Rhythm & Blues to Rock 'n Roll
Please forgive me for doing some more blabbering than you're used from me, after all I know you came here for the music and not for the blabla, but I had a little more to tell today. In this episode I'm going to find an answer to the question what made the distinction between Rhythm & Blues and Rock 'n Roll. A question that is easy to ask but oh so difficult to answer. I will give it a shot, providing my own, perhaps a bit controversial opinion.
And of course, I will play some of the music that played a key role in the transition to Rock 'n Roll, many of them somewhere, by someone, nominated to be the first real Rock 'n Roll record. I will explain why I think none of them qualify for that, and to show you the difference, I will play one record, that makes you understand immediately: this is Rock 'n Roll.
Playlist
- Trixie Smith - My Daddy Rocks Me (with one steady roll)
- Louis Jordan - Caldonia
- Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - The Honeydripper
- Big Jay McNeely - Flying Home
- Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - That's All Right
- Joe Turner & His Blues Kings - Shake Rattle and Roll
- Jimmy Preston - Rock the Joint
- The Will Bradley Orchestra - Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar
- Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Work With Me Annie
- Fats Domino - The Fat Man
- Jackie Brenston - Rocket 88
- Roy Brown - Good Rockin' Tonight
- Bill Haley - Crazy Man Crazy
- Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce
- Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
- Cozy Eggleston - Big Heavy
- Duke Ellington - Things Ain't What They Used To Be
- Eddie Chamblee - Lazy Mood
- Hal Singer - Midnight
- Julian Dash - Creamin' Boogie
- Plas Johnson - Downstairs