2007-07-05 10:28:00 · 9 answers · asked by new 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
"Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston & Ike Turner's Rhythm Kings(1951).
2007-07-05 10:43:58 · answer #1 · answered by kit walker 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The mix of R&B, the blues and country led to Rock and Roll. Elvis set this in motion with "That's All Right". This song "exploded on the world scene," and that's what made Elvis The King of Rock and Roll. All other artists before him didn't project their music internationally.
Check out this article from the Seattle Times in 2004. It pretty much tells you that no one artist can really lay claim to the first Rock and Roll Record.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2001970684_rocksfiftieth04.html
2007-07-05 23:14:14 · answer #2 · answered by ursaitaliano70 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's possible to pinpoint what song was the FIRST Rock And Roll song. 'Rock Around The Clock' was the first Rock and Roll song to make to the Billboard charts but I think most of us know that Rock and Roll was around a long time before that. They just called it Rhythm and Blues.
2007-07-05 18:06:19 · answer #3 · answered by Mr.Longrove 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is one of those questions that doesn't have a "right" answer. Rock and roll has its roots in music that predates the phrase "rock and roll" by several decades. Surprisingly, the wikipedia has a good article on the topic. The url is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_rock_and_roll_record
The first number one song labelled as "rock and roll" was Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" in 1954.
2007-07-05 17:42:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
KISS-I Wanna Rock N Roll All Night
2007-07-05 17:33:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Rock around the clock by Bill Haley and his Comets. About 1953
2007-07-05 17:37:34 · answer #6 · answered by marchhare57 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Rock around the clock...Bill Haley and The Comets, I think!
2007-07-05 22:48:37 · answer #7 · answered by BoosGrammy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley
2007-07-05 17:41:40 · answer #8 · answered by Bloody Hell 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis
2007-07-05 17:37:08 · answer #9 · answered by kikio 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋