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May 27, 2024

Episode 302, The Roots of Rock & Roll

58 minutes

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’.

45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s

Episode 302

Roots of Rock&Roll

Playlist

TV is The Thing This Year

Dinah Washington

Down Hearted Blues

Queen Latifah

Keep On The Sunny Side

The Carter Family

Statesboro Blues

Blind Willie McTell

The Midnight Special

Lead Belly

Wabash Cannon Ball

Roy Acuff

This Train

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Rock & Roll

Wild Bill Moore

I Know Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well

Bull Moose Jackson

Lovesick Blues

Hank Williams

We’re Gonna Rock

Cecil Gant

How I Got Over

The Clara Ward Singers

Gee

The Crows

Wallflower

Etta James

Smokestack Lightnin’

Howlin Wolf

Be Bop a Lula

Gene Vincent

That’s All Right Mama

Elvis Presley

Rumble

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