【内容】I am planning to teach a new seminar from 2018 on the history of rock and roll. We will start with the African-American music that was the beginning: gospel and Jump Blues. We will listen to, watch and discuss the music. We will then continue with the rock and roll of the late 1940s, the 1950s and beyond. The materials will include YouTube videos, lyrics, documentaries and movies. The musicians include Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Buddy Holly, who inspired the Beatles and more.