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Episode 302, The Roots of Rock & Roll


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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
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

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