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That’s What I Call Rock and Roll – Long Tall Sally (Little Richard) 1956
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Posted on 06/16/2011 2:28:30 PM PDT by sussex

I don’t care what anybody else says only someone like me, born in 1940 and hitting the most awkward and irritating period of youth between 1954 and 1958 at exactly the same time as the world of music was ripped asunder can truly describe himself as a child of rock and roll.

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To: MayflowerMadam

Chuck Berry had more hits than either of the others and the three of them but all had colossal hits.


21 posted on 06/16/2011 4:08:34 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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To: MamaDearest

Another sad story is that of the great Sam Cooke. Like many black pop heroes, he started out as a gospel singer. All these greats of blues, R&B, and jazz were truly American. There is nothing on any other continent to which their genius can be directly traced.


22 posted on 06/16/2011 4:08:49 PM PDT by hellbender
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To: MayflowerMadam

Hey, don’t forget Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, and the other rockabilly greats. Without them there would have been no Beatles. R&R is a fusion of blues and country.


23 posted on 06/16/2011 4:17:56 PM PDT by hellbender
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To: sussex
Doncha all forget Joey Welz!


24 posted on 06/16/2011 4:23:53 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Wuli
That video that's going around is not Little Richard but Sugar Chile Robinson:

Frank Isaac Robinson (born 28 December 1938),[1] known in his early career as a musician as Sugar Chile Robinson, is an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist, singer, and later psychologist, whose career began as a child prodigy. Robinson was born in Detroit, Michigan. At an early age he showed unusual gifts singing the blues and accompanying himself on the piano. He won a talent show at the Paradise Theatre in Detroit at the age of three, and in 1945 played guest spots at the theatre with Lionel Hampton, who was prevented by child protection legislation from taking him on tour with him. However, he performed on radio with Hampton and Harry "The Hipster" Gibson, and also appeared as himself in the Hollywood film No Leave, No Love, starring Van Johnson and Keenan Wynn.

25 posted on 06/16/2011 4:29:08 PM PDT by gramho12
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To: sussex

Great Music form the good ol’days!


26 posted on 06/16/2011 4:33:57 PM PDT by gitmogrunt
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To: sussex

btt


27 posted on 06/16/2011 4:43:53 PM PDT by Swede Girl
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To: gramho12; EDINVA

Thanks for the heads up.


28 posted on 06/16/2011 5:04:33 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: goat granny

I like the blues KoKo Taylor style. My fear is lving so long that golden oldies will be rap music.


29 posted on 06/16/2011 5:44:07 PM PDT by ruesrose (It's possible to be clueless without being blonde.)
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To: Revolting cat!

..forgive the spelling, I was in a hurry to comment on a music subject since the thread appeared to be turning homophobic.

Who recorded first is not the point. Both were performing in New Orleans during the same period and surely were familiar with each other.


30 posted on 06/16/2011 6:35:16 PM PDT by rhoda_penmark
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To: ruesrose

you are bad to have such a thought, go wash your mind out with soap...LOL


31 posted on 06/16/2011 8:58:59 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: arrogantsob

like Sam Cooke also, Billy( Ex stine) phonically spelled, a Mr. B collar was so cool...was great to listen to. A lot of great singers of R & B but damnit I’m getting so old I cannot remember all the names....Favorite song of the day...Shed a tear.....female singer, memory failure..LOL Also Shake a Hand, Shake a Hand.....But for popular music, you cannot beat sweet brown sugar Lou Rawls....


32 posted on 06/16/2011 9:16:28 PM PDT by goat granny
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