Artist	Song
Chuck Berry	Brown Eyed Handsome Man
from The Definitive Collection (2006)
Little Richard	Tutti Frutti
from The Very Best of Little Richard (2008)
Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley
from Bo Diddley: The Definitive Collection (2007)
The Coasters	That Is Rock and Roll
from Atlantic Top 60 - Doo Wop, Rock and Bobby Socks (2007)
Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle and Roll
from Greatest Hits (2005)
His Delta Cats & Jackie Brenston	Rocket 88
from Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: The Road to Memphis - A Film By Richard Pearce and Robert Kenner (2003)
Wynonie Harris	Good Rockin’ Tonight
from More Greatest Hits - Good Rockin' Tonight (2004)
Chubby Checker	The Twist
from Cameo Parkway: 25 Original Hits (2006)
Huey Piano Smith	Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
from Kings of New Orleans Rock 'n' Roll (2008)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	You Ain't Foolin' Me
from Cow Fingers and Mosquito Pie (1991)
Larry Williams	Slow Down
from Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams (2006)
Little Willie John	Leave My Kitten Alone
from Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962 (2005)
Amos Milburn	Chicken Shack Boogie
from The Greatest Rhythm & Booze Collection (2009)
Roy Hamilton	Don't Let Go
from We Loved You Madly, Chapter 61: She's Funny That Way (2009)
LaVern Baker	Voodoo Voodoo
from Atlantic 60: At the Hop (2007)
Ruth Brown	This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'
from Miss Rhythm - Greatest Hits and More (2005)
Esquerita	Rockin' the Joint
from Vintage Voola (2006)

Comment:

Rock 'n' roll may have had a white King, but from its first song to its [i]greatest[/i] songs, the royal court had a far different complexion. If Jackie Brenston wasn't the luckiest man in pop history, he sure was close, because it's his name — and not real bandleader Ike Turner's — on the label of "Rocket 88," the boogiefied jump blues that many consider to be the first rock song ever. Our country cousins in Britain, specifically at [i]Mojo[/i] magazine, cite the [i]wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom[/i] eruption of Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" as the sound of rock being born, and stuck it at the top of their list of "100 Records That Changed the World." And the Crescent City's resident Big Man, Fats Domino (whose band backed Little Richard on "Tutti Frutti"), pounds out semihemidemiquavers on the ivories while pouring out his broken heart in "Ain't That a Shame." From Little Willie John to Big Joe Turner, we've got all the groundbreakers that not only laid rock 'n' roll's foundation, but also — with songs like Berry's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" — paved the way for Black Pride and the Civil Rights Movement.

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