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• "Blues, part 2" (1944) Jazz at the Philharmonic
• "The honydripper" (1945) Joe Loggins and His Honeydrippers
• "Be-baba-leba" (1945) Helen Humes with the Bill Doggett Octet
• "House of blue lights" (1946) Freddie Slack and His Orchestra, with Ella Mae Morse
• "That's all right" (1946) Big Boy Crudup
• "Open the door, Richard" (1946) Jack McVea and His All Stars
• "Tomorrow night" (1946) Lonnie Johnson
• "Good rocking tonight" (1948) Wynonie Harris and His All Stars
• "We're gonna rock, we're gonna roll" (1948) Wild Bill Moore
• "It's too soon to know"(1948) The Orioles
• "Boogie chillen" (1948) John Lee Hooker
• "Guitar boogie" (1948) Arthur Smith and the Crackerjacks
• "Drinkin' wine spo-dee-o-dee" (1949) Stick McGhee and His Buddies
• "Rock the joint" (1949) Jimmy Preston and His Prestonians
• " Saturday night fish fry" (1949) Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
• "Mardi gras in New Orleans" (1949) Professor Longhair
• "The fat man" (1950) Fats Domino
• "Rollin' and tumblin'"(1950) Muddy Waters
• "Birmingham bounce" (1950) Hardrock Gunter and the Pebbles (1950)
• "I'm movin' on" (1950) Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys

• "Teardrops from my eyes" (1950) Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson's Orchestra
• "Hot rod race" (1950) Arkie Shibley and His Mountain Dew Boys
• "How high the moon" (1951) Les Paul and Mary Ford
• "Rocket 88" (1951) Jackie Brenston with His Delta Cats
• "Sixty minute man (1951) The Dominoes
• "Cry" (1951) Johnnie Ray with the Four Lads
• "One mint julep" (1952) The Clovers
• "Rock the joint" (1952) Bill Haley and the Saddlemen
• "Have mercy baby" (1952) The Dominoes
• "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1952) Lloyd Price
• "Kaw-liga" (1953) Hank Williams and the Drifting Cowboys
• "Hound Dog" (1953) Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thorton with Kansas City Bill
• "Honey hush" (1953) Big Joe Turner
• "Money honey" (1953) Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
• "Gee" (1953) The Crows
• "Shake, rattle, and roll" (1954) Big Joe Turner
• "Work with me, Annie" The Royals/The Midnighters
• "Sh-boom" (1954) The Chords
• "(Were gonna) Rock around the clock" (1954) Bill Haley and His Comets
• "Riot in cell block #9" (1954) The Robins
• "That's all right" (1954) Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill
• "Earth angel (will you be mine)" The Penguins
• "Tweedle dee" (1954) LaVern Baker and the Gliders
• "Pledging my love" (1954) Johnny Ace with the Johnny Otis Orchestra
• "I've got a woman" (1954) Ray Charles
• "Bo Diddley" (1955) Bo Diddley
• "Maybellene" (1955) Chuck Berry
• "Tutti Frutti"(1955) Little Richard
• "Blue suede shoes" (1956) Carl Perkins
• "Heartbreak Hotel" (1956) Elvis Presley.

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Author/Creator:

Dawson, Jim, 1944- , author

Contributors:

Propes, Steve , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English text.

Main Work:

What was the first rock 'n' roll record? [by Dawson, J.]

Subjects:

Rock music — History and criticism

Sound recording industry

Rock music

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200).
From the collection of Wayne and Kathy Zatopek.

Physical Description:

xviii, 201 pages ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

ML3534 .D384 1992

ISBNs:

0571129390
9780571129393

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

92028695

OCLC Numbers:

26397148