A musical montage of doo wop, pop, and rock premieres in Pittsburgh on September 17 at 8 p.m. on WQED tv13 as WQED Multimedia presents the 12th installment of the American Soundtrack series called “Rock 50 - The First Decade.”

The show, taped in Pittsburgh at the Benedum Center in May 2003, features Gary Puckett of the 60’s rock band Gary Puckett and the Union Gap and Jerry Butler, as hosts.

Puckett is part of a star-studded cast of artists who helped to make what some call “the first decade of rock” a piece of American history. Featured in “Rock 50 - The First Decade:"
· Jerry Lee Lewis, performing his hit, "Whole Lotta Shaking Going On"

· Bo Diddley
· The Heartbeats
· The Jaguars
· Paul & Paula, whose hit “Hey Paula,” topped the charts in 1963
· Gary U.S. Bonds
· Brian Hyland
· Johnny Tillotson
· Darlene Love
· The Avalons
· The Fiestas
· Nathaniel Mayer
· Terry Johnson’s Flamingos
· Danny and the Juniors featuring Joe Terry

The American Soundtrack concert series is a production of WQED Multimedia, Executive Producer, T.J. Lubinsky.

US Airways is the official airline of the American Soundtrack series.

For additional information, please e-mail: promotion@wqed.org