This day in music history.
August 31, 1995, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens in Cleveland. The city is argued to be the birthplace of rock. It was here in the early 50s, at radio station WMMS, Alan Freed used the term rock and roll to discribe the music for the first time. (until then Rock and Roll was black slang for sexual intercourse)
It was in 1983 Ahmet Ertegun (Atlantic Records founder) decided there should be an organization to recognize Rock & Roll music and musicians. After getting together some other big hitters and deep pockets they decide to open a museum. Although the location of the museum was not decided yet they started inducting people in 1986.
After choosing Cleveland as the location, I.M. Pei was hired to design the building at a cost of 85 million dollars. Admission into the museum is $20.00, to this day over 5.000.000 people have visited.
DLAK note: They almost built it in New Orleans.
It was in 1983 Ahmet Ertegun (Atlantic Records founder) decided there should be an organization to recognize Rock & Roll music and musicians. After getting together some other big hitters and deep pockets they decide to open a museum. Although the location of the museum was not decided yet they started inducting people in 1986.
After choosing Cleveland as the location, I.M. Pei was hired to design the building at a cost of 85 million dollars. Admission into the museum is $20.00, to this day over 5.000.000 people have visited.
DLAK note: They almost built it in New Orleans.
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