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Red Grandy ©Stars and StripesStrasbourg, France, November, 1958: Rock and roll pioneer Bill Haley plays for an enthusiastic crowd at Strasbourg. Haley's music, while rather tame by today's standards, sparked a riot in Berlin in October that drew condemnation of the genre from both East and West; later in November, problems at his first performance in Barcelona resulted in the cancellation of the rest of his shows there.

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