Authur Crudup’s ‘That’s All Right’. Fifth earliest rock ‘n’ roll track?
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Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup |
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Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup |
Jimmy Liggins cut Cadillac Boogie in 1947 Very little is new in the world of music entertainment. This rings particularly true when it comes to rock showmanship. If you believed all you read, you’d think a wild stage act was invented by Elvis Presley and the rest of the 1950s rock & roll pioneers. But…
Updated April 27, 2020. Johnny Kidd & the Pirates: England’s first true rock & roll band. When I was about ten, before the Beatles and Stones gate-crashed Britain’s mainly middle-of-the-road hit parade, I remember lamenting the lack of authentic rock & rollers we had in England. Where America had the pre-army Elvis Presley, we had the pre-Broadway Tommy…
Copenhagen’s Bottle Boys first performed on empty beer bottles to liven up a boring party about 12 years ago. What do Michael Jackson and the old-time jug-band genre have in common? Well, take the song that launched the Michael Jackson era in 1983, and perform it, jug-band style, on beer bottles. We’re talking here about…
BluesMuse48. Talk about being let down by your own blog post. I thought my video juke box link might add a nice bit of nostalgia to Christmas Day for anyone interested in 1950s classic American pop music. So, on Christmas Day, round we go to my younger son’s place where he’s promised to indulge me…
“Love your work! Hope you can check out our music video: http://youtu.be/p7p6HjPK3BI Eva Plays Dead (@EvaPlaysDead), Derby, England, November 11, 2013. “The historical references in the 1st Blues book are great. Had no idea about most of it.” nora j mckiddie (@mckiddie_j), Michigan, USA, November 6, 2013. BluesMuse42. More by accident than design, the last two…
Earliest rocking blues numbers 6 to 10. Our countdown begins in the film below . . . Since my voice-over to this earliest rocking blues countdown is some 18 months old now, my top ten rocking blues tracks have since changed due to further research. But that shouldn’t stop you enjoying these fabulous old blues tracks that…