Mike Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 The reason I bring this up is that on July 5th, 2004 50 years to the day after it was recorded, media and fans will converge on Memphis for a blowout celebration to commemorate the song "That's All Right", which has been labeled by the city as the tune that started the musical and cultural phenomenon known as rock 'n' roll. Do you agree? My vote goes to "Rock around the clock" By Bill Haley and the comets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I picked "Thats All right", because Rolling Stone said it was. Actually, I picked it because I hadn't heard of the ones before it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I picked "Thats All right", because Rolling Stone said it was. Actually, I picked it because I hadn't heard of the ones before it. That is FUNNY! Rolling Stone magazine is to music what the National Enquirer is to the scientific community! -but someday I'll tell ya what I "really" think of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 A very hard question to answer because rock and roll evolved from the early blues. In 1951, Alan Freed, DJ, coined the term rock-n-roll when he played My Baby Rocks Me With a Steady Roll by Razzle Dazzle. So as you can see, rock-n-roll originally hinted at sexual intercourse: "If you see this van rockin'..." Now this wasn't the first rock-n-roll song but it was the first song to be called a rock-n-roll song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 At what point does the Rock n' Roll branch start to form a new branch off the R&B Tree Branch is hard to determine. The evolution and synthesis of R&B from '46 - early '50s has many entry points for that branch to form: Louis Jordan Wynonie Harris Roy Brown Ike Turner Bill Haley Big Joe Turner Chuck Berry Elvis the list will go on and on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tybalt Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 This Associated Press story about the That's All Right celebration happening today appeared in scores of newspapers. Here's other articles and opinion from CMT and the Baxter Bulletin (Arkansas) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tybalt Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 I meant to include this 'breaking news' from the AP Wire via the Biloxi Sun Herald. Also, hyperbolic comment from a couple of vested interests: Sun Studio and 50 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fijihill Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 In my opinion, there was no first rock and roll record, just as there was no first modern novel. However, if I had to choose a first rock and roll record, it would be "My Daddy Rocks Me (with a Steady Roll)" By Trixie Smith (1923). The melody of this tune later showed up in "Around the Clock Blues," a hit for several artists, including Johnny Otis, in 1945, "Reelin' and Rockin'" By Chuck Berry (1958), and "Mother Goose Twist" by Teddy Randazzo (1962). In their 1982 book What Was the First Rock 'N' Roll Record?, Jim Dawson and Steve Propes analyze 50 candidates, arranged in chronological order, from Blues, Part 2 by Blues at the Philharmonic (1944) to Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel (1956). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 "If you see this van rockin'..." Don't come a-knockin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 That is FUNNY! Rolling Stone magazine is to music what the National Enquirer is to the scientific community! -but someday I'll tell ya what I "really" think of them Just to make sure, you knew that was a joke right? Because I forgot to add one of these these or one of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambchop Flansburgh Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 In addition the book mentioned above, check out Nick Tosches' "Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll." Great profiles of some of the artists who pre-dated Elvis and made music that could conceivably be called Rock & Roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted July 21, 2004 Report Share Posted July 21, 2004 Geez, I can't believe you omitted "Eine Kleine Nacht Musik" by Mozart. If you examine this you'll see that he really was the father of modern music and would have beena giant rock star had he been born a few hundred years later. As to your choices....it'd defintely Rocket 88...hey, I was there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Ringo Starr said it was the song that would change music forever, the first recorded "Rock and Roll" song....Rock Around the Clock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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