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poorpete wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:26 pm For Ko Ko Mo, wikipedia says it's "one of the earliest rock and roll songs" which is 100% bullshit. Wikipedia has this issue that if ANYONE says a song is "one of the first" or "the first" rock and roll song, it must be reported as so. This one is from an article about rock before Elvis, and this isn't even before Elvis. Elvis started recording in 1953 and had hits in 1954. In conclusion, bullshit.

This might end up being the earliest rock and roll song on THIS LIST but just because the white listening public in the early 50s were TOO SQUARE and/or racist to understand that rock and roll was alive and well even in the late 40s isn't an excuse. Things don't start until white people find out about it? It's... what's the word... bullwang!

No song should be allowed to be called "one of the earliest" "one of the first" or "the first" unless it predates Wynonie Harris' "All She Wants to Do is Rock" ("and roll all night long") released in 1949.



It's not even the earliest, just maybe the earliest of the genre that uses the full name of the genre in the song. Some may say it doesn't count because "Rock and Roll" wasn't the official name of the genre at that point, but I'd say sorry, I forgot in history books, how Germany invading Poland isn't part of World War II because the name World War II wasn't decided upon yet.

https://www.history.com/news/were-they- ... rld-war-ii
Thanks site I used to work for! Roosevelt promoting it after America got into the war lines up exactly with my point that a name is decided once white Americans realize it exists.

Bullwang.

poorpete wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:26 pm

Kyle wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 5:09 am I can’t believe you guys are trying to steal this from Perry Como.

poorpete wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:46 pm
Louis Jordan's Caldonia (referenced in Good Rockin Tonight) in 1945

poorpete wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:51 am


From 1946! Rock and roll (or something very close to it) in a Hollywood picture. He also performed it for President Truman that year. MOP!

Kyle wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:13 pm Mike doesn't know how to play this game. Total bullwang.

Some notoriety followed Gibbs for her cover versions of music popularized by black performers, such as Etta James's "The Wallflower" (recorded by Gibbs with modified lyrics under the title "Dance With Me Henry", released March 26, 1955) and LaVern Baker's "Tweedle Dee" (which outsold Baker's version, prompting complaint from her). Decades later, Gibbs commented that she, like most artists of the day, had no say in their choice of material and arrangements. A widely told story has LaVern Baker taking out a life insurance policy on herself in advance of a flight to Australia and naming Georgia Gibbs as the beneficiary. "You need this more than I do," Baker is said to have written to Gibbs, "because if anything happens to me, you're out of business."[1]

Gibbs first achieved acclaim (and notoriety) in the mid-1950s interpreting songs originating with the black rhythm and blues community

Mike wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:29 pm

Kyle wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:13 pm Mike doesn't know how to play this game. Total bullwang.

Wang doesn't wang wang to wang this wang. Total wangwang.

Mike wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 12:42 pm And he's still alive.