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Oldies Show to feature "First Rock 'n' Roll Record"

Thu 03 45 PM |  Ranger Rita

May 19, 2011   The Magic Time Warp Show is planning a new segment in the weeks to come, featuring selections in chronological order, of the First Rock and Roll Record.  According to the book "What Was the First Rock 'n' Roll Record," by Jim Dawson & Steve Propes (c) 1992, there are at least 50 contenders.  Tune in on Saturday morning at 10 AM, Central Daylight Time, and find out more.  We will continue to have the segments you know well:  Songs You Thought Were By Somebody Else (lotta Rolling Stones ripoffs, there), Songs That Made Your Mother Mad, a Gospel song, and the Weekly Comparison of two songs, one of which borrowed liberally from the other.

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The First Rock 'n' Roll Record

Submitted by Ranger Rita on Mon 09 03 AM.
  1. Blues, Part 1, by Jazz// at the Philharmonic (We played the cover of this: Chuck Berry's "Rock at the Philharmonic" because no extant version could be found of the original.), 1944
  2. The Honeydripper, by Joe Liggins, 1945 
  3. Be-Baba Leba, by Helen Humes, 1945
  4. House of Blue Lights, by Freddie Slack & Ella Mae Morse, 1946 
  5. That's All Right, by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, 1946 
  6. Open the Door, Richard, by Jack McVea, 1946 
  7. Tomorrow Night, by Lonnie Johnson, 1948 
  8. Good Rockin Tonight, by Wynonie Harris, 1948 
  9. We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll, by Wild Bill Moore, 1948 
  10. It's too Soon to Know, by the Orioles, 1948 
  11. Boogie Chillen, by John Lee Hooker, 1948 
  12. Guitar Boogie, by Arthur Smith & the Cracker Jacks, 1948
  13. Drinkin Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee, by Stick McGhee, 1949 
  14. Rock the Joint, by Jimmy Preston, 1949 
  15. Saturday Night Fish Fry, by Louis Jordan, 1949 
  16. Mardi Gras in New Orleans, by Professor Longhair, 1949 
  17. The Fat Man, by Fats Domino, 1950
  18. Rollin and Tumblin, by Muddy Waters, 1950
  19. Birmingham Bounce, by Hardrock Guuter, 1950
  20. I'm Movin On, by Hank Snow, 1950
  21. Teardrops from My Eyes, by Ruth Brown, 1950
  22. Hot Rod Race, by Arkie Shibley, 1950
  23. How High the Moon, by Les Paul & Mary Ford, 1951

the First

Submitted by the bear on Mon 11 48 AM.

After we hear all of them, can we vote which one we think is most likely the first?

Blues Part 1

Submitted by the bear on Mon 11 41 AM.

That must have been very early Chuck Berry

Blues Part 1

Submitted by Ranger Rita on Sat 07 22 AM.

It was 1958, and it's a re-do.  I couldn't find the original online anywhere.  There is another do of it: Jimmy Liggins' "Untitled Instrumental," circa 1947. The main melody sounds a little like "American Patrol" by Glenn Miller.

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