Give me a time machine. Today in 1952, the FIRST rock 'n' roll concert was performed in Cleveland, known as The Moondog Coronation Ball. Most noted for the intergration of rock music, the event also broke barriers of segregation during a place and time when radio stations and record labels still divided the two. Performances included the Dominoes, Tiny Grimes (see video) and Paul Williams. I'd kill to be part of that scene.
About 10,000 people over the capacity caused the fire department to shut the event down. Counterfeiting in 1952, who woulda thought? Now those RFID chips in the wristbands at major festivals like Lollapalooza and Coachella don't seem so ridiculous after all.
Organized by disc-jockey Alan Freed who also coined the term "rock 'n' roll" (a euphemism for sex) the Moondog Coronation Ball changed the face of music, and more importantly, broke social barriers.
Forever and ever and ever, I will rock and always roll.