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"Rock N' Roll is very special to me. It's my lifeblood."
-Joey Ramone

Happy birthday Alan Freed!

1931 - "Tiger Rag" by The Washboard Rhythm Kings

An interpretation virtually out of control, screaming vocals, a strange roaring tiger and a washboard aggressive. This recording represents many jag skiffle bands and music groups had the same feeling wild and rebellious rock and the original roll.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKXpyKi3VPU

Washboard Rhythm Kings - Tiger Rag From Rich Hynes' collection.

1922 - "My Daddy Rocks Me (with One Steady Roll Good)" by Trixie Smith.

Although it was played with a "backbeat" and had one of the first letters in the style "around the clock", this slow blues is anything but rock and roll in the modern sense. Moreover, the title certainly underlines the original sexual meaning of "rock and roll" as opposed to religious "rock and roll".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzVCFiyCsoc

My Daddy Rocks Me Trixie Smith My Daddy Rocks Me (with one steady roll) Trixie Smith Trixie Smith Vol 2 1925 - 1929

1916 - "The Camp Meeting Jubilee"

The first time that the phrase "rocking and rolling" was used in a recording appears to have been in the song "The Camp Meeting Jubilee" by a vocal quartet whose members are ignored, recorded by the label Little Wonder as # 339 The letter contains the following: "We've been rockin 'an' rolling in your arms / Rockin 'and rolling in your arms / in the arms of Moses." This is clearly religious song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp1qU-_qPok&

THE CAMP MEETING JUBILEE - 1916 - LITLE WONDER #339 LITTLE WONDER produced 5" phonograph records between the years 1914 and 1923. They sold for ten cents through 5 n' dime stores and made it possible for those...

Precursor Rock & Roll

The chronological list seeks to order a mental picture of some important recordings for the debate on the first rock and roll recording. Some songs are cited due to the content of his lyrics, others for their melodic, harmonic or rhythmic contributions.

1921 - Alan Freed, Rock & Roll disc jockey

Albert James "Alan" Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965), also known as Moondog, was an American disc jockey. He became internationally known for promoting the mix of blues, country and rhythm and blues music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of Rock and Roll.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BhIz-xYGCU

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4hlkwEFYqs

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFiQIXF23NA

Moondog Alan Freed Part 1/3 The story of a legendary radio disc jockey who made a difference in broadcasting and entertainment.