First Rock'n roll song?! Jimmy Preston - Rock the Joint (DOO WOP CORNER SOUND: SHOW 89)

This is Jimmy Preston with 'Rock the Joint'. It's being said that this was the first Rock'n Roll song. But is it?

This song was played online/on air in 'THE DOO WOP CORNER' radio show on 30 July 2010 in South Australia. Lots of doo wop and 50s music. Listen online all around the world or on air: http://thedoowopcorner.com/
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[58RocknRoller]

I think you will find that the roots for rock'n'roll had been set before either chuck berry or bo diddley made a record. Listen to billy ward & the dominos or clyde mcphatter & the drifters to name but a few. Chuck berry certainly was a brilliant lyricist who took things to another level but for me bo diddley is not in his league and can't hold a candle to him.

[cotrenhas55]

Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley They influenced all, They invented rock and roll 1950 1 - Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley after 1960 2 - Beatles and rolling stones after 3 - Jimi Hendrix

[58RocknRoller]

Precisely RnR was an evolutionary process that was a fusion of all sorts of things. Listen to Bill Haley's early records and they are pure hillbilly/country - he didn't just start playing RnR. It was a very different time when white was totally dominant and whites covered black artists material - Elvis is a prime example but he stayed true to the sound whereas Pat Boones versions of tutti frutti, long tall sally & blueberry hill well a bit like the pope doing rap - not gonna work on any level

[pneuma1981]

Yeah the white people had guys like Johnny Rivers to do covers of the black folks RnR to make it acceptable for white folks to listen to its a fact sorry to say but that is how it was back in the day.

[1954771]

Rock and roll is neither a black nor a white creation-if it is tell me who and what day it was created.

It evolved over many years from gospel-which was sung by all for centuries and gradually got mixed with country and R&B which was played by both black and whites.There may be disputes over who wrote what or who should have got more money etc but the music itself didn't have a start date.

[58RocknRoller]

In the case of many white artists the sound that they created was a result of what they heard growing up and as rock'n'roll kicked off in the souhern states it fused country, gospel, folk and R&B in varying quantities. But the white majority ensured that not too many black artists hit mainstream (that needed mowtown to do that) and that is why RnR seems to be white dominated - because it was but the source was both black and white. Dont get het up about where its from just enjoy its beauty.

[58RocknRoller]

Black music was not acceptable to white respectabilities because of its beat, crude lyrics and the sexually provactive dancing that went with it so record companies needed to produce a white version of their sound. Consequently black influence is heard very much in the sound of white singers. In the case of Elvis and That's alright mama he took to singing it in his style between takes and that was what was recorded - a white mans version of all that he heard before both black and white.

[58RocknRoller]

What you have to do is to understand the social climate in 50's America. This was a country where blacks were an underclass. The music industry was dominated by whites and the major record buying public were white kids. There was a need to sell white music to these white kids as black music would not be acceptable to be pitched to them. That is why Sam Philips said "If I could find a white man who could sing lika a black i'd make a million" That is why blacks were always to the rear in music.

[mrohyoudidntknow]

@58RocknRoller I don't mind if people wants to play Rock that isn't non-white, and I don't know if you are honestly clueless of what is truly going on here, but the black community is trying to claim Rock and Roll, so they can claim ALL of Rock. Period! They bring up CHUCK BERRY all the TIME! In order to do so. It's a simple FACT that Rock is a WHITE MUSIC CREATION! How many songs do they have to produce in that genre to CLAIM IT!

[mrohyoudidntknow]

@58RocknRoller Chuck Berry as King? Are you kidding me? The token black man in the creative process of Rock and Roll is going to be King! Like I said earlier, if this man can single-handedly take Rock from white people, then he should get a metal. EVERY ROCK CULTURE....Every Single One....was created by white people. From the Diner scene of Rock and Roll to the flannel shirts of Grunge.