The First Rock and Roll Record

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Camp Meeting Jubilee
[unknown]1:44
2My Man Rocks Me
Trixie Smith2:54
3Kansas City Blues
Jim Jackson3:18
4Going to Move to Alabama
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
violin:
Henry Sims (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
Charley Patton3:00
5Move It on Over
recording of:
Move It on Over
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI)
Hank Williams2:46
6It’s Tight Like That
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2014)
recording of:
It’s Tight Like That
writer:
Hudson Whittaker and Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (in 1928)
Tampa Red3:05
7Pinetops’s Boogie Woogie
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith3:23
8Jimmy Blues
Jimmy Blythe2:33
9Crazy About My Baby
Blind Roosevelt Graves3:07
10Tiger Rag
The Washboard Rhythm Kings3:00
11Rock and Roll
The Boswell Sisters2:45
12Get Rhythm in Your Feet
Benny Goodman Orchestra and Helen Ward2:21
13Oh Red!
The Harlem Hamfats2:33
14Skippy Whippy
recorded in:
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States (on 1936-07-20)
guitar:
Blind Roosevelt Graves (on 1936-07-20)
piano:
Cooney Vaughn (on 1936-07-20)
tambourine:
Uaroy Graves (brother of Blind Roosevelt Graves) (on 1936-07-20)
Mississippi Jook Band2:46
15Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson2:30
16Sing! Sing! Sing! (with a Swing)
Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa8:41
17Rock It for Me
recording of:
Rock It for Me
writer:
Kay Werner (Songwriter, along with her sister Sue) (in 1938) and Sue Werner (Songwriter, along with her sister Kay) (in 1938)
Ella Fitzgerald3:06
18Rock Me
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:36
19Ida Red
recording of:
Ida Red
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3429)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys1:58
20Roll ’em Pete
Big Joe Turner3:43
21Rockin’ Rollin’ Mama
Buddy Jones2:43
22New Early in the Morning
John Lee Williamson2:42
23Down the Road a Piece
Will Bradley3:09
24Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
The Andrews Sisters2:42
25Lullaby (Rock a Bye Baby)
Virginia O'Brien1:26
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Flying Home
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra3:17
2Blues (Pt. 2)
Illinois Jacquet3:22
3Mean Old World
T‐Bone Walker2:54
4The Joint Is Really Jumpin’ Down at Carnegie Hall
Judy Garland3:43
5Rockin’ the Town
Gertrude Niesen1:16
6Straighten Up and Fly Right
Nat King Cole2:25
7Strange Things Happening Every Day
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:51
8Be Baba Leba
Helen Humes2:44
9Honeydripper
Joe Liggins3:05
10Guitar Boogie
Arthur Smith3:20
11That’s All Right (Mama)
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:54
12Let the Good Times Roll
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five2:48
13House of Blue Lights
Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack2:52
14Hillbilly Boogie
double bass:
Roy Starkey (Country singer and bassist) (in 1946-01)
guitar:
Alton Delmore (in 1946-01)
tenor guitar and lead vocals:
Rabon Delmore (in 1946-01)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (in 1946-01)
recording of:
Hillbilly Boogie (in 1946-01)
writer:
Rabon Delmore
The Delmore Brothers2:43
15Ten Gallon Boogie
Pee Wee King2:34
16Good Rocking Tonight
Wynonie Harris2:41
17We’re Gonna Rock, We’re Gonna Roll
tenor saxophone:
Wild Bill Moore (jazz and R&B saxophonist)
recording of:
We’re Gonna Rock (in 1947-12)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Moore (jazz and R&B saxophonist)
Wild Bill Moore2:39
18I Can’t Be Satisfied
recording of:
I Can’t Be Satisfied (Bill Frisell arr.)
composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
arranger:
Bill Frisell
arrangement of:
I Can’t Be Satisfied
Muddy Waters2:40
19Chicken Shack Boogie
Amos Milburn2:30
20Rovin’ Eyes
Bill Haley2:09
21It’s Too Soon to Know
The Orioles2:59
22Drinkin’ Wine Spo‐Dee‐O‐Dee
Stick McGhee3:13
23Rock and Roll Blues
Erline 'Rock 'n' Roll' Harris1:15
24Rock the Joint
recording of:
Rock the Joint (in 1949-05)
writer:
Harry Bagby, Harry Crafton and Wendell 'Don' Keane
Jimmy Preston2:35
25Saturday Night Fish Fry
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five5:24
26The Fat Man
recording of:
The Fat Man
lyricist and composer:
Antoine Dominique Domino (Fats Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
Fats Domino2:43
27Rock a While
Goree Carter2:40
3▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Gonna Dance All Night
Hardrock Gunter2:22
2Hot Rod Race
Arkie Shibley and His Mountain Dew Boys2:30
360 Minute Man
The Dominoes2:32
4How High the Moon
Les Paul & Mary Ford2:08
5Rocket ‘88’
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats2:49
6Boogie Woogie Blues
Charli Gracie2:23
7Hound Dog
Big Mama Thornton2:48
8Rockin’ an’ Rollin’
Charli Gracie2:26
9Lawdy Miss Clawdy
recording of:
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
lyricist and composer:
Lloyd Price (US R&B/soul singer) (in 1952-03)
publisher:
ATV Music, Carlin Music Corporation, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Venice Music
Lloyd Price2:29
10Have Mercy Baby
The Dominoes2:22
11One Mint Julep
The Clovers2:29
12Gee
The Crows2:11
13Crazy Man, Crazy
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1953)
electric guitar:
Art Ryerson (in 1953)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
membranophone:
Billy Gussak (in 1953)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1953)
steel guitar:
William F. ‘Billy’ Williamson (in 1953)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
recording of:
Crazy Man, Crazy (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Haley
Bill Haley and His Comets2:40
14Mess Around
recording of:
Mess Around
writer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer)
publisher:
Progressive Music (publisher), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Ray Charles2:39
15Money Honey
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters2:54
16Honey Hush
Big Joe Turner2:40
17Shake, Rattle and Roll
Big Joe Turner2:58
18Sh‐Boom
The Chords2:26
19Rock Around the Clock
Sunny Dae and The Knights2:48
20I’ve Got a Woman
recording of:
I Got a Woman
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) and Renald Richard
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Mijac Music, Progressive Music Pub. Co., Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Ray Charles2:52
21Work With Me, Annie
electric bass guitar:
Alonzo Tucker (singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter) (on 1954-01-14)
guitar:
Arthur Porter (on 1954-01-14)
membranophone:
Robert Boswell (drummer) (on 1954-01-14)
piano:
Sonny Thompson (US R&B bandleader and pianist) (on 1954-01-14)
tenor saxophone:
Robert Darby (on 1954-01-14)
background vocals:
Henry Booth (on 1954-01-14) and Charles Sutton (on 1954-01-14)
bass vocals:
Sonny Woods (on 1954-01-14)
lead vocals:
Hank Ballard (on 1954-01-14)
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
recording of:
Work With Me, Annie (on 1954-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Ballard
Hank Ballard and the Midnighters2:48
22Riot in Cell Block Number Nine
bass:
Ralph Hamilton (US jazz/R&B bassist) (in 1954)
drums (drum set):
Jesse Sailes (in 1954)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (in 1954)
piano:
Mike Stoller (in 1954)
saxophone:
Gil Bernal (in 1954)
lead vocals:
Richard Berry (US singer/songwriter, composed “Louie Louie”) (in 1954)
vocals:
Carl Gardner (in 1954), Bobby Nunn (US doo‐wop/R&B bass vocalist) (in 1954), Billy Richard (of The Robins) (in 1954), Roy Richard (from The Robins) (in 1954) and Ty Terrell (in 1954)
arranger:
Mike Stoller
recorded at:
Master Recorders in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1954)
recording of:
Riot in Cell Block #9 (in 1954)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber
composer:
Mike Stoller
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
The Robins33:02
23Tweedle Dee
recording of:
Tweedlee Dee
lyricist and composer:
Winfield Scott (in 1954)
publisher:
Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) and Unichappell Music
LaVern Baker3:09
24Bo Diddley
recording of:
Bo Diddley
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) (until 1955-03-02)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Good Music Ltd.
Bo Diddley2:30
25Maybellene
recording of:
Maybellene
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Salee Music Company
Chuck Berry2:20
26Tutti Frutti
Little Richard2:25
27Blue Suede Shoes
recording of:
Blue Suede Shoes
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Carl Perkins Music Inc., Carlin Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Hi Lo Music, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Wren Music Co.
part of:
Million Dollar Quartet (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
Carl Perkins2:17
28That’s Alright Mama
cover recording of:
That’s All Right
lyricist and composer:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Crudup Music, Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Intersong GmbH (publisher; do NOT use as release label), PW Ballads, Special Rider Music, St. Louis Music Corp., Unichappell Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Elvis Presley1:57
29Rock Around the Clock
Bill Haley and His Comets2:13
30Heartbreak Hotel
recording of:
Heartbreak Hotel
writer:
Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden and Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”)
publisher:
Belwin Mills Music Ltd., Durden Breyer Publishing, EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Limited (PRS for Music-affiliated), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Unichappell Music
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Elvis Presley2:08