September 9, 2015

79 Wynonie Harris (1915-1969) “Good Rockin' Tonight” 1948

The song was first recorded by Roy Brown in 1947 and later by Elvis Presley. Harris’ sex-charged stage presence and “hell-raising vocals” “paved the way for the flood of rock & roll artists who followed him” (The Big Book of Blues).

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