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Black Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers

Artist Song
Chuck Berry  Brown Eyed Handsome Man  
Little Richard  Tutti Frutti  
Bo Diddley  Bo Diddley  
The Coasters  That Is Rock and Roll  
Big Joe Turner  Shake, Rattle and Roll  
His Delta Cats & Jackie Brenston  Rocket 88  
Wynonie Harris  Good Rockin’ Tonight  
Chubby Checker  The Twist  
Huey Piano Smith  Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu  
Screamin' Jay Hawkins  You Ain't Foolin' Me  
Larry Williams  Slow Down  
Little Willie John  Leave My Kitten Alone  
Amos Milburn  Chicken Shack Boogie  
Roy Hamilton  Don't Let Go  
LaVern Baker  Voodoo Voodoo  
Ruth Brown  This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'  
Esquerita  Rockin' the Joint  

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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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