Rock 'n' roll established itself as a new genre of music in the early 1950s. At first, the guitar wasn't the main instrument around which early rock songs were based. Then, Elvis Presley appeared during the rockabilly era of music in the mid-1950s and changed that. Rock 'n' roll love songs from 1950 to 1953 included "Love Don't Love Nobody" by Roy Brown, "Oh Babe!" by Wynonie Harris and Lucky Millinder, "Good Lovin'" by H-Bomb Ferguson, "Please Love Me" by B.B. King and "I Love You So" by Crows.
1954 was the first year that Elvis Presley appeared on the rock 'n' roll scene, and Billy Haley released "Rock Around the Clock." Rock 'n' roll love songs from 1954 included "Honey Love" and " Warm Your Heart" by the Drifters, "I Love You Madly" by Charlie and Ray, "Secret Love" by the Moonglows, "Love Contest" by Ruth Brown, "Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin')" by the Cheers, "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine" by Elvis Presley with Scotty and Bill and "Tick Tock" by Marvin and Johnny.
Rock 'n' roll love songs released in 1955 included "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, "Need Your Love So Bad" by Little Willie John, "Eddie My Love" by the Teen Queens, "Come Back My Love" by the Wrens, "It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)" by the Midnighters, "Baby Let's Play House" by Elvis Presley and "My Babe" by Little Walter.
By 1956, rock 'n' roll had taken over and pushed jazz, country and blues out of the charts. Rock 'n' roll love songs released in 1955 included "Who Do You Love" by Bo Diddley, "I'm In Love Again" by Fats Domino, "Love Is Strange" by Mickey and Sylvia, "Goodnight My Love" by Jesse Belvin and "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" and "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley.