Popular upbeat music didn't start with Elvis Presley or Rock and Roll.
Ragtime and Jazz took the stage in the early 20th century. The first star of modern music was Al Jolson. He had the energy and the makeup long before Mick Jagger and Kiss.
Al Jolson 101
I'm a member of the invisible army. Are you?
I don't get mad. I get even.
It's tough to have a united effort against poverty when the world's richest nation doesn't show much interest.
Rock stars put on historic show to fight poverty - Yahoo! News: "But the impact of Live 8 was compromised by limited U.S. television coverage, with the show available only on cable channels MTV and VH-1 and ABC broadcasting just two hours of highlights."