ELLA MAE MORSE ~ ROCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG ~ 1953

BOOGIE WOOGIE GAL ELLA MAE MORSE ~ ROCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG ~ 1953 .

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• 1950s
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[steve89z]

omg if it wasn't for the internet and youtube i would have not been able to get a musical education and enjoy all the great musicans! i'm diggin' it!

[EricColeUK]

Can't believe I never heard of her and I've been into Rockabilly stuff for years. What a great find, I love YouTube...

[MrJNScott]

@horarwgt In your view, what influence did C&W have on any of the '47-'49 stuff that mentioned “rock”ing over backbeat through most of the tune, e.g. Preston's “Rock The Joint” & Smith's “Rock That Boogie” (both on youtube)?

[MrJNScott]

@horarwgt Hadda Brooks' version of "Jump Back..." was also in the r'n'r style. There are many '20s recordings that "rocked," if we define "rocked" widely or vaguely enough, but the fad for actually singing secular music about "rock"ing over a backbeat didn't exist yet in '46, the notion of a "rock and roll" style arose because of that fad style with the backbeat, and all the recordings I've mentioned are in that fad style.

[horarwgt]

@MrJNScott Yes, Ell;a WAS one of the few women who rocked. Yes, some other artists may have previously cut versions of some tunes she recorded, but then again, during that period everybody covered everybody -- and most oif Ella's hits were totally original. There were lots of records which rocked prior to 1949. There is no first rock record because rock 'n' roll is a hybrid -- a blend of pop, country and R&B. Hadda, BTW, while known as "Queen of the Boogie," actually preferred ballads.

[MrJNScott]

@horarwgt "she was one of the few WOMEN" Well, Ella Mae's "Jump Back..." was previously done by Hadda Brooks, Albennie Jones' "Hole In The Wall" was rightly called a "rocker" in the 5/28/49 issue of Billboard, "Jump And Shout" by Erline "Rock And Roll" Harris is from '50, "The Walkin' Blues" aka "Walk Right In" by Fluffy Hunter is from '51, "Drill Daddy Drill" by Dorothy Ellis is '52, "Mr. Low Love" by Terry Simmons is '52, "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean" by Ruth Brown is '52...

[MrJNScott]

@horarwgt "Wynonie Harris ('Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well,' 194[4]), Arthur Crudup ('That's All Right,' 1946) and others were cutting records that rocked" There was a fad as of '49 for tunes that (1) mentioned rocking in the lyrics and (2) had backbeat through most of the tune -- e.g. "Boogie At Midnight," "Rock That Boogie," J. Preston's "Rock The Joint," & J. Turner's "Jumpin' At The Jubilee." That sound was a newer development than Wynonie's '44 sound, & was nicknamed rock & roll by '51.

[horarwgt]

@MrJNScott Well, of course. Wynonie Harris ("Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well," 1945), Arthur Crudup ("That's All Right," 1946) and others were cutting records that rocked even before any of the other pioneers you list. What's particularly noteworthy about Ella is that she was one of the few WOMEN to do so.

[MrJNScott]

@horarwgt "Ella recorded it the year BEFORE Elvis cut HIS first record. Ella was indeed a rock pioneer!" Pretty much, but the idea that Elvis was early is itself a myth. The Jackson Brothers' "We're Gonna Rock This Joint" was '52, E. Ford & the Dinning Sisters' "Rock City Boogie" was '51, K. Starr's "Oh Babe" & Pee Wee Crayton's "Poppa Stoppa" were '50, R. Brown's "Boogie At Midnight" & J. Smith's "Rock That Boogie" were '49, B. Moore's "Rock And Roll" & J. McNeely's "Man Eater" were '48, etc.

[59cadcoupe]

This song just sends me - way up to the stratosphere!!!

[chrisradano]

"Rock me".....slang for sex.

[martygro]

A crossword clue brought me to this lady. Wow. I was just a kid in England when this stuff was around but still never heard of her when I came to Canada in 1957. You tube doesnt always suck Martyg