At age eighty, all I can say is that the father, mother, aunt, uncle, godfather and godmother, nurse, doctor and midwife at the birth of rock and roll were all Black, and we owe them all a tremendous debt of gratitude.
I totally agree with you my friend. No matter how good any whiteomassa thinks they are, to me they don't hold a candle to the thousands of guys who sat on their front porches strumming an old pawn shop Stella and singing a true story.
@@mtp4430 it's not a racial thing of any one race when it comes to what race the person was who created the first rock and roll record. People who were black and white were both creating the music that has elements of what is rock and roll. Even in the late 1940's a hillbilly band called The Maddox Brothers And Rose, recorded some wild anything goes hillybilly country jumping boogie, slapping string bass, wild rock and roll electric guitar solos on some of what they recorded on a small record label in the late 1940's (Texas Guitar Stomp, Step It Up And Go, New Step It Up And Go, Shimmy Shakin' Daddy) and they were white but they weren't thinking about ethnic race when creating the music and nether was Little Richard in the early 1950's, Fat's Domino in 1949, Jackie Brenston, Ike Turner and Sam Philips in 1951 and Bill Haley in 1951 when he first recorded rock and roll. Some people say it was the mixture of musical styles of music that was created by black people and white people that is what created rock and roll. It's not a form of music that is of A specific ethnic group of people. It was created in the USA with black and white pepolle mixing elements of country, rhythm and blues, boogie woogie, big band swing (Rag Mop from 1950 by The Ames Brothers has a rock and roll rhythm), jump, jive and 1950's pop. All mixed together. Like what the USA is. A melting pot. There also is an old blues song from a black man that when a white man named Roy Acuff And The Crazy Tennesseans recorded it in 1939 he made a country music recorded that has a boppin' rhythm he made to a blues song called Steamboat Whistle Blues that one can dance 1950's rock and roll bop to.
Weeeel, you are probably right about so called black music (and I love it) but the problem is that is was NO first Rock'n'Roll record. Ever! If you wanna dug deep you won't find it. Rock'n'Roll was already mentioned in 1920s records. You CAN'T pinpoint it. Thanks sire.
I’m from Clarksdale, Mississippi. These were all my homeboys. I knew Raymond Hill, the bad ass sax solo here, and Jackie Brenston. Ike Turner actually wrote that song. He recorded a demo of that song at the radio station where I worked - WROX. Ike and the boys used to give live broadcasts from there. Raymond Hill was the father of Tina’s oldest son. Fine band. Good folks! 🎹🎹🎸🎸
Ike DID NOT write that song my Grand Father Jackie Brenston did, he foolishly sold his rights but it is STILL HIS SONG!! I'm so happy Tina Turner stated that and told the truth in her documentary
Im from australia so maybe i am wrong didnt sam phillips sell elvis contract for 25k to start sun records when they asked in the doco on his life he waved his arm at a wall of platinum albums from all the best artists of that era
@@pierrerochon7271 The Presley version was not identical to Crudup's since it was "at least twice as fast as the original". His version is considered by some music critics as one of the records that was the first in the rock n'roll genre.
Since I'm old enough to have been listening to the radio at the time I can say that Rocket 88 was a cornerstone of late nigh AM radio "alternative" music in the SF Bay Area. I used to leave my old tube table top radio on low on KYA all night as a young lad. I'd wake up now and then for a few minutes and hear stuff like this. I didn't know I was listening to history being made. It was just the cool new music at the time 😀
brocluno6908. i got my ass kicked for listening to this music as a kid. politicians and religious groups hated the music because it was from the blacks and they called it the devil's music. i lived in canada and i had a 54 chevy radio that a friend of mine converted from 6 volt to house circuit. i climbed out onto the roof of our house and put a car antenna on the roof. i used to listen to the rythmn and blues stations from the states and sometimes on the skip from the great lakes i used to find some really good stations. it's a good thing that my mom liked elvis, because my life got easier after that.
Do you think late night AM radio bouncing off the ionosphere and back to earth hundreds of miles outside the intended area had much to do with the spread of (race) R&B into rock and roll? (mainstream)?
@@1horton3 it did with me but the skip wasn't in the ionosphere it was bouncing off the great lakes. the am signal only carries so far. when the lake was still and flat that signal skipped. sometimes i got it and sometimes it didn't. the 50,000 watt stations helped as well. those were the stations i listened to because canada didn't have rhythm and blues stations.
My dad, Luther Steinberg, re-named LOU SARGENT was also on Sun Records and was recorded by Sam Phillips! His brother, Wilbur Steinberg (aka Wes Mitchell) was also renamed by Phillips and toured with Jackie Brentson after the hit w Rocket 88. Their younger brother, Lewie Steinberg STAX session player, was one of the founding members of Booker T & the MGs (before Duck Dunn) and co writer on GREEN ONIONS, SOUL DRESSING and played on MarKeys hit LAST NIGHT.
My hometown. I went to high school at Coahoma County High School with David Brinston. He was Jackie Brinstons grandson. One of our teachers would let him sing to the class. He was awesome!!
let's not overlook songs like that's alright - arthur crudup (1946), good rockin' tonight - wynonie harris (1948), and saturday night fish fry - louis jordan (1949)
72 year old guy here- grew up with Beatlemania. But of all the music I know, Louis Jordan is my favorite. Never get tired of his stuff and listen often. And Cab Calloway, Joe Turner, Bill Haley, Elvis, Beatles, Kinks, Troggs, Pretty Things, Roy Loney, Toy Dolls, etc. etc. Edit- I forgot Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley
0:29 "Rock Around The Clock" in 1954 was originally the B-side of the disc(45rpm vinyl was in its infancy in the 1950s). "Thirteen Women" was the original A-side but in 1955 when the Glen Ford movie *Blackboard Jungle* used Rock Around The Clock as the closing credits theme, MCA flipped the sides and elevated the song to the A-side.
Just toured Sun this week and eardrum the story of the song. Also toured Stax Records. So many amazing artists recorded between the two. Like our guide at Sun said…with all due respect to Nashville, Memphis is the real Music City.
Jealous. Did you know Aretha Franklin's first hit (I never loved a man...) was on her ninth album? She was signed to Columbia who didn't know what to do with her, until Jerry Wexler who owned Atlantic, and actually liked music, heard her and was like "sign her, get her down to Muscle Shoals, get their top guns, and get ready to make some money."
charlescahoon, sounds like you got around quite a bit. If I may suggest something. You may want to visit Lubbock Texas, home of Buddy Holly, and Clovis, NM where The Crickett's recorded some of their hits. Clovis is about ninety miles west of Lubbock. Take care and all the best.
There are so many contenders for Rock n Roll because it's all in the ear of the beholder. When I think of early RnR, I think of Little Richard because it was so energetic. When this video came to Richard, immediately my body was moving.
I'd say ...everything black people invented in music was robbed off !! I thank those fantastic black cats ( musicians ) for creating all those great music for all of us !! Especially jazz & rock'nroll !!! 👍👍👍👏👏👏💜🥁🐉🎤🎶✨️💕💞
This song follows the 1-4-5 in E major melody that is the basis of thousands of Rock and Roll songs, as well as thousands of pure Rock songs. Whoever came up with that 1-4-5 melody is the true father of the blues and ultimately Rock and Roll and pure Rock.
That’s the mystery! I’ve looked into it for a long time!! My favorite explanation is that.. There are birds in African history that that sing a very crude Version of the 1-4-5 Some say it was invented in Africa long long long ago and other say it was invented in the late 1780s in delta America for singing while working in the fields.
I-IV-V has been used in the classical masters, not in the sense of in the rhythm of Rock and Roll, but when you break down some pieces, they follow that basic pattern including resolving back to the I chord.
Mozart uses a version of the I IV V progression specifically in the bass portion of Piano Sonata no. 16. He's many things, but it would be absurd to call him the true father of blues or rock.
Wynonie took the transition of boogie woogie, Dizzie Gillespie , Charlie Parker style into the Little Richard, Fats Domino,Bird and Car Group sound in one song. He shouted it.
Born in 1952, I've never heard Rocket 88. And now after watching this video and listening, I still haven't heard it. Edit: OK, now I've heard it on another video.
it is a spectacular song, it is difficult to argue the first rock song because back at that time R&B and Rock often didnt seem to have all that much difference. most Rock i hear today doesnt seem to Rock all that much to me, and most stuff i hear called R&B are slow jam ballads. i just miss the pure joy and youth of that old music.
Love this one. But arguably the first rock & roll song was "Roll 'Em Pete" by Big Joe Turner with Pete Johnson on piano in 1938(!) Check it out if you haven't heard it.
Thanks for post......I had the privilege & pleasure to know & be friends with just some of Elvis entourage........then uncle Sam sent me a letter after my 18th. birthday..........o my friend you excluded the beatnik influence.......an even Elvis in a recorded interview stated: blues, rhythm & blues, country, f was influences of changing times that is what created "rock n roll" ....carl Perkins even said it......
In fact, some people say the first rock and roll song is Louis Jordan’s “Saturday Night Fish Fry” from 1949. This music is also really danceable. It has a great sense of fun in it. And in these lyrics, we hear that spirit of debauchery that’s so essential to rock and roll.
@@hyzercreek Also, the words “Rock & Roll” were uttered hundreds of times on record between the 1910s-1940s. It wasn’t until dozens of people contributed to the concept of saying that phrase in reference to sex or dancing accompanied by intense vigorous playing that it became its own genre. Here’s the first known recording of the phrase, just to prove that hundreds of ppl contributed to rock on & off record for decades before its mainstream discovery! th-cam.com/video/Lp1qU-_qPok/w-d-xo.htmlsi=YduCcQ6cmHVZWgC4
@@Pogo-qo1ob I just checked out your link. It's the same song but on a children's record label called Little Wonder Records. It says quartette but the 1897 version is a solo. Try to find that, and a record player to play it on.
3 or 4 years late to the party. Rocket 88 was certainly Not the 1st rock record. Guys that insist on this are just too lazy to do the research, the real history.
I think it was a sea shanty from about 1750. Something about Rockin ' n ' Rollin' on the waves. Good luck with trying to pin down the first one. I have spent decades at it and I am still not sure.
I like Bill Haley & The Saddle Men's version better. It was done about two months later. Rufus Thomas did two versions of the song. I like the faster-paced one.
For my Confederate Cash, "Rocket 88" - which was actually Ike Turner's band as recorded by Sam Phillips takes a back seat to Jimmy Preston's "Rock This Joint" from 1949.
Ike Turner was a talented musician. B.B. King said he was the best bandleader he ever saw. The success of "Rocket 88" helped fund the creation of Sun Records. Ike was also a talent scout and in-house producer for Sam Phillips at Sun and the Bihari Brothers at Modern Records. He discovered many blues musicians such as Howlin' Wolf, Litte Junior Parker, Little Milton, Bobby "Blue" Bland and Rosco Gordon.
@@DouglasJBoyd-fz9fb Sun Records didn't exist until 1952 so prior to that Sam Phillips would license out recordings made at the Memphis Recording Service (later renamed Sun Studio) to Chess Records. That's why "Rocket 88" was also released on Chess Records in 1951. Ike brought Howlin Wolf to record for Sam Phillips and the Bihari brothers at Modern Records in 1951, which caused a conflict. Ike recorded Bobby "Blue" Bland and Rosco Gordon for Modern Records in 1951. He brought Little Junior Parker to record at Modern Records in 1952. He brought Little Milton to record at Sun Records in 1953. Ike also discovered Boyd Gilmore, Houston Boines and Charley Booker. His discography as a sideman is deep. He usually played piano on those recordings. He was taught how to play the piano by Pinetop Perkins. He later taught himself how to play the guitar to accommodate his wife who played the piano in his band.
Arthur Crudup might have had the “solo guitar break,” but I’d say Jimmy Preston’s “ Rock This Joint “ is just as important as Arthur’s solo break & Willie Kizart distortion. Rocket 88 might get the credit but many songs before it had just as significant styles & were re-recorded by later artists. But they’re all forefathers of the genre.
Loved the scene in the movie when Pat Boone could not cover a popular Little Richard song 😃 Grew up south of Houston. On a good night (the just right cloud cover for a bounce) my AM radio could catch a station out of Louisiana. They weren't constricted by "White Only" cover songs. Cloud bounce is also called cloud skip. The AM band is a line of sight, while the FM band will hug the curvature of the earth. My radio was a tube set. I would remove the back cover and de-tune it down to listen to the Astronauts talk to Clear Lake as they passed overhead.
@@hyzercreek No. Like Ike Turner said Rocket 88 is a milestone in the development of rock music, maybe one of several over the years before the term was coined by Alan Freed. In no small part due to the accidental discovery of distortion.
Arguably is the right word for this as many songs could have been called the "1st." Which song was really the 1st? Your guess is as good as mine. However Bill Haley and the Comets still mark the undisputed true beginning of the Rock and Roll era with "Rock Around The Clock."
I have recordings of almost all of Sun's electric blues output from this time period and this song does not vary much from other R & B stars like Roscoe Gordon. After much research, I would give a nod to "Rock Around the Clock" as the first real rock and roll song. "Rocket 88" does not feature a guitar, but instead, sax and piano. "Rock Around The Clock," featured the first great rock and roll solo guitar solo and was recorded by a top country and western band, which also had a sax player. It was cut for the pop market. It was also the first rock and roll hit of the silver screen. It was at #! for 8 weeks and on the charts for 24 weeks. Not only did it sell 25 million copies but was a huge world wide hit. It was also the first rock song to have "rock" in the title. The Comets were also the first rock and roll band to tour England, causing mass hysteria. I honestly believe that Bill Haley has suffered from reverse discrimination. If he were black, then almost all music historians would consider this the first rock and roll song. I find it interesting that Bill Haley was considered to be too old to start rock and roll. He and Chuck Berry were almost the same age.
The guitar solo was a copy of the guitar solo of Rock this Joint, also played by Danny Cedrone in 1952. Back then the band was still Billy Haely and the Saddlemen. Here is the video: th-cam.com/video/76MSabfdGUw/w-d-xo.html Back then the Saddlemen didn't have drums.
In fact the name "Jackie Brenston and the Delta Cats' was scribbled onto the label of the acetate, because the band hadn't mentioned what they were called.
The reason why it's hard to determine "the first rock song" is the fact that genres isn't suddenly created. They're the result of slow progression and evolution. Adding new ingredients to old recipes. Something gets sped up or slowed down, new instruments, new sounds, new rhythms, etc. And in the end it all "settles" in something more uniformed and "new." Also, let's not forget that bands steal and borrow from each other all the time. All the recordings and performances with bands that never went anywhere. It could've been a totally unknown band or person who earns the credit of making "the first Rock 'n' Roll song."
Robert Johnson...was definitely delta blues, but some of his riffs and song constructions certainly hinted at what was to come. And listen to "They're Red Hot" (Hot Tomales). Robert would have only been 57 in 1968...can you imagine what he could have accomplished had he not died at 27 in 1938 ? For me thats the saddest tragedy in any guitar music.
I agree with Ike Turner. His version of Rocket 88 is rhythm and blues, but it did become the first Rock and Roll song when Bill Haley and the Saddlemen recorded it, and added their country influences to it.
Early rock and roll is the bomb. Is it simple? Sure. Is it all kinda the same? Sorta. But it rocks, it has soul. It isn't about how complicated it is, it's about the backbeat and about what you play over the same 12 bar blues. Sure Rock 'n' Roll never died, but it hasn't been the same for a long time.
That may well be, but the link that led directly to rock and roll being accepted was provided by Johnny Ray, a sadly forgotten great in the annals of rock n roll, Elvis in his own words acknowledged as much.
Ike was the piano player in bands with Robert Nighthawk, Howlin' Wolf (he brought Wolf to Sun Records), and Bobby Blue Bland. He is playing piano on "Rocket 88". Little Richard has been quoted as saying he got his piano style from Ike Turner. He was the man!
@@rievans57 yeah I was going to say check the intro on "Good Golly Miss Molly," for instance, a bit pointless when you obviously know all that already. So I won't say it.
""Rocket 88" (originally stylized as Rocket "88") is a song that was first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, in March 1951. The recording was credited to "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats", who were actually Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm." - wiki th-cam.com/video/Gbfnh1oVTk0/w-d-xo.html
In 1944 Billboard Magazine introduced a new genre of music in their top 100 ratings, Rock 'n' Roll. The first song to be listed under it was Caledonia, performed by Erskine Hawkins and written by Louis Jordan.
@@jamesmusson8481 A quick search via "Co Pilot" comes up with the following: "In 1942, before the concept of rock and roll had been defined, Billboard magazine columnist Maurie Orodenker started to use the term to describe upbeat recordings such as "Rock Me" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Her style on that recording was described as "rock-and-roll spiritual singing"
I agree with what Ike says,that it's an R&B record that played a big part in shaping R'n'R. It was NOT Rock'n'Roll, though of course Sam would say it was. He claimed credit for everything, though I'm not decrying the major part he did play.
Many different views on this record as to it being the first rock and roll record! I was fortunate to find this record on 78 chess label a number of years ago. It is one of my favorites Great story about it. Enjoyed it very much
Bill Haley was onto this song as early as March 1951 when he recorded it for Holiday records..... He had a daily radio show on WPWA and sometimes it would butt up against "Judge Rhythm's Court" which played this sort of stuff.
I prefer Haley and the Saddle Men version. They really should have been called the Comets at that time. But they didn't do a dive into more R & R until later. I like "Pretty Baby" and "I'm Crying" which were both done in 1951. "Where Did You Go Last Night" from 1959 is good. Bill enjoyed CCR. He covered "Traveling Man" pretty well. Kris Kristofferson said the best version of his song "Me And Bobby McGee" was by Bill and the Comets.
If you were a teen when hipop was born you probaly loved 80' rappers, vs the 90's to now. So theres no point in arguing a list after the genre matured. That's like the first rock and roll song ever (rocket88) by ike turner vs nirvana ( teen spirit) each person from each era will like the music of their time. Hip hop was more about culture and self expression than actual lyrics until it started to mature. Are pioneers or father's of hip hop deserving of being considered? Or just the beneficiarys?
It's a great rock and roll song like many from the 40s and 50s , I prefer the heavy in your face aggressive power of Rock music like the king or gene Vincent or little richard, Chuck berry . It's all great stuff for sure 👌
This song definitely had a major influence on the genre and popularized it. I wouldn’t consider this the first rock and roll record since I consider numerous jump blues songs from the 1940s as R&R. Perhaps the 1929 song “Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie” by Clarence “Pinetop” Smith could even be considered early R&R. That song influenced Ray Charles, it sounds just like his 1953 song “Mess Around”
U think they would've included Rocket 88 in the video. But I found it n it's not R&R as I understand it. There was at least 1 song from the '40s that sounded very much like R&R, but I don't remember the title.
@@CaptZdq1 A few songs that come to mind when I think of 40s R&R … * Saturday Night Fish Fry by Louis Jordan * The Fat Man by Fats Domino * Rock The Joint by Jimmy Preston * Good Rockin’ Tonight by Wynonie Harris * Rock Awhile by Goree Carter Any of these songs?
i knew him. he was always a gentleman around us. joe bihari told me he was responsible for many artists, including elmore james and bb king getting their start.....
Ok, This song celebrating a powerful, new automobile, was a breakthrough in the world of popular music, but what was the significance of the model name 'Rocket 88'? Yes, the Oldsmobile had a new V-8 engine, but where did the other '8' come from? The term '88' shows up in several post WW ll songs f.x. 'open up with those 88s'. The number 88 originates from what was originally a German anti-aircraft canon with a bore of 88 mm. This weapon was found to be very effective against ground targets too. Hemingway describes how they were used by U.S. Troops to destroy machine gun bunkers. It became well known in the military and after the war, the legend became a sales tactic for G.M. Similarly the rocket had become a new, powerful weapon during the war, so 'Rocket 88' was a natural.
The one I heard from 1948 was called rockandroll by wild bill Moore. It's a fast passed rhythm and blue's record with wild saxophone. And you can hear it hear on you tube.
I gotta admit that I much prefer the original Cadillac lyrics ... "Look out the gate, don't be late, This rovin' cat's got a Cadillac Eight; Air foam cushions on a modern design, V-8 motor, body Fleetwood line; Keep rollin', Jack, makin' time That cat's purring, got eight kitten's cryin' ... It's the Cadillac boogie, yes the Cadillac boogie; It's the Cadillac boogie, boogie woogie rolling along.”
Got a Model A body makes it look like a pup Got a Lincoln motor that's really souped up Got 8 cylinders and uses 'em all Got safety tubes, just won't stall
I remember R&B ...which was Black Artist all on A M.Radio in early 50's , if I remember.the Movie Black Board Jungle introduce Rock an Roll, we as teens (Chicano's) used the term " U wanna Rock" ment to slow dance, like rock side to side...fast dance was like "Boogie Woogie".. that's what I remember from 52-58
I'm gonna raise you one. It was Lucky White and Leodie Jackson's song entitled "That Naggin' Wife of Mine" version I, released on July 14, 1946 and version II, released August 17, 1946. Both on Courtney Records. Both compositions contain the blue print guitar break solos during the interludes which also include fiddle, steel, accordion, and guitar leads. A 16 year old Johnny Grande (Bill Haley's Comets) was on the accordion for version I released in July of 46'. It appears that it was Lucky and Leodie who laid the ground work for what would later become the classic Rock n Roll guitar break solos during the interludes. Five years prior to Rocket 88, and one year before Arthur Crudups "That's Alright" (momma) 🤪🎸🥁🎶🤠
It's no secret that country music was influenced by the blues. But even if the basic structure of future R&R records is there, that is nothing other than country (swing) music. Nice try.
@@mikeymutual5489 We know the history of that NAGGIN WIFE OF MINE. Released July 14, 1946. We also know the inspiration it left in it's wake. It was played all over the globe from 1946 thru 1954 on the United States Armed Forces Radio Network. It influenced everyone in the music business. Lucky White went on and toured with Les Paul and Mary Ford. Leodie Jackson went and toured with Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.
I always heard this was the first. But after hearing 'Rock A While' by Goree Carter from 1949, I think that beat Rocket 88 by two years. It also sounds more rock as opposed to Rocket 88 which is more of a shuffle beat Boogie Woogie. (it was based on an older song, Cadillac Boogie).
why dont you listen to the Dominos "60 minute man" and fats dominos "The fat man", earlier than ike turner and the real first pure rock n roll recordings
Thanks for letting me narrate brother! Your new videos have been exceptional lately, very interesting topics and easy to watch
It was my pleasure! You did a phenomenal job narrating the video! Thank you so much.
Mitch you have the voice of a golden god
@@synthsnail thanks brother! Your channel is golden
No mention of Robert Johnson's They're Red Hot ?
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Good i listen version by safic aisha very good too thanks
At age eighty, all I can say is that the father, mother, aunt, uncle, godfather and godmother, nurse, doctor and midwife at the birth of rock and roll were all Black, and we owe them all a tremendous debt of gratitude.
I totally agree with you my friend. No matter how good any whiteomassa thinks they are, to me they don't hold a candle to the thousands of guys who sat on their front porches strumming an old pawn shop Stella and singing a true story.
Most definitely
@@mtp4430 it's not a racial thing of any one race when it comes to what race the person was who created the first rock and roll record. People who were black and white were both creating the music that has elements of what is rock and roll. Even in the late 1940's a hillbilly band called The Maddox Brothers And Rose, recorded some wild anything goes hillybilly country jumping boogie, slapping string bass, wild rock and roll electric guitar solos on some of what they recorded on a small record label in the late 1940's (Texas Guitar Stomp, Step It Up And Go, New Step It Up And Go, Shimmy Shakin' Daddy) and they were white but they weren't thinking about ethnic race when creating the music and nether was Little Richard in the early 1950's, Fat's Domino in 1949, Jackie Brenston, Ike Turner and Sam Philips in 1951 and Bill Haley in 1951 when he first recorded rock and roll. Some people say it was the mixture of musical styles of music that was created by black people and white people that is what created rock and roll. It's not a form of music that is of A specific ethnic group of people. It was created in the USA with black and white pepolle mixing elements of country, rhythm and blues, boogie woogie, big band swing (Rag Mop from 1950 by The Ames Brothers has a rock and roll rhythm), jump, jive and 1950's pop. All mixed together. Like what the USA is. A melting pot. There also is an old blues song from a black man that when a white man named Roy Acuff And The Crazy Tennesseans recorded it in 1939 he made a country music recorded that has a boppin' rhythm he made to a blues song called Steamboat Whistle Blues that one can dance 1950's rock and roll bop to.
This ageing white rock n roller says Amen to that brother!👍
Weeeel, you are probably right about so called black music (and I love it) but the problem is that is was NO first Rock'n'Roll record. Ever! If you wanna dug deep you won't find it. Rock'n'Roll was already mentioned in 1920s records. You CAN'T pinpoint it. Thanks sire.
I’m from Clarksdale, Mississippi. These were all my homeboys. I knew Raymond Hill, the bad ass sax solo here, and Jackie Brenston. Ike Turner actually wrote that song. He recorded a demo of that song at the radio station where I worked - WROX. Ike and the boys used to give live broadcasts from there. Raymond Hill was the father of Tina’s oldest son. Fine band. Good folks! 🎹🎹🎸🎸
Awesome
Ike DID NOT write that song my Grand Father Jackie Brenston did, he foolishly sold his rights but it is STILL HIS SONG!! I'm so happy Tina Turner stated that and told the truth in her documentary
I bet you heard of my friends from Helena such as Mack Self, Jimmy Evans, cw gatlin, Willard Jones. Those guys always talked about your town.
Im from australia so maybe i am wrong didnt sam phillips sell elvis contract for 25k to start sun records when they asked in the doco on his life he waved his arm at a wall of platinum albums from all the best artists of that era
@@mechcavandy986 you a WHOLE ENTIRE LIE
MY GRANDAD JACKIE BRENSTON WROTE THAT SONG
Shake, Rattle And Roll ~~~ Big Joe Turner 1954
That's all Right Elvis Presley
@@Noel-ji8nm check your history- Elvis covered this song
@@pierrerochon7271 The Presley version was not identical to Crudup's since it was "at least twice as fast as the original". His version is considered by some music critics as one of the records that was the first in the rock n'roll genre.
@@pierrerochon7271 Several critics have said that Presley's version could be the first rock and roll record.
Since I'm old enough to have been listening to the radio at the time I can say that Rocket 88 was a cornerstone of late nigh AM radio "alternative" music in the SF Bay Area. I used to leave my old tube table top radio on low on KYA all night as a young lad. I'd wake up now and then for a few minutes and hear stuff like this. I didn't know I was listening to history being made. It was just the cool new music at the time 😀
Man oh man, I use to listen to Randy's Record Mart late at night and what a night it was...
brocluno6908. i got my ass kicked for listening to this music as a kid. politicians and religious groups hated the music because it was from the blacks and they called it the devil's music. i lived in canada and i had a 54 chevy radio that a friend of mine converted from 6 volt to house circuit. i climbed out onto the roof of our house and put a car antenna on the roof. i used to listen to the rythmn and blues stations from the states and sometimes on the skip from the great lakes i used to find some really good stations. it's a good thing that my mom liked elvis, because my life got easier after that.
Do you think late night AM radio bouncing off the ionosphere and back to earth hundreds of miles outside the intended area had much to do with the spread of (race) R&B into rock and roll? (mainstream)?
@@1horton3 it did with me but the skip wasn't in the ionosphere it was bouncing off the great lakes. the am signal only carries so far. when the lake was still and flat that signal skipped. sometimes i got it and sometimes it didn't. the 50,000 watt stations helped as well. those were the stations i listened to because canada didn't have rhythm and blues stations.
@brocluno6908 CARRY ON , OL TIMER - MANY MORE GOOD YEARS TO U ...🇫🇮
My dad, Luther Steinberg, re-named LOU SARGENT was also on Sun Records and was recorded by Sam Phillips! His brother, Wilbur Steinberg (aka Wes Mitchell) was also renamed by Phillips and toured with Jackie Brentson after the hit w Rocket 88. Their younger brother, Lewie Steinberg STAX session player, was one of the founding members of Booker T & the MGs (before Duck Dunn) and co writer on GREEN ONIONS, SOUL DRESSING and played on MarKeys hit LAST NIGHT.
That is some history. I loved Booker T and the MG’s👍👍👍👍
How wonderful !! 👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
Lots of history from Clarksdale, MS. One of our favorite places to visit. Got married there.
Crossroads 😈🎸🎷🎹
My hometown. I went to high school at Coahoma County High School with David Brinston. He was Jackie Brinstons grandson. One of our teachers would let him sing to the class. He was awesome!!
let's not overlook songs like that's alright - arthur crudup (1946), good rockin' tonight - wynonie harris (1948), and saturday night fish fry - louis jordan (1949)
oh, he mentioned that's alright, i see
“Rock a while” Goree Carter
Whenever Jimmy Reed was recording. That's rock n roll.
@@Pogo-qo1ob incredible song!
Too many ppl mistakes early r n b and jump blues for rock n roll
Great Video of Rock!!!!! I'm 70 still Rock n Roll!!!!!!! Awesome Story!!!!!!
This record sounds more vibrant than most (if not all) new music as at 2023...Frickin' awesome!
I love Rocket 88 as I love Cry! Great hits from 1951... I'd love to be 11-14 that year!
Early 50s music is great! Certainly would be a cool time period to visit.
l turned 13 in '59, was in high school so l saw it all unfold. What an experience.
Louis Jordan is the one who scaled down a big band into the prototypical rock n roll combo...
Spot on!
72 year old guy here- grew up with Beatlemania. But of all the music I know, Louis Jordan is my favorite. Never get tired of his stuff and listen often. And Cab Calloway, Joe Turner, Bill Haley, Elvis, Beatles, Kinks, Troggs, Pretty Things, Roy Loney, Toy Dolls, etc. etc. Edit- I forgot Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley
Yes👍
Pretty much. Louis had trumpet.
@@JosephScott-ct9sw
Uhhhh, that's a saxophone, Maestro. 😂
"What they call rock and roll is actually rhythm and blues and I've been playing it in New Orleans for fifteen years." - Fats Domino, 1956
"THE TIELMAN BROTHER" band from indonesia.laughed at that. Even at that time Elvis wasn't someone in the world hahaha
Presley had absolutely nothing to do with Rhythm & Blues.
And that's it, jűs sāyīn !😎✌️😎!
Thoroughly enjoyable and imperative information.
And today the music is ........... ;(((( Thank you for the magical moment ♥
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
@@NathanielJordon ♥♥♥ ;)
Rocket 88 is a great song. I've been doing it for 30 years.
0:29 "Rock Around The Clock" in 1954 was originally the B-side of the disc(45rpm vinyl was in its infancy in the 1950s). "Thirteen Women" was the original A-side but in 1955 when the Glen Ford movie *Blackboard Jungle* used Rock Around The Clock as the closing credits theme, MCA flipped the sides and elevated the song to the A-side.
Just toured Sun this week and eardrum the story of the song. Also toured Stax Records. So many amazing artists recorded between the two. Like our guide at Sun said…with all due respect to Nashville, Memphis is the real Music City.
Jealous. Did you know Aretha Franklin's first hit (I never loved a man...) was on her ninth album? She was signed to Columbia who didn't know what to do with her, until Jerry Wexler who owned Atlantic, and actually liked music, heard her and was like "sign her, get her down to Muscle Shoals, get their top guns, and get ready to make some money."
charlescahoon, sounds like you got around quite a bit. If I may suggest something. You may want to visit Lubbock Texas, home of Buddy Holly, and Clovis, NM where The Crickett's recorded some of their hits. Clovis is about ninety miles west of Lubbock. Take care and all the best.
Such a great era when R&B groups were popping up everywhere, giving the music that 'rough around the edges' sound. Thanks for well made vid!!
A scholarly and interesting exploration of an important topic. Thank you.
There are so many contenders for Rock n Roll because it's all in the ear of the beholder. When I think of early RnR, I think of Little Richard because it was so energetic. When this video came to Richard, immediately my body was moving.
Yes, you have to acknowledge "Rocket 88" and Ike and "Shake, Rattle, and Roll," and "Rock Around the Clock," but Richard was without doubt the king.
I'd say ...everything black people invented in music was robbed off !! I thank those fantastic black cats ( musicians ) for creating all those great music for all of us !! Especially jazz & rock'nroll !!! 👍👍👍👏👏👏💜🥁🐉🎤🎶✨️💕💞
ROCKING IT ON RADIO SUTCH 1964 - LOVIN IT - Bringing back the memories -
Doo Whop was the template for Rock and Roll.
I’m 75 now, but I remember this early music on one-sided 78rpm discs. Nervous Norvis, John D. loudermilk, and more.
Laudermilk wrote some great tunes. l heard him sing once that was enuf
Nervous Norvis was one of my favorites.
This song follows the 1-4-5 in E major melody that is the basis of thousands of Rock and Roll songs, as well as thousands of pure Rock songs. Whoever came up with that 1-4-5 melody is the true father of the blues and ultimately Rock and Roll and pure Rock.
That’s the mystery!
I’ve looked into it for a long time!!
My favorite explanation is that..
There are birds in African history that that sing a very crude Version of the 1-4-5
Some say it was invented in Africa long long long ago and other say it was invented in the late 1780s in delta America for singing while working in the fields.
1-4-5 chord progression, not a melody.
I-IV-V has been used in the classical masters, not in the sense of in the rhythm of Rock and Roll, but when you break down some pieces, they follow that basic pattern including resolving back to the I chord.
that's over 100 years old
Mozart uses a version of the I IV V progression specifically in the bass portion of Piano Sonata no. 16. He's many things, but it would be absurd to call him the true father of blues or rock.
Well done.
Roy Brown's "Good Rockin' Tonight' was written and performed live in Galveston, Texas in 1947
Wynonie took the transition of boogie woogie, Dizzie Gillespie , Charlie Parker style into the Little Richard, Fats Domino,Bird and Car Group sound in one song. He shouted it.
I'm a Galvestonian. I wonder where it was played live?
Check out the screen at minute 3:39. If I'm not mistaken, that's a look-a-like "Chubby Checker" standing behind and to the right of the mike.
just LOOOOOOOOOVE the history of rock n roll
Born in 1952, I've never heard Rocket 88. And now after watching this video and listening, I still haven't heard it. Edit: OK, now I've heard it on another video.
The song that launched Sun Records😮
it is a spectacular song, it is difficult to argue the first rock song because back at that time R&B and Rock often didnt seem to have all that much difference. most Rock i hear today doesnt seem to Rock all that much to me, and most stuff i hear called R&B are slow jam ballads. i just miss the pure joy and youth of that old music.
Rocket “88” one hell of a car. One hell of a song, & one hell of a time in history.❤
Love this one. But arguably the first rock & roll song was "Roll 'Em Pete" by Big Joe Turner with Pete Johnson on piano in 1938(!) Check it out if you haven't heard it.
Thanks for post......I had the privilege & pleasure to know & be friends with just some of Elvis entourage........then uncle Sam sent me a letter after my 18th. birthday..........o my friend you excluded the beatnik influence.......an even Elvis in a recorded interview stated: blues, rhythm & blues, country, f was influences of changing times that is what created "rock n roll" ....carl Perkins even said it......
In fact, some people say the first rock and roll song is Louis Jordan’s “Saturday Night Fish Fry” from 1949. This music is also really danceable. It has a great sense of fun in it. And in these lyrics, we hear that spirit of debauchery that’s so essential to rock and roll.
It was Good Rocking Tonight by Wynonie Harris 1947
@@kegs5556 Yeah, if you drum up Good Rocking Tonight by Harris 1947 on youtube, and play it at 1.25 playback speed, it is 100% rock and roll
@@hyzercreek Also, the words “Rock & Roll” were uttered hundreds of times on record between the 1910s-1940s. It wasn’t until dozens of people contributed to the concept of saying that phrase in reference to sex or dancing accompanied by intense vigorous playing that it became its own genre. Here’s the first known recording of the phrase, just to prove that hundreds of ppl contributed to rock on & off record for decades before its mainstream discovery!
th-cam.com/video/Lp1qU-_qPok/w-d-xo.htmlsi=YduCcQ6cmHVZWgC4
@@Pogo-qo1ob The phrase "Rocking and Rolling" was first recorded on a brown wax Columbia cylinder made in 1897 called "Camp Meeting Jubilee"
@@Pogo-qo1ob I just checked out your link. It's the same song but on a children's record label called Little Wonder Records. It says quartette but the 1897 version is a solo. Try to find that, and a record player to play it on.
I have some 78's recorded in late August, 1945: rock 'n roll
3 or 4 years late to the party. Rocket 88 was certainly Not the 1st rock record. Guys that insist on this are just too lazy to do the research, the real history.
I think it was a sea shanty from about 1750. Something about Rockin ' n ' Rollin' on the waves.
Good luck with trying to pin down the first one. I have spent decades at it and I am still not sure.
I like Bill Haley & The Saddle Men's version better. It was done about two months later. Rufus Thomas did two versions of the song. I like the faster-paced one.
The brilliant guitarist, Danny Cedrone on lead ‘
This is great.
Well done!
Awesome!
Oh boy, you got to go quite a years before 1951 for the first R&R record.
For my Confederate Cash, "Rocket 88" - which was actually Ike Turner's band as recorded by Sam Phillips takes a back seat to Jimmy Preston's "Rock This Joint" from 1949.
Oh yeah I'm 15 and I like both songs. "Rock The Joint" is such a fun song to listen to.
"Flying Home" by Lionel Hampton, recorded in 1942 is said to be the first R & B (later called Rock N Roll) recording.
absurd
JACQUET left his robe in the cloak, try Herschel Evans next x ...
@@sulevisydanmaa9981 Fred Astaire left his boxers on the stairs.
That record is more swing jazz
agreed thanks
Nicely done.
Good stuff.
Ike Turner was a talented musician. B.B. King said he was the best bandleader he ever saw. The success of "Rocket 88" helped fund the creation of Sun Records. Ike was also a talent scout and in-house producer for Sam Phillips at Sun and the Bihari Brothers at Modern Records. He discovered many blues musicians such as Howlin' Wolf, Litte Junior Parker, Little Milton, Bobby "Blue" Bland and Rosco Gordon.
A lot of these bands actually started at Chess Records
@@DouglasJBoyd-fz9fb Sun Records didn't exist until 1952 so prior to that Sam Phillips would license out recordings made at the Memphis Recording Service (later renamed Sun Studio) to Chess Records. That's why "Rocket 88" was also released on Chess Records in 1951. Ike brought Howlin Wolf to record for Sam Phillips and the Bihari brothers at Modern Records in 1951, which caused a conflict. Ike recorded Bobby "Blue" Bland and Rosco Gordon for Modern Records in 1951. He brought Little Junior Parker to record at Modern Records in 1952. He brought Little Milton to record at Sun Records in 1953. Ike also discovered Boyd Gilmore, Houston Boines and Charley Booker. His discography as a sideman is deep. He usually played piano on those recordings. He was taught how to play the piano by Pinetop Perkins. He later taught himself how to play the guitar to accommodate his wife who played the piano in his band.
Wow! I love learning about stuff like this; thanks.
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Arthur Crudup might have had the “solo guitar break,” but I’d say Jimmy Preston’s “ Rock This Joint “ is just as important as Arthur’s solo break & Willie Kizart distortion.
Rocket 88 might get the credit but many songs before it had just as significant styles & were re-recorded by later artists. But they’re all forefathers of the genre.
rocket 88 gets credit from people who know nothing
Loved the scene in the movie when Pat Boone could not cover a popular Little Richard song 😃
Grew up south of Houston. On a good night (the just right cloud cover for a bounce) my AM radio could catch a station out of Louisiana. They weren't constricted by "White Only" cover songs. Cloud bounce is also called cloud skip.
The AM band is a line of sight, while the FM band will hug the curvature of the earth.
My radio was a tube set. I would remove the back cover and de-tune it down to listen to the Astronauts talk to Clear Lake as they passed overhead.
@@hyzercreek No. Like Ike Turner said Rocket 88 is a milestone in the development of rock music, maybe one of several over the years before the term was coined by Alan Freed. In no small part due to the accidental discovery of distortion.
And they are all R'n'B/Jump Blues.....NOT R'n'R.
@@cooldaddy2877 You know nothing
It won't let me like this. Good job for the upload.
I'm not a fan of Ike Turner, owing to his treatment of Tina, but I have to acknowledge his contribution to music.
That's the politically correct thing to say, but in all actuality how that man interacted with his wife is not your concern.
@@michaelangelograves5903
I'm glad she left his sorry ass!
Two sides to every story. Read up a little on what people who knew them had to say.
Arguably is the right word for this as many songs could have been called the "1st." Which song was really the 1st? Your guess is as good as mine. However Bill Haley and the Comets still mark the undisputed true beginning of the Rock and Roll era with "Rock Around The Clock."
Even before than Rock Songs go back from early 1952 first rock n roll Band
Interesting..I think we
all have a rock+roll
tune that we think is a first..
Being a granddad
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I have recordings of almost all of Sun's electric blues output from this time period and this song does not vary much from other R & B stars like Roscoe Gordon. After much research, I would give a nod to "Rock Around the Clock" as the first real rock and roll song. "Rocket 88" does not feature a guitar, but instead, sax and piano. "Rock Around The Clock," featured the first great rock and roll solo guitar solo and was recorded by a top country and western band, which also had a sax player. It was cut for the pop market. It was also the first rock and roll hit of the silver screen. It was at #! for 8 weeks and on the charts for 24 weeks. Not only did it sell 25 million copies but was a huge world wide hit. It was also the first rock song to have "rock" in the title. The Comets were also the first rock and roll band to tour England, causing mass hysteria. I honestly believe that Bill Haley has suffered from reverse discrimination. If he were black, then almost all music historians would consider this the first rock and roll song. I find it interesting that Bill Haley was considered to be too old to start rock and roll. He and Chuck Berry were almost the same age.
The guitar solo was a copy of the guitar solo of Rock this Joint, also played by Danny Cedrone in 1952. Back then the band was still Billy Haely and the Saddlemen.
Here is the video: th-cam.com/video/76MSabfdGUw/w-d-xo.html
Back then the Saddlemen didn't have drums.
In fact the name "Jackie Brenston and the Delta Cats' was scribbled onto the label of the acetate, because the band hadn't mentioned what they were called.
The reason why it's hard to determine "the first rock song" is the fact that genres isn't suddenly created. They're the result of slow progression and evolution. Adding new ingredients to old recipes. Something gets sped up or slowed down, new instruments, new sounds, new rhythms, etc. And in the end it all "settles" in something more uniformed and "new."
Also, let's not forget that bands steal and borrow from each other all the time. All the recordings and performances with bands that never went anywhere. It could've been a totally unknown band or person who earns the credit of making "the first Rock 'n' Roll song."
"THE TIELMAN BROTHER" band from indonesia.laughed at that. Even at that time Elvis wasn't someone in the world hahaha
Move it on Over - Hank Williams.......1947
I love looking at these transitional periods and trying to determine the first true version of the genre
Robert Johnson...was definitely delta blues, but some of his riffs and song constructions certainly hinted at what was to come. And listen to "They're Red Hot" (Hot Tomales). Robert would have only been 57 in 1968...can you imagine what he could have accomplished had he not died at 27 in 1938 ? For me thats the saddest tragedy in any guitar music.
I agree with Ike Turner. His version of Rocket 88 is rhythm and blues, but it did become the first Rock and Roll song when Bill Haley and the Saddlemen recorded it, and added their country influences to it.
ridiculous
The rock and roll sound was around in 1949. Try "Rock The Joint" by Chris Powell 1949 and "Rock That Boogie" by Jimmy Smith 1949, e.g.
@@JosephScott-ct9sw Good Rocking Tonight by Wynonie Harris 1947
@@hyzercreek Yep
@@JosephScott-ct9sw yep! I’ve heard them all. But, still rhythm and blues. The last ingredient was added by Bill Haley.
Some of the dancing in this video was from Club Imperial in St. Louis, Missouri. One time musical home of Ike and Tina Turner.
Ike was a strat monster way before it became popular and also great barrelhouse pianist
Amazing this appears on do few soundtracks. To this day it's a barn burner. Also early BB king New Way of Driving really rocks.
Toronto's Downchild blues band does an amazing version of Rocket 88 .
Great boogie blues band you won't find a more energetic piany player than Mitch!
COTTON CANDY BEATS IT ON Buddah (1978-9) ...
Early rock and roll is the bomb. Is it simple? Sure. Is it all kinda the same? Sorta. But it rocks, it has soul. It isn't about how complicated it is, it's about the backbeat and about what you play over the same 12 bar blues. Sure Rock 'n' Roll never died, but it hasn't been the same for a long time.
That may well be, but the link that led directly to rock and roll being accepted was provided by Johnny Ray, a sadly forgotten great in the annals of rock n roll, Elvis in his own words acknowledged as much.
You're the first I've heard to mention his name. And the award for the originator of "Rock & Roll" goes to Mr. Arthur William "Big Boy" Crudup.
Ike Turner is arguably one of the fathers of modern music.
Lil Richard, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley
@@aarondigby5054 he did say, one of them.
Yes absolutely
Ike was the piano player in bands with Robert Nighthawk, Howlin' Wolf (he brought Wolf to Sun Records), and Bobby Blue Bland. He is playing piano on "Rocket 88". Little Richard has been quoted as saying he got his piano style from Ike Turner. He was the man!
@@rievans57 yeah I was going to say check the intro on "Good Golly Miss Molly," for instance, a bit pointless when you obviously know all that already. So I won't say it.
I like this song
I love the broken amp story.
Excellent video.
""Rocket 88" (originally stylized as Rocket "88") is a song that was first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, in March 1951. The recording was credited to "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats", who were actually Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm." - wiki th-cam.com/video/Gbfnh1oVTk0/w-d-xo.html
Born in 49. Hell yea.
It seems to me,it started with Boogie Woogie which I love,adding soul rhythms,and absolutely the black music makers made it possible!
In 1944 Billboard Magazine introduced a new genre of music in their top 100 ratings, Rock 'n' Roll. The first song to be listed under it was Caledonia, performed by Erskine Hawkins and written by Louis Jordan.
1944, I think it was about 1954.
@@jamesmusson8481 A quick search via "Co Pilot" comes up with the following:
"In 1942, before the concept of rock and roll had been defined, Billboard magazine columnist Maurie Orodenker started to use the term to describe upbeat recordings such as "Rock Me" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Her style on that recording was described as "rock-and-roll spiritual singing"
I agree with what Ike says,that it's an R&B record that played a big part in shaping R'n'R. It was NOT Rock'n'Roll, though of course Sam would say it was. He claimed credit for everything, though I'm not decrying the major part he did play.
Many different views on this record as to it being the first rock and roll record! I was fortunate to find this record on 78 chess label a number of years ago. It is one of my favorites Great story about it. Enjoyed it very much
probably not the first rock and roll song recorded, but the first with crossover appeal
Bill Haley was onto this song as early as March 1951 when he recorded it for Holiday records..... He had a daily radio show on WPWA and sometimes it would butt up against "Judge Rhythm's Court" which played this sort of stuff.
I prefer Haley and the Saddle Men version. They really should have been called the Comets at that time. But they didn't do a dive into more R & R until later.
I like "Pretty Baby" and "I'm Crying" which were both done in 1951.
"Where Did You Go Last Night" from 1959 is good.
Bill enjoyed CCR. He covered "Traveling Man" pretty well.
Kris Kristofferson said the best version of his song "Me And Bobby McGee" was by Bill and the Comets.
If you were a teen when hipop was born you probaly loved 80' rappers, vs the 90's to now. So theres no point in arguing a list after the genre matured. That's like the first rock and roll song ever (rocket88) by ike turner vs nirvana ( teen spirit) each person from each era will like the music of their time. Hip hop was more about culture and self expression than actual lyrics until it started to mature. Are pioneers or father's of hip hop deserving of being considered?
Or just the beneficiarys?
Great video. Ironically, in a video about "Rocket 88", you practically make the case for "That's All Right, Mama".
It's a great rock and roll song like many from the 40s and 50s , I prefer the heavy in your face aggressive power of Rock music like the king or gene Vincent or little richard, Chuck berry . It's all great stuff for sure 👌
Elvis didn't release anything until July of '54 (when I was born) which is the same year Bill Haley cut Rock Around the Clock.
This song definitely had a major influence on the genre and popularized it. I wouldn’t consider this the first rock and roll record since I consider numerous jump blues songs from the 1940s as R&R. Perhaps the 1929 song “Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie” by Clarence “Pinetop” Smith could even be considered early R&R. That song influenced Ray Charles, it sounds just like his 1953 song “Mess Around”
U think they would've included Rocket 88 in the video. But I found it n it's not R&R as I understand it. There was at least 1 song from the '40s that sounded very much like R&R, but I don't remember the title.
@@CaptZdq1 A few songs that come to mind when I think of 40s R&R …
* Saturday Night Fish Fry by Louis Jordan
* The Fat Man by Fats Domino
* Rock The Joint by Jimmy Preston
* Good Rockin’ Tonight by Wynonie Harris
* Rock Awhile by Goree Carter
Any of these songs?
And two years before that Fats Domino released his first record -- and it was blues that rocked.
Ike Turner was so under-rated. Never given his due.
Dave Stonehill - I’ve said that very thing. So sad.
@@sylviafarese8837 Sure is.
That's because he was a woman beater. Just ask TIna Turner.
i knew him. he was always a gentleman around us. joe bihari told me he was responsible for many artists, including elmore james and bb king getting their start.....
Ask Tina...
Ok, This song celebrating a powerful, new automobile, was a breakthrough in the world of popular music, but what was the significance of the model name 'Rocket 88'? Yes, the Oldsmobile had a new V-8 engine, but where did the other '8' come from? The term '88' shows up in several post WW ll songs f.x. 'open up with those 88s'. The number 88 originates from what was originally a German anti-aircraft canon with a bore of 88 mm. This weapon was found to be very effective against ground targets too. Hemingway describes how they were used by U.S. Troops to destroy machine gun bunkers. It became well known in the military and after the war, the legend became a sales tactic for G.M. Similarly the rocket had become a new, powerful weapon during the war, so 'Rocket 88' was a natural.
Gimme a little bass on those 88s! --Archie Bell.
It's a piano 🎹 !
Also let's not forget about the late great Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
You put an apostrophe on each side of the "n"--thank you for being precise and bless you!
I wonder how much the trajectory of music changed just because he shoved some newspaper in his amp that day
I'm gonna shove my synth into a Pringles can and create a new genre called Pringstep
@@NathanielJordon I'm gonna shove my synth into a snail and call it... Oh wait
@@synthsnail Snailwave?
@@NathanielJordon molluskore
Or the man that invented the electric guitar.
The one I heard from 1948 was called rockandroll by wild bill Moore. It's a fast passed rhythm and blue's record with wild saxophone. And you can hear it hear on you tube.
Goree Carter performing Rock Awhile 🎸 from 1949 gets my vote 🤩 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Goree Carter - a black musician from Texas was the first with his song Rock Awhile back in 1948.
I gotta admit that I much prefer the original Cadillac lyrics ...
"Look out the gate, don't be late,
This rovin' cat's got a Cadillac Eight;
Air foam cushions on a modern design,
V-8 motor, body Fleetwood line;
Keep rollin', Jack, makin' time
That cat's purring, got eight
kitten's cryin' ...
It's the Cadillac boogie, yes the Cadillac boogie;
It's the Cadillac boogie, boogie woogie rolling along.”
Got a Model A body makes it look like a pup
Got a Lincoln motor that's really souped up
Got 8 cylinders and uses 'em all
Got safety tubes, just won't stall
Well done, thank you.
Don't forget about sister Rosetta Thorpe
I remember R&B ...which was Black Artist all on A M.Radio in early 50's , if I remember.the Movie Black Board Jungle introduce Rock an Roll, we as teens (Chicano's) used the term " U wanna Rock" ment to slow dance, like rock side to side...fast dance was like "Boogie Woogie".. that's what I remember from 52-58
I'm gonna raise you one. It was Lucky White and Leodie Jackson's song entitled "That Naggin' Wife of Mine" version I, released on July 14, 1946 and version II, released August 17, 1946. Both on Courtney Records. Both compositions contain the blue print guitar break solos during the interludes which also include fiddle, steel, accordion, and guitar leads. A 16 year old Johnny Grande (Bill Haley's Comets) was on the accordion for version I released in July of 46'.
It appears that it was Lucky and Leodie who laid the ground work for what would later become the classic Rock n Roll guitar break solos during the interludes. Five years prior to Rocket 88, and one year before Arthur Crudups "That's Alright" (momma) 🤪🎸🥁🎶🤠
Interesting number - there was always a fine line between Country and Rock.
It's no secret that country music was influenced by the blues. But even if the basic structure of future R&R records is there, that is nothing other than country (swing) music. Nice try.
@@mikeymutual5489 We know the history of that NAGGIN WIFE OF MINE. Released July 14, 1946. We also know the inspiration it left in it's wake. It was played all over the globe from 1946 thru 1954 on the United States Armed Forces Radio Network. It influenced everyone in the music business. Lucky White went on and toured with Les Paul and Mary Ford. Leodie Jackson went and toured with Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.
@@WorldRockumentaryChannel Whatever. Stop using TH-cam to promote your grandfather.
@@mikeymutual5489 We don't take orders from punks like you
1949, Rock This Joint, Jimmy Preston, is a contender.
"THE TIELMAN BROTHER" band from indonesia.laughed at that. Even at that time Elvis wasn't someone in the world hahaha
I always heard this was the first. But after hearing 'Rock A While' by Goree Carter from 1949, I think that beat Rocket 88 by two years. It also sounds more rock as opposed to Rocket 88 which is more of a shuffle beat Boogie Woogie. (it was based on an older song, Cadillac Boogie).
thank you !!!
why dont you listen to the Dominos "60 minute man" and fats dominos "The fat man", earlier than ike turner and the real first pure rock n roll recordings
@@hillcresthiker And Pee Wee Crayton’s “Bounce Pee Wee” from 1949. He does Chuck Berry six years before Chuck Berry.
@@dirtylemon3379 W O W Pee Wee mentioned. Progress. How about, ... Gene Philips ? Johnny Moore ...(?).
Without Cadillac Boogie, there would be no Rocket 88