[00:20.77] In the beginning [00:23.48] Back in 1955 [00:26.30] Man didn't know 'bout a rock 'n' roll show [00:29.14] And all that jive [00:31.60] The white man had the schmaltz [00:34.17] The black man had the blues [00:37.06] No one knew what they was gonna do [00:38.97] But Tschaikovsky had the news, he said [00:41.57] Let there be sound, and there was sound [00:46.83] Let there be light, and there was light [00:52.00] Let there be drums, there was drums [00:57.33] Let there be guitar, there was guitar [01:01.70] Oh, let there be rock! [01:05.13] [02:08.32] And it came to pass [02:10.63] That rock 'n' roll was born [02:12.94] All across the land every rockin' band [02:15.95] Was blowin' up a storm [02:18.41] And the guitar man got famous [02:21.16] The business man got rich [02:23.49] And in every bar there was a superstar [02:26.77] With a seven year itch [02:28.90] There was fifteen million fingers [02:31.97] Learnin' how to play [02:34.25] And you could hear the fingers pickin' [02:36.98] And this is what they had to say [02:39.34] Let there be light, sound, drums, guitar [02:49.22] Oh, let there be rock! [02:52.23] [03:54.82] One night in a club called the Shakin' Hand [03:59.68] There was a 42 decibel rockin' band [04:05.37] And the music was good and the music was loud [04:10.54] And the singer turned and he said to the crowd: [04:15.36] "Let there be rock" [04:16.23]