The 50S Rock And Roll Revival In The 80S?!

[Scarlett]

Was there one? Bucks Fizz's Makin Your Mind Up was a R&R song, as was the Stray Cats, Shakin Stevens... are there any more? Where rock and roll as a genre crept into the hits in the 80s chart?

[Mattk]

Jive Bunny.

[ludwig]

It wasn't really rock n roll so much as a fifties 'style' thing.

In additiion to what you said - Carmel, Mari Wilson, Kid Creole, Blue rondo a la turk, B-52s, Elvis Costello, Matt Bianco and more.

Buck's fizz wasn't part of it though.

[flipnflap]

Do The Hucklebuck was a big 80s hit. Dave Edmunds had a couple of gems too, like I Knew The Bride

[Northernpopquiz]

It was more late 70s than 80s really, with Matchbox, Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, Darts and Showaddywaddy leading the way. Early 80s Shakin Stevens, Stray Cats, Polecats and a few others continued the trend but it didn't last that much longer, hits wise anyway, until the Jive Bunny revival stuff at the end of the decade.

[factor-fiction]

You are right- rock'n'roll kept re-emerging throughout the 80s (don't forget Dire Straits' Twisting by the Pool, Fatboys & Chubby Checker and the Jackie Wilson rereleases) -as indeed it had in the 70s (Mud, Showaddywaddy, Steve Gibbons Band, etc).

I can't immediately recall any rock'n'roll tracks being particularly popular in the 90s or since, with the exception of all the Elvis re-releases that topped the charts in 2000 or so, and Olly Murs (Dance With Me Tonight).