As we all know from the musical Grease, "Rock 'n roll is here to stay..." It's time to congratulate and wish a happy 25th anniversary to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The two-night celebration begins tonight at Madison Square Garden with Crosby, Stills and Nash, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and Stevie Wonder; tomorrow evening's event includes Aretha Franklin, Metallica and U2.
In 1983 the movers and shakers of the in the music industry decided to establish the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. The formal recognition of an artist's accomplishments and contributions to the field of rock and roll is the induction ceremony into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
To learn more about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Library has Holly George-Warren's The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The First 25 Years and Nick Talevski's The Unofficial Encyclopedia of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
If you can't make it to the live performances, be sure to catch an edited version of them on November 29th on HBO.
While you are dancing, you may want to sing or hum the full lyrics to "Rock 'n roll is here to stay"
Rock 'n roll is here to stay,
it will never die
It was meant to be that way,
though I don't know why
I don't care what people say,
rock 'n roll is here to stay
(We don't care what people say, rock 'n roll is here to stay)
Rock 'n roll will always be
our ticket to the end
It will go down in history,
just you wait, my friend
Rock 'n roll will always be,
it'll go down in history
(Rock 'n roll will always be, it'll go down in history)
So come on,
everybody rock,
everybody rock,
everybody rock,
everybody rock
Everybody rock
Now everybody rock 'n roll,
everybody rock 'n roll,
everybody rock 'n roll
Everybody rock 'n roll,
everybody rock 'n roll
Rock 'n roll will always be
our ticket to the end
It will go down in history,
just you wait, my friend
Rock 'n roll will always be,
it'll go down in history
If you don't like rock 'n roll,
think what you've been missin'
But if you like to bop and strawl,
come on down and listen
Let's all start to have a ball,
everybody rock 'n roll
Ah, oh baby, ah, oh baby, ah, oh baby, ah, oh baby, rock!
