Music
Big Joe Turner – Roll ‘Em Pete
2nd January 2022 · UncategorisedHere’s my final contender for the earliest rock’n’roll song. And I think it’s the winner. (more…)
Joe Hill Louis – Boogie In The Park
30th December 2021 · UncategorisedSam Phillips is arguably the single most important name in the history of rock’n’roll music. In 1950 he opened a recording studio in Memphis and his label, Sun Studio, went on to make much of the earliest – and still the greatest – rock’n’roll music ever recorded. (more…)
Big Mama Thornton – Hound Dog
29th December 2021 · UncategorisedI’m sure everyone has heard Hound Dog by Elvis. I’m equally sure most have never heard the original, recorded by Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton four years earlier in 1952.
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Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats – Rocket 88
28th December 2021 · UncategorisedReleased in 1951, this is the tune that a considerable consensus of people – mostly old white people – believe to be the first rock’n’roll song. (more…)
Earl Hooker – Move On Down The Line
21st December 2021 · UncategorisedI have to confess that while I know plenty of music by John Lee Hooker, I didn’t even know the name of his equally talented cousin. (more…)
Eddie ‘Guitar Slim’ Jones – Certainly All
20th December 2021 · UncategorisedHere’s another of the songs that shaped rock’n’roll, by one of the most flamboyant characters – and greatest guitarists – of that postwar era. (more…)
Pee Wee Crayton – Poppa Stoppa
20th December 2021 · UncategorisedHere’s a hard-rocking instrumental by a guitarist who must surely have been a major influence on Chuck Berry.
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Dinah Washington – Long John Blues
20th December 2021 · UncategorisedWell this is pure filth. And the last thing you’d expect from a god-fearing gal raised in the church. But there you are: Dinah Washington was one of a kind. (more…)
Floyd Dixon – Real Lovin’ Mama
16th December 2021 · UncategorisedAny appreciation of the roots of rock’n’roll has to include jump blues pianist and singer Floyd Dixon – the self-appointed “Mr Magnificent.” (more…)
Piney Brown – How About Rocking With Me
15th December 2021 · UncategorisedHere’s another one of those proto-rock’n’roll tunes from another of those under-appreciated musicians of colour, this time from 1950 by Piney Brown. (more…)
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