Wiggle like an eel, waddle like a duck…

That's the way you do it when you do the Hucklebuck… On this day in rock and roll history, in 1952, a rather auspicious beginning, it’s the first Rock n’ Roll concert. Put on by Cleveland DJ Alan Freed, it was a five-act show called "The Moondog Coronation Ball" held at the Cleveland Arena. This event is known as the first rock and roll concert. Crowds attended in numbers far beyond the arena's capacity, and the concert was shut down early due to overcrowding, a near-riot and vandalism after only one song played (“The Hucklebuck,” a then-popular local dance craze, by Paul Williams and the Hucklebuckers). Everybody has a great time. Thanks to http://www.rockintown.com/today-in-rock.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed for the info; check out the poster at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moondog_poster.jpg, and keep on rockin’!