History of Rock & Roll Statistics
By the Numbers
Science & Technology
Year when the first cylinder phonograph, the precursor to the record, was invented: 18771
Year when the first gramophone, the precursor to the record player, was invented: 18872
Year when radio broadcasting was introduced: 19073
Year when the first 33 1/3 rpm (revolutions per minute) LP album was released: 19484
Year when the first 45 rpm record single was released: 19495
Year when the first compact audio cassette tape was introduced in the United States: 19646
Year when the first compact disc (CD) player was introduced: 19827
Year when MTV, Music Television, launched: 1981
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in January 1986: Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, The Everly Brothers, and Robert Johnson.
The number of female artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its first year of existence, 1986: zero
The first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Aretha Franklin, in 1987
The first female "rock" artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Tina Turner, in 1991
Rock Greats
Total number of albums released by the Beatles before the group split in 1970: 20
Total number of albums released by the Rolling Stones as of 2017: 78
Total number albums released by Elvis Presley, during his life and posthumously: 68