[00:20.70] In the beginning [00:23.49] Back in 1955 [00:26.35] Man didn't know 'bout a rock 'n' roll show [00:29.18] And all that jive [00:31.69] The white man had the schmaltz [00:34.16] The black man had the blues [00:37.04] No one knew what they was gonna do [00:38.94] But Tschaikovsky had the news, he said [00:41.44] Let there be sound, and there was sound [00:46.84] Let there be light, and there was light [00:52.08] Let there be drums, there was drums [00:57.34] Let there be guitar, there was guitar [01:01.61] Oh, let there be rock! [01:05.09] [02:08.37] And it came to pass [02:10.62] That rock 'n' roll was born [02:12.93] All across the land every rockin' band [02:15.95] Was blowin' up a storm [02:18.36] And the guitar man got famous [02:21.17] The business man got rich [02:23.49] And in every bar there was a superstar [02:26.78] With a seven year itch [02:28.83] There was fifteen million fingers [02:31.93] Learnin' how to play [02:34.28] And you could hear the fingers pickin' [02:37.08] And this is what they had to say [02:39.20] Let there be light, sound, drums, guitar [02:49.20] Oh, let there be rock! [02:52.59] [03:54.76] One night in a club called the Shakin' Hand [03:59.73] There was a 42 decibel rockin' band [04:05.36] And the music was good and the music was loud [04:10.52] And the singer turned and he said to the crowd: [04:15.45] "Let there be rock" [04:16.48]