who sang or made the first rock and roll song?

Answer 1

Bill Haley & the Comets - "Rock Around the Clock" from the movie "Blackboard Fever".

Answer 2

While Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" was the first rock and roll song to go to number one, it is not usually regarded as the first rock and roll song.

In fact, what song was the first rock and roll song is a highly contentious subject. Rolling Stone Magazine suggests that Elvis' single "That's All Right (Mama)" from 1954 was the first rock and roll song. However, if I may quote the sometimes doubtful resource site, Wikipedia:

"There is much debate as to what should be considered the first rock & roll record. Sister Rosetta Tharpe was recording shouting, stomping music in the 1930s and 1940s that in some ways contained major elements of mid-1950s rock and roll. She scored hits on the pop charts as far back as 1938 with her gospel songs, such as "This Train" and "Rock Me", and in the 1940s with "Strange Things Happenin Every Day", "Up Above My Head", and "Down By The Riverside." Another artist who was singing hard-rocking blues/gospel to a boogie piano was Big Joe Turner, whose 1939 recording, "Roll 'em Pete," is almost indistinguishable from '50s rock and roll. Other significant records of the 1940s and early 1950s included Roy Brown ("Good Rocking Tonight", 1947), more Big Joe Turner ("Honey, Hush", 1953, and "Shake, Rattle and Roll", 1954), Paul Bascomb ("Rock and Roll", 1947), and Fats Domino ("The Fat Man," 1949)."

So you see, Rock and Roll didn't just magically spring into existence when Bill Haley plugged in his guitar; it developed over a long period of time using elements of boogie woogie, blues, rockabilly, jazz, gospel, and many other forms of music.

Many popular programs point to Bill Haley's number one hit as the start of the rock era but I repeat that it was not the first rock and roll record.

Personally, I would nominate Roy Brown's 1940's song "Good Rockin' Tonight." Technically, it was more of a jump blues number, but most of the basic elements of rock (including the fact that he is singing about rock) are in this song. I wouldn't even suggest that this was truly the first rock song, though. Just my nomination and I could be wrong.

Answer 3

Another possible nominee ist the original version of "Sh-Boom" by The Chords.

"Sh-Boom" is supposed to have been titled after the threat of an atom bomb explosion which, in the midst of Cold War posturing in 1954, was a very real topic on the public's mind. However, this demented ditty also included the surreally optimistic message that everything was ultimately fine and as the rest of the lyrics suggested, "life could be a dream." By the end of June 1954, "Sh-Boom" had climbed up the charts nationwide, charting on both the R&B (number five) and pop (number two) lists, a nearly unprecedented feat for its time. For all practical purposes — along with the Crows' 1953 hit "Gee" (another upbeat B-side hit that DJs flipped over) — "Sh-Boom" introduced the white audience to black R&B music for the first time.

Answer 4

Elvis

Answer 5

Tie between Bill Haley and Buddy Holly

Answer 6

Elvis Presley, I think. And I think his first song was "Hound Dog" or "You A Nothin' But a Hound Dog," or something like that. Elvis got started in about 1955 or 1956.

Answer 7

Chuck Berry! ...or maybe it was Robert Johnson?? Hmmm?! He might not have known it at the time however. Actually I do believe the Bill Haley answer is indeed correct.

Beatles?! hahahahahahahahahahahahaa

Answer 8

umm..."Rock Around the Clock" (1954) by Bill Haley and his Comets


and the movie was "blackboard jungle"

Answer 9

I thought it was Elvis.

Answer 10

elvis, some may say the beatles.....