March 21, 1952 –
The first rock and roll concert was held in America on this date, when DJ Alan Freed (the man who coined the phrase “Rock and Roll“) hosted The Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio.
The first rock and roll concert was shut down after the first act, when it appeared that a riot might break out.
The reason the concert ended in disaster: a minor printing error. The mistake was caused by someone forgetting to add the date to tickets issued for a follow-up ball, which Leo Mintz, an early rock-n-roll promoter had set about organizing immediately after the initial one sold out. As a result, an estimated 20,000 people showed up on the same night for the first concert – at a venue which could hold half that number.
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