If You Remember The 50s You Weren't There - BBC Rewrites History

I noticed today that the BBC are screening a grand history of rock, entitled The Seven Ages Of Rock, starting this Saturday. I was somewhat confused to learn that the birth of rock music came sometime around 1966 with Jimi Hendrix as its first icon, having previously believed in some earlier character named Elvis, who it appears wasn't a rock icon at all, if he even existed.

So I wrote this email to the BBC to ask them what happened to Elvis.

"I would like to know why the seven ages of rock claims that the birth of rock is in the 1960s with Hendrix as it's first icon when everyone knows it began in the 1950s with Elvis as its first icon.

I had initially thought that the series was focused on heavy rock but with artists like Roxy Music, The Velvet Underground, and The Smiths featured this is obviously not the case."

If I get a response I'll post it.