little hip shaking, but to me he's just a truck driver from Mississippi. (note: a couple of callers were OUTRAGED that the two of us can't stand him, and we now have the first official Hipp Nights Death Threats)

So, all in all, The Fifties were covered ably by US and we just had to visit the FIRST decade of Rock and Roll in order to move on to the real deal - the 1960's

So if all of that sounds like fun, I urge you to tune in next month for our continuing saga of "Decades" featuring Joe and John Hipperson, the hippest father/son duo since John and Julian Lennon.