154 Big Joe Turner (1911-1985) “Honey Hush” 1953

“It was an early linkage of Kansas City jazz with New Orleans rhythm and blues, two key locales for the birth of rock ‘n’ roll.” Turner said, “I ad lib a lot of things in my records, I just pop something into my head, I’ll put this in there.” “Not only did his ‘honey hush’ ad lib fit into the song, it became the song” (What Was the First Rock ‘n’ Roll Record). 

Big Joe Turner “Honey Hush”