"Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" is a song written by David White and first recorded by his group,

Danny & the Juniors Danny & the Juniors are an American doo-wop and rock and roll vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania originally consisting of Danny Rapp, Dave White, Frank Maffei and Joe Terranova. Formed in 1955, they are most widely recognized for thei ...

. Released in January 1958 by

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as the follow-up to the group's #1 hit "

At the Hop "At the Hop" is a 1950s pop song written by Artie Singer, John Medora, and David White and originally released by Danny & the Juniors. The song was released in the fall of 1957 and reached number one on the US charts on January 6, 1958, becomi ...

", it reached #19 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #16 R&B. The song—with its lyrics of "Rock and roll is here to stay / It will never die"—was originally written in response to attacks on

rock and roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from Africa ...

music by some conservative

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s, including KWK in

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, that included the smashing of "undesirable" rock and roll records. It has subsequently been recorded by many other artists, including

Sha Na Na Sha Na Na was an American rock and roll doo-wop group. Formed in 1969, but performing a song-and-dance repertoire based on 1950s hit songs, it simultaneously revived and parodied the music and the New York street culture of the 1950s. After g ...

(1969) (who later performed it in the 1978 film '' Grease'' as "Johnny Casino and the Gamblers"), as well as in the 1983 horror film ''

Christine Christine may refer to: People * Christine (name), a female given name Film * ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei'' * ''Christine'' (1983 film), based on King's novel of the same name * ''Christine'' (1987 fil ...

'', and

Showaddywaddy Showaddywaddy are a rock and roll group from Leicester, England. They specialise in revivals of hit songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, while also issuing original material. Showaddywaddy spent 209 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, and had 10 T ...

(2002).

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1958 singles 1958 songs Danny & the Juniors songs Doo-wop songs Songs about rock music Songs written by David White (musician) {{1950s-song-stub