The 1950s changed everything.

[00:00:00]These are five songs that defined the 1950s.

[00:00:03]Rock Around the Clock.

[00:00:05]Recorded in 1954, it was just another session until it was used in Blackboard Jungle.

[00:00:11]It became the first rock and roll song to explode globally.

[00:00:15]Hound Dog. Originally recorded by Big Mama Thornton, but when Elvis Presley released his version in 1956, everything changed. His TV performances were so provocative, cameras were ordered to film him only from the waist up.

[00:00:30]Johnny B. Goode.

[00:00:32]Chuck Berry turned his life into a story, but changed colored boy to country boy to get radio play.

[00:00:39]Great Balls of Fire.

[00:00:41]Jerry Lee Lewis didn't play piano, he attacked it.

[00:00:45]The song was considered obscene, banned by some stations, which only made it bigger. Tutti Frutti.

[00:00:52]Recorded in 1955, the original lyrics were too explicit to release, rewritten on the spot, it sounded like nothing else on radio. For more stories behind the songs that shaped music history, like and subscribe.