It’s often stated, as if fact, that George Best was the first rock ’n’ roll footballer.
With those looks, that Beatle-esque haircut and a wildly exciting playing style, he certainly remains the ultimate rock ’n’ roll footballer.
But rock ’n’ roll was around long before the Belfast boy started to dazzle the swinging sixties. And also around long before that decade of giddy liberation was the determined desire of young people to express themselves. To find an outlet for their energy and their enthusiasm for life.
Rock ’n’ roll delivered its first seismic shock to the UK in November 1955, as Bill Haley and the Comets’ vibrant anthem Rock Around the Clock rose to no.