So in February 1957, an 18 year old bank clerk from Wanganui, won his first talent quest as a rock'n'roll performer.

He hosted one of Australia's first TV pop shows, Six O'Clock Rock, became a partner in Lee Gordon's record company, Leedon, and was the first Australian rock'n'roll performer to attempt to break into the USA.

More than one million people saw the French legendary rock'n'roll performer in the POPB.

The glory and anguish of three rock-and- roll performers in tinselly southern California.

Although he was not a rock'n'roll performer and his popularity in the USA had waned, Ray's distinctive style was an important bridge between the mainstream popular music of the '40s and early '50s and the emerging rock'n'roll genre.

Stephen Stills - rock'n'roll performer on "Blonde in the Bleachers"