Episode 302, The Roots of Rock & Roll

27/05/2024
Episode 302, The Roots of Rock & Roll

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Episode Synopsis

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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