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Rock America 50s
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ROCK AMERICA 50s
RnB rock launched in the late 1940s continued to grow through the 50s and achieved mass popularity during the decade, most notably by superstars Ray Charles, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and James Brown & the Famous Flames. But at the end of the 1950s, it was the rockabilly genre that had established itself as the international symbol of rock'n'roll with the advent of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and their likes.
RnB ROCK ∙ 1950 ∙ Teardrops from my eyes (Ruth Brown) ∙ Cupid's boogie (Esther Phillips & Mel Walker) ∙ 1951 ∙ Rocket 88 (Ike Turner & Jackie Brenston) ∙ Sixty minute man (Billy Ward & The Dominoes) ∙ 1952 ∙ Ring-a-ding-doo (Johnny Otis & Esther Phillips) ∙ 1953 ∙ Money honey (Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters) ∙ Tiger man, king of the jungle (Rufus Thomas Jr.) ∙ 1954 ∙ Shake rattle' roll (Big Joe Turner) ∙ Work with me Annie (Hank Ballard & The Midnighters) ∙ I got a woman (Ray Charles) ∙
∙ 1955 ∙ Pretty thing (Bo Diddley) ∙ Ain't that a shame (Fats Domino) ∙ Wallflower (roll with me Henry!) (Etta James & The Peaches) ∙ 1956 ∙ Tutti frutti / Long tall Sally / Ready Teddy (Little Richard) ∙ Please please please (James Brown & the Famous Flames, ver. 1964) ∙ 1957 ∙ Bony Moronie (Larry Williams) ∙ Louie Louie (Richard Berry & the Pharaos) ∙ Little bitty pretty one (Thurston Harris & the Sharps) ∙ 1958 ∙ Sweet little sixteen (Chuck Berry) ∙ 1959 ∙ What'd I say (Ray Charles) ∙ That's why (I love you so) (Jackie Wilson) ∙ Shout (The Isley Brothers) ∙ Money that's what I want (Barrett Strong) ∙ Jump children (The Flamingos) ∙
BLUES ROCK ∙ 1951 ∙ How many more years (Howlin' Wolf) ∙ 1953 ∙ Mistery train (Junior Parker) ∙ 1954 ∙ Boogie disease (Doctor Ross) ∙ 1956 ∙ Everyday I have the blues (B.B. King) ∙
SWING ROCK ∙ 1951 ∙ Go! go! go! (The Treniers) ∙ 1956 ∙ Just a gigolo/ I ain't got nobody (Louis Prima) ∙ 1958 ∙ Rock 'n' roll call (The Treniers) ∙
COUNTRY ROCK, HONKY-TONK ∙ 1950 ∙ Burmingham bounce (Hardrock Gunter) ∙ Long gone lonesome blues (Hank Williams) ∙ 1951 ∙ Hey good lookin' (Hank Williams) ∙ 1954 ∙ Rock around the clock (Bill Haley & the Comets) ∙ 1956 ∙ The fool (Sanford Clark) ∙ 1959 ∙ White lightening (George Jones) ∙
ROCKABILLY ∙ 1954 ∙ That's all right (Elvis Presley) ∙ 1956 ∙ Guitar rock (Bill Flagg & his Rockabillies) ∙ Be bop a Lula (Gene Vincent) ∙ Blue suede shoes (Carl Perkins) ∙ Twenty flight rock (Eddie Cochran) ∙ 1957 ∙ Jailhouse rock (Elvis Presley) ∙ Peggy Sue / Not fade away / That'll be the day (Buddy Holly & The Crickets) ∙ Great balls of fire / Whole lotta shakin' goin' on (Jerry Lee Lewis) ∙ Suzie Q (Dale Hawkins) ∙ Little bitty pretty one (Thurston Harris) ∙ Hey schoolgirl (Simon & Garfunkel as 'Tom and Jerry') ∙
∙ 1958 ∙ Hard headed woman (Wanda Jacskon) ∙ Rebel rouser (Duane Eddy) ∙ La bamba (Ritchie Valens) ∙ Summertime blues (Eddie Cochran) ∙ Love me (The Phantom) ∙ Rumble (Link Wray & His Ray Men) ∙ True or false (Paul Simon as 'True Taylor') ∙ 1959 ∙ Oh Carol! (Neil Sedaka) ∙ Hippy hippy shake / My little Ruby (Chan Romero) ∙
