Music before the Beatles

Just to make a point I want you all to list your favorite rock music before the Beatles. That would be 1963 or earlier. This should be interesting. That is if anyone here even knows any music from the pre Beatle era

One of my favorites and one of the few who wrote sang and played his own songs. A true pioneeer

Buddy Holly Peggy Sue Ed Sullivan Show ..

Buddy Holly - That ll Be the Day

He's a rambler, he's a gambler...

Finally, a thread in which Led Zeppelin, Floyd or King Crimson can't be discussed.

Almost half of the music I listen to is pre 60s. Big Gene Krupa fan (see below), love Ella Fitzgerald, the Boswell Sisters, Bing Crosby, Billy Eckstine, Phil Harris (before he appeared in stupid Disney features), Ethel Merman, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and lots of other stuff. Great era. Artists did as much as they could with what they had and it showed. Should be respected more.

Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Johann Strauss II.

EDIT - Didn't see the 'rock music' part... Still, Mozart can be pretty rocking at times.

Dave Brubeck Quartet, Elvis and Wagner.

I didn't notice the word 'rock' in your post, sorry Rush. But really, we shouldn't restrict this thread to just rock n' roll. The term existed in the 20s and 30s, anyway!

Gotta love a bit of Sun Ra! Or some Ornette Coleman.

I suppose not really pre-Beatles as such, but there's only a year in it - I'm always up for a bit of MC5

Originally Posted by Stalins Ghost

Gotta love a bit of Sun Ra!

Atlantis!

Bobby Fuller Four?