Episode302, The Roots of Rock & Roll, presents 18 recordings, from the 1920s to 1958, that were important in shaping this genre. Songs include Statesboro Blues, Keep on theSunny Side, TV is the Thing This Year, Be Bop a Lula, Down Hearted Blues,Rumble, I Know Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well, How I Got Over, Wabash Cannon Ball, andSmokestack Lightnin’.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 302 | Roots of Rock&Roll | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | TV is The Thing This Year | Dinah Washington | |
| 2 | Down Hearted Blues | Queen Latifah | |
| 3 | Keep On The Sunny Side | The Carter Family | |
| 4 | Statesboro Blues | Blind Willie McTell | |
| 5 | The Midnight Special | Lead Belly | |
| 6 | Wabash Cannon Ball | Roy Acuff | |
| 7 | This Train | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 8 | Rock & Roll | Wild Bill Moore | |
| 9 | I Know Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well | Bull Moose Jackson | |
| 10 | Lovesick Blues | Hank Williams | |
| 11 | We’re Gonna Rock | Cecil Gant | |
| 12 | How I Got Over | The Clara Ward Singers | |
| 13 | Gee | The Crows | |
| 14 | Wallflower | Etta James | |
| 15 | Smokestack Lightnin’ | Howlin Wolf | |
| 16 | Be Bop a Lula | Gene Vincent | |
| 17 | That’s All Right Mama | Elvis Presley | |
| 18 | Rumble | Link Wray | |
