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