Date:    Fri, 19 Jun 1998 07:45:05 EDT
<br>From:    "Barry A. Popik" <Bapopik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
<br>Subject: Rock and Roll (1940s and 1950s)
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<br>     This continues the previous postings.
<br>     A very useful album is ROCK BEFORE ELVIS, BEFORE LITTLE RICHARD, BEFORE
<br>CHUCK BERRY, BO DIDDLEY, OR BILL HALEY (Hoy Hoy, 1993).   I haven't listened
<br>to it, but the Worldcat entry gives the song titles with dates:
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<br>THE BOOGIE ROCKS by Albert Ammons (Feb. 12, 1944)
<br>ROCKIN' THE HOUSE by Memphis Slim and his House Rockers (1947)
<br>ROCK THE JOINT BOOGIE (AROUND THE CLOCK BLUES, pt. 1) by Big Joe Turner (Nov.
<br>1947).
<br>WE'RE GONNA ROCK, WE'RE GONNA ROLL by Wild Bill Moore (Dec. 18, 1947)
<br>GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT by The Wynonie Harris All Stars (Dec. 28, 1947)
<br>I WANT TO ROCK AND ROLL by Scatman Crothers (late 1940s)
<br>ROCK AWHILE by Goree Carter and his Hepcats (April 1949)
<br>ROCK THE JOINT by Jimmy Preston and his Prestonians (May 1949)
<br>ROCKOLA by Joe Lutcher and his Society Cats (Aug. 1949)
<br>WE'RE GONNA ROCK THIS MORNING by Doles Pickens (1949)
<br>SAVAGE ROCK by Doc Savage (Jan. 2, 1950)
<br>ROCK MISTER BLUES by Wynonie Harris All Stars (May 18, 1950)
<br>ROCK LITTLE BABY by Cecil Grant (Jan. 19, 1951)
<br>ROCKING CHAIR BLUES by Paul Wiliams and his Hucklebuckers (July 25, 1951)
<br>ROCKIN' AND JUMPIN by Freddie Mitchell Orchestra with Honey Brown (April 1951)
<br>ROCK-A-BYE-BABY by Roy Brown (Sept, 27, 1951)
<br>ROCK AND ROLL by Jimmy Rushing, Pete Johnson and members of the Count Basie
<br>Orchestra (Aug. 16, 1955)
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<br>     Also very helpful is SHAKE RATTLE & ROLL:  THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN
<br>ROCK 'N ROLL, VOLUME 1: 1952-1955 (1989) by Lee Cotten.  On page 202, it
<br>states that "Moondog," a blind street musician in New York City, won a
<br>judgment against Alan Freed for the use of the "Moondog" name for Freed's
<br>dance parties.  On November 24, 1954, Freed's new WINS radio show was renamed
<br>"Rock and Roll Party."
<br>      1950s songs include (I forgot to check what the first letter code on the
<br>date indicates):
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<br>ROCK H-BOMB, ROCK by H-Bomb Ferguson (Fo/1/52)
<br>ROCK THE JOINT by Bill Haley and the Saddlemen (F/4/52)
<br>ROCK 'N ROLL BLUES by Anita O'Day (S/4/52)
<br>ROLL MR. JELLY by Amos Milburn (F/6/52)
<br>ROCK THIS MORNING by Jesse Allen (Fo/6/52)
<br>ROCK, ROCK, ROCK by Willis Jackson (F/7/52)
<br>ROCKING CHAIR ON THE MOON by Bill Haley and the Saddlemen (S/8/52)
<br>ROCKIN' ON A SUNDAY NIGHT by Treniers (Fo/9/52)
<br>ROCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG by Ravens (F/10/52)
<br>ROLL WITH MY BABY by Ray Charles (F/10/52)
<br>ROCKIN' AND ROLLIN' #2 by Lil Son Jackson (F/11/52)
<br>ROLLIN' LIKE A PEBBLE IN THE SAND by Charles Brown (F/11/52)
<br>REAL ROCK DRIVE by Bill Haley and Haley's Comets (S/11/52)
<br>ROCK, ROCK, ROCK by Amos Milburn (F/12/52)
<br>ROCKIN' CHAIR BOOGIE by Ivory Joe Hunter (F/12/52)
<br>ROCK BOTTOM by Milt Trenier (Fo/4/53)
<br>ROCK IS OUR BIZNESS by Treniers (T/5/53)
<br>ROLL 'EM by Mitzi Mars (T/5/53)
<br>ROLL AND RHUMBA by Jimmy Reed (T/8/53)
<br>ROCK ME BABY by Johnny Otis (S/10/53)
<br>ROCKER by Little Walter (Fi/3/54)
<br>ROCK A-BEATIN' BOOGIE by Treniers (Fo/5/54)
<br>ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK by Bill Haley and his Comets (S/5/54)
<br>ROCK, MOAN AND CRY by Playboys (T/8/54)
<br>ROCK LOVE by Sonny Thompson with Lulu Reed (T/1/55)
<br>ROCKIN' CHAIR by Five Cats (S/2/55)
<br>ROCK BOTTOM by Rams (Fo/3/55)
<br>ROCK-A-LOCKA by Five Wings (F/4/55)
<br>ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK by M-G-M Studio Orchestra (F/7/55)
<br>ROCK IT, DAVY, ROCK IT by Jaguars (F/7/55)
<br>ROLLIN' STONE by Marigols (Fo/4/55)
<br>ROCKIN' WITH RED by Piano Red (S/7/55)
<br>ROCK A-BEATIN' BOOGIE by Bill Haley and his Comets (T/10/55)
<br>ROCK AND ROLL WEDDING by Midnighters (T/11/55)
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