History of Rock 'n' Roll (TV series)

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The History of Rock N' Roll
Genre Music, Documentary
Created by Andrew Solt, Quincy Jones
Narrated by Gary Busey
Ending theme Rock and Roll Music
Composer(s) Chuck Berry
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 10
Production company(s) Andrew Solt Productions
QDE
Telepictures
Distributor Time-Life
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution[1]
Release
Original network Prime Time Entertainment Network
First shown in United States
Original release March 6, 1995 (1995-03-06)[2]

The History of Rock 'n' Roll is a ten episode documentary mini-series produced by Time-Life. It originally aired on the Prime Time Entertainment Network in 1995. All parts were later released on VHS, DVD, and reran on TLC and VH1, the latter which showed all ten parts in the last 10 weeks of the year 1999 on Friday night as part of a countdown to the year 2000. The series covers Rock Music from the 1950s to the 1990s and features over 200 interviews by many well-known artists and other music industry figures.[3]

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  3. http://catalog.rockhall.com/catalog/ARC-0314