Welcome to Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Home Page

This website is all about rock’n’roll from its roots to mid-1970s punk.

It is here to complement and extend Derek Shelmerdine‘s radio shows, personal appearances and book – Rock’n’Roll Unravelled.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

RADIO Guest Appearances

Mop Tops & The King
Syndicated on over 100 radio stations world-wide. 

The Moptops & The King radio show is dedicated to the music of The Beatles and Elvis Presley.
Derek Shelmerdine makes a fortnightly guest appearance
with The Beatles Unravelled and Elvis Presley Unravelled.

THE NEXT SHOW… Elvis Presley Unravelled – 19 to 25 April
Bill Black – bass player and so much more…

Ian’s Soul Music Show – Motown Special
Harrogate Hospital Radio on 95.3 FM

Two hours of Motown soul music.

The stories behind some of the biggest songs.

If you’re into soul music, you’ll love this show.

More about the Motown Special

LIVE FACEBOOK Guest Appearances

The Frank Carlyle Show
Derek Shelmerdine is a MONTHLY guest on Liverpool historian Frank Carlyle’s live Facebook show
– The Frank Carlyle Show
The conversation takes a topic from the music of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.
The next show…
18 March – Talking – John Hammond

For all of Derek Shelmerdine’s radio appearances

Derek Shelmerdine – PERSONAL APPEARANCES

Harrogate Cenotaph Centenary
Harrogate’s War Memorial was unveiled on 1 September 1923. The Cenotaph Centenary is being celebrated with an exhibition, movies and a series of illustrated talks.
Derek Shelmerdine is delivering two of those talks. They trace the development of popular music from the First World War, to the birth of The Beatles.
The first talk looks at how popular music developed from 1914 to the birth of rock’n’roll.
…..7 September – From St Louis Blues to rock’n’roll
The second talk looks at the music and cultural influence that the American soldiers brought when they arrived in the UK in 1942 and how popular music developed and gave the world The Beatles when John Lennon met Paul McCartney on 6 July 1957.
…..21 September – From the GI’s “over there” to The Beatles

Book Signing at Harrogate RECORD FAIR
The quarterly Harrogate Record Fair will be in town again on 21 October.
Derek Shelmerdine will be there with albums and singles from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s and also to sign copies of his book Rock’n’Roll Unravelled.

ABOUT THE BOOK

For more information about: 
Rock’n’Roll Unravelled – The Book
Author Derek Shemerdine

With it’s unique three-part format Rock’n’Roll Unravelled tells the story of rock’n’roll from its roots, to mid-1970s punk. Not just the music but also the social influences, such as the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights struggle. 

Record Collector Review
Record Collector magazine reviewed the book and described it as, “comprehensive… invaluable”.

To Borrow the Book
Check out the Public Libraries around the UK where you can borrow a copy of Rock’n’Roll Unravelled.

Win the Book
There is a Monthly Competition to win a signed and dedicated copy of Rock’n’Roll Unravelled.

To BUY the Book
TO BUY a signed and dedicated copy of Rock’n’Roll Unravelled directly from the author on this website.

Book Signings
Author Derek Shelmerdine did regular book signings, sadly these have been much reduced for the past two years.
For past book signings
NEXT BOOK SIGNING… 21 October: Harrogate Record Fair

All about the book – Rock’n’Roll Unravelled
in less than two minutes…

PODCASTS

All of the Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Shows and many of the radio guest appearances can be found in Podcasts.

The radio shows and guest radio appearances can also be found at YouTube and Mixcloud.

There are podcasts about all aspects of the music of 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and its roots. If it’s relevant to the story of rock’n’roll from it’s roots to the late 1970s – I’ll be talking about it!

ALL PODCASTS

ROCK’N’ROLL HISTORY – BLOGS

These blogs cover every aspect rock’n’roll from it’s roots to mid-1970s punk. Artists, bands, genres, venues, record labels, gigs, festivals, covers and originals, in fact, if it’s relevant to the music of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and its roots – I’ll be talking about it in my radio shows and here on the website…

These blogs include, Paul (McCartney) is Dead Myth,– How Led Zeppelin Came Together,– Buddy Holly Story, Psychedelic Sixties,– Liverpool Scene Before The Beatles,– From Gospel to Rock’n’Roll,– Stories Behind Classic Songs, Monterey International Pop Festival 1967,– Birth of Motown,… 

ALL BLOGS

1960s & 1970s BANDS AND ARTISTS ON TOUR NOW

This is not a ticket site. It’s there for you to check out which of your favourite artists and bands who started out in the 1960s and ’70s are on the road right now.

There are 183 artists/bands on the list and more are continually added.

There is a link to each artist/band’s website
for details of dates and venues

FRIDAY NIGHT PUB QUIZ

Check out your knowledge of the music of the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and its roots.

The topics include The Beatles Before Ringo quiz – Jimi Hendrix quiz – Psychedelic ’60s quiz and so many more…

ALL QUIZES

Playlists

Available through Spotify

WORK IN PROGRESS…

INTERESTING WEBSITES

If you’re looking at rock’n’roll from its roots to mid-1970s punk – check out these great links because they can provide great information about bands, artists, record labels and much more…

Check out the websites

CONTACT
I’d love to hear from you…

Copyright Note

Every attempt has been made to contact the copyright holder of material being used on this site but this has not always proved successful. Please let me know if you are the copyright holder for any material on this site because if you would like it removed, please get in touch and I’ll remove it.

If you would simply like me to add a credit to your work and a link to your own site because I’d be delighted to oblige. It’s only here in the first place because I admire it.

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