'The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll Vol 3' Good Rockin' Tonight 1944 - 1952 - Viper DL 156

11th of Sept 2023  – DOWNLOAD

Rock ’n’ Roll was an amalgamated explosion of various musical genres such as Rhythm and Blues, Country, Bluegrass and Gospel - so incendiary that it set the world on fire and since its inception in 1950's America it has never stopped!

On The Roots of Rock ’n’ Roll (Vol 1 & 2 and now Vol 3) - we have selected tracks that sent these early electrical impulses over the radio waves, with driving songs that helped shape a brand-new era in popular music.

Featured on this album are great artists - some known some not so well, such as Fats Domino, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Elmore James and many, many more...

Let's hope you have ‘Good Rockin' Tonight !

TRACKS :

1. Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians - Rock The Joint 1949
2. Elmore James - Dust My Broom 1951
3. Fats Domino - The Fat Man 1949
4. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Strange Things Things Happening Everyday 1944
5. Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys - Humpty Dumpty Boogie 1950
6. Wynonie Harris - Good Rockin’ Tonight 1948
7. Luke McDaniel - Whoa Boy! 1949
8. Joe Turner - Wine-O-Baby 1948
9. Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown - Baby Take it Easy 1951
10. Ella Mae Morse - Okie Boogie 1952
11. Rocky Rauch & His Western Serenaders - Colorado Boogie 1951
12. Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ Vinson - I’m Gonna Wind Your Clock 1949
13. Texas Bill Strength- Paper Boy Boogie 1951
14. Little Eddie - My Baby Left Me 1952
15. Tillman Franks - Hayride Boogie 1951
16. B.B King - Take A Swing With Me 1949
17. Charlie Harris with R.D. Hendon’s Western Jamboree Cowboys - No Shoes Boogie 1951
18. Clifford Bivons - Achin’ Heart Boogie 1949
19. Rosco Gordon - T-Model Boogie 1952
20. Robert Tucker - It Sure Cost Money To Live 1952