Elizabeth Taylor, Mary Astor, June Allyson, Janet Leigh &
Margaret O'Brien in Little Women (Victor Fleming, 1949) |
Bandleader,
drummer, tenor sax blower and singer, Jimmy Preston was part of the popular R&B
trend thriving since the end of Worl War II through musicians like Louis Jordan, Amos Milburn, Roy Brown and others.
It belongs besides to him and Wynonie Harris to have been the most symbolic forerunners of rock "n" roll by handing on a plate some titles that Bill Haley only had to appropriate a few years later. As for the origin of the word rock n’roll itself, the authorship of which always remains controversial, even if the Boswell Sisters had made one of their titles in the 30s, we owe it for the first time to Wynonie Harris with lyrics like All She Wants To Do Is Rock, Rock n' Roll All Night Long.
It belongs besides to him and Wynonie Harris to have been the most symbolic forerunners of rock "n" roll by handing on a plate some titles that Bill Haley only had to appropriate a few years later. As for the origin of the word rock n’roll itself, the authorship of which always remains controversial, even if the Boswell Sisters had made one of their titles in the 30s, we owe it for the first time to Wynonie Harris with lyrics like All She Wants To Do Is Rock, Rock n' Roll All Night Long.
Peggy Lee
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Bali Hai
(Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II) |
USA
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Buddy Clark & The Girl Friends
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A Dreamer's Holiday
(Kim Gannon/Maybel Wayne) |
USA
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Red Foley
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Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
(Harry Stone/Jack Stapp) |
USA
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Vaughn Monroe
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Ghost Riders In The Sky
(Stan Jones) |
USA
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Gordon Jenkins & The Andrews Sisters
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I Can Dream, Can't I
(Sammy Fain/Irving Kahal) |
USA
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Hank Williams
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Lovesick Blues
(Hank Williams) |
USA
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Doris Day
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Again
(Dorcas Cochran/Lionel Newman) |
USA
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Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters
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A Little Bird Told Me
(Harvey Oliver Brooks) |
USA
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Vaughn Monroe
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Red Roses For A Blue Lady
(Sid Tepper/Roy Brodsky) |
USA
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Jimmy Preston &The Prestonians
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Rock The Joint
(Harry Crafton/Wendell "Doc" Keane/Hrry "Doc" Bagby) |
USA
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Sticks McGhee & His Buddies
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Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
(Sticks McGhee) |
USA
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Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
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The Huckle-Buck feat. Charlie Shavers
(Roy Alfred-/Andy Gibson) |
USA
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Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
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Saturday Night Fish Fry
(Louis Jordan/Ellis Walsh) |
USA
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Sarah Vaughan
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Black Coffee
(Sonny Burke/Paul Francis Webster) |
USA
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Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke Orchestra
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Careless Hands
(Bob Hilliard/Carl Sigman) |
USA
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Ruth Brown
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So Long
(Harris/Morgan/Melcher) |
USA
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Jewel King
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3 X 7 = 21
(Dave Bartholomew) |
USA
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Dinah Washington
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Baby, Get Lost
(Leonard Feather) |
USA
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Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters
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"A" You're Adorable
(Sid Lippman/Buddy Kaye/Fred Wise) |
USA
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The Ames Brothers
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Rag Mop
(Johnny Lee Wills /Deacon Anderson) |
USA
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Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra
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Again feat. Joe Graydon & The Chorus
(Dorcas Cochran/Lionel Newman) |
USA
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Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye
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Room Full Of Roses feat. Don Cornell & the Kaydets
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USA
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Hank Williams
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Lost Highway
(Hank Williams) |
USA
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Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra
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Maybe It's Because feat Dick Haymes & The Tattlers
(Harry Ruby/Johnnie Scott) |
USA
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John Lee Hooker
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Boogie Chillun
(John Lee Hooker) |
USA
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Larry Darnell
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I'll Get Along Somehow
(Buddy Fields/Gerald Marks) |
USA
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Frankie Laine
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Mule Train
(Johnny Lange/Hy Heath/Ramblin' Tommy Scott/Fred Glickman) |
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Esther Williams & Ricardo Montalban; Betty Garrett & Red Skelton
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Baby It's Cold Outside
(Frank Loesser) |
USA
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The Delmore Brothers
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Blues, Stay Away From Me
(Delmore) |
USA
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The Charles Brown Trio
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Trouble Blues
(Charles Brown) |
USA
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Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra
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Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) feat. Betty Brewer & The Chorus
(Joe Marsala) |
USA
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Wynonie Harris
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All She Wants To Do Is Rock
(Teddy McRea/Beatrice Harris) |
USA
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Amos Milburn
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Rooming House Boogie
(Ronald Binge) |
USA
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Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters
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Powder Your Face With Sunshine
(Carmen Lombardo/Stanley Rochinsky) |
USA
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The Orioles
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Tell Me So
(Deborah/Chessler) |
USA
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Vaughn Monroe
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Someday You'll Want Me To Want You
(Jimmy Hodges) |
USA
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The Orioles
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What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
(Frank Loesser) |
USA
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Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
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Beans & Cornbread
(Louis Jordan/Fleecie Johnson/Freddie Clark/Bert Wilson) |
USA
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Yves Montand
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Les Feuilles Mortes
(Jacques Prévert) |
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Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
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Shout, Sister, Shout
(Arthur Crudup) |
USA
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