Photo of the day From the Stripes archives
September
8, 2009
Red Grandy ©Stars
and Stripes
Strasbourg, France, November 7, 1958:
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bill Haley plays for an enthusiastic crowd at Strasbourg.
Haley's music, while rather tame by 2009 standards, sparked a riot in Berlin in
October that drew condemnation of the genre from both East and West; later in
November, problems at his first performance in Barcelona resulted in the
cancellation of the rest of his shows there.