"Rock 'n' Roll" Resuscitation

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28222, 9 March 1957, Page 5

"Rock 'n' Roll" Resuscitation

In future the apparently drowned may be brought back to life to the tune of the latest “rock ’n* roll” creation. The beat is catchy, and has the same rhythm as that of human breathing, which explains why some life-saving authorities believe that this manifestation of modern music may have something more than mere entertainment .value. Two keen surf life-savers of the East Harbour club, Wellington, G. Thompson and M. Tansley. have written words and music which they have combined under the tentative title of “Resuscita-

the glory of the surf movement and the idea that every New Zealand citizen should know how to apply the Holger-Nielsen method of resuscitation. “Resuscitation Roll” made its first formal appearance last Saturday evening before an audience which included junior members of the Sumner and St. Clair clubs. The East Harbour club, members of which billeted these competitors at the New Zealand surf championships, rehearsed all week to make the introduction a memorable one. A first tape recording of the song as sung by Tansley was heard on the Friday by a highlycritical audience of Holger-Niel-sen experts, who included the chief instructor of the Wellington Surf Association (Mr K. Farey). After an initial period of shock —none of them are “rock ’n’ roll” addicts—they confessed to being very interested.