Compilation compiled by Dave Henderson (Mojo Magazine). Based on the out of print book What Was The First Rock 'n' Roll Record? By Jim Dawson and Steve Propes, with an editorial cue from The Guardian and a host of online message boards, this intoxicating mix of styles add up to the birth of rock 'n' roll. From the first use of the word "rock", to the hybrid of "rocking and rolling", every track tells a story at the count down to the end of the '50s. The first release on Famous Flames, 'The First Rock And Roll Record' is an extensive collection that traces the very roots of the term rock 'n' roll. It be-gan, we believe, at a religious camp meeting in 1916, before travelling far and wide and stealing from everyone.
CD 1:1. The Camp Meeting Jubilee – Unknown 2. My Man Rocks Me - Trixie Smith 3. Kansas City Blues - Jim Jackson 4. Going To Move To Alabama - Charley Patton 5. Move It On Over - Hank Williams 6. It's Tight Like That - Tampa Red 7. Pinetops's Boogie Woogie - Clarence Pine Top Smith 8. Jimmy Blues - Jimmy Blythe 9. Crazy About My Baby - Blind Roosevelt Graves 10. Tiger Rag - Washboard Rhythm Kings 11. Rock And Roll - Boswell Sisters 12. Get Rhythm In Your Feet - Benny Goodman Orchestra And Helen Ward 13. Oh Red! - Harlem Hamfats 14. Skippy Whippy - Mississippi Jook Band 15. Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson 16. Sing! Sing! Sing! (With a Swing) - Benny Good-man And Gene Krupa 17. Rock It For Me - Ella Fitzgerald 18. Rock Me - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 19. Roll 'Em Pete - Big Joe Turner 20. Ida Red - Bob Wills 21. Rockin' Rollin' Mama - Buddy Jones 22. New Early In The Morning - John Lee Williamson 23. Down The Road A Piece - Will Bradley 24. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters 25. Lullaby (Rock A Bye Baby) - Virginia O'Brien
CD2 :1. Flying Home - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra 2. Blues, Pt. 2 - Illinois Jacquet 3. Mean Old World - T-Bone Walker 4. The Joint Is Really Jumpin' Down At Carnegie Hall - Judy Garland 5. Rockin' The Town - Gertrude Niesen 6. Straighten Up And Fly Right - Nat "King" Cole 7. Strange Things Happening Every Day - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 8. Be Baba Leba - Helen Humes 9. Honeydripper - Joe Liggins 10. Guitar Boogie - Arthur Smith 11. That's All Right (Mama) - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 12. Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five 13. House Of Blue Lights - Ella Mae Morse And Freddie Slack 14. Hillbilly Boogie - The Delmore Brothers 15. Ten Gallon Boogie (Original) - Pee Wee King 16. Good Rocking Tonight - Wynonie Harris 17. We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll - Wild Bill Moore 18. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters 19. Chicken Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn 20. Rovin' Eyes - Bill Haley 21. Its Too Soon To Know - The Orioles 22. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Stick McGhee 23. Rock And Roll Blues - Erline 'Rock 'n' Roll' Harris 24. Rock the Joint - Jimmy Preston 25. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five 26. The Fat Man - Fats Domino 27. Rock A While - Goree Carter
CD3:1. Gonna Dance All Night - Hardrock Gunter 2. Hot Rod Race - Arkie Shibley And His Mountain Dew Boys 3. 60 Minute Man - The Dominoes 4. How High The Moon - Les Paul And Mary Ford 5. Rocket '88' - Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats 6. Boogie Woogie Blues - Charli Gracie 7. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton 8. Rockin' An' Rollin' - Charli Gracie 9. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price 10. Have Mercy Baby - The Dominoes 11. One Mint Julep - The Clovers 12. Gee - The Crows 13. Crazy Man, Crazy - Bill Haley And His Comets 14. Mess Around - Ray Charles 15. Money Honey - Clyde McPhatter And The Drifters 16. Honey Hush - Joe Turner 17. Shake, Rattle And Roll - Big Joe Turner 18. Sh-Boom - The Chords 19. Rock Around The Clock - Sunny Dae And The Knights 20. I've Got A Woman - Ray Charles 21. Work With Me, Annie - Hank Ballard And The Midnighters 22. Riot In Cell Block Num-ber Nine - The Robins 23. Tweedle Dee - LaVern Baker 24. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 25. Maybellene - Chuck Berry 26. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard 27. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins 28. That's Alright Mama - Elvis Presley 29. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And His Comets 30. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
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I'd say 'Rock Awhile' by Goree Carter (1949) is a strong contender for the title of first rock 'n' roll record. I think Chuck Berry copped a lick or two.
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