Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show
R&B Before Rock’n’Roll Part 2
The R&B music of the 1940s and early 1950s had a major influence on rock’n’roll, as it emerged in the mid-1950s. This show is a sequel to the Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show #12. That show, Part 1 which is available below, has more of the background to the era and also some great music. Part 2 adds more great music from the era in – R&B Before Rock’n’Roll Part 2.
First broadcast 7 June 2021
…..This was the last Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show
…….to be broadcast on
……….Access North West – 28 June 2021
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R&B Before Rock’n’Roll – PART 1
THIS IS PART 1 OF – R&B Before Rock’n’Roll – Part 1
It’s the original show, including all the music played on the show.
First broadcast on Access North West on 1 July 2019
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R&B Before Rock’n’Roll Part 2
Playlist
R&B Before Rock’n’Roll – Part 2
- Louis Jordan – Keep A Knockin’
- Arthur “Big Boy” Cruddup – That’s All Right
- T-Bone Walker – Stormy Monday but Tuesday Is Just As Bad
- Wynonie Harris – Good Rockin’ Tonight
- Stick McGhee and his Buddies – Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee
- Ruth Brown – Wild Wild Young Men
- The Drifters – Money Honey
- The Dominoes – Have Mercy Baby
- Lloyd Price – Lawdy Miss Clawdy
- The Orioles – Crying in the Chapel
- Big Joe Turner – Shake Rattle and Roll
- Big Maybelle – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
- Fats Domino – Ain’t It a Shame
R&B Before Rock’n’Roll
Rock’n’Roll exploded onto the music scenes across the world in 1955, when Bill Haley and His Comets’ (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock was played behind the opening credits for the movie Blackboard Jungle.
There were many influences behind rock’n’roll and one of the greatest was R&B. R&B itself, developed out of gospel, blues, jazz, jump blues and other sub-genres. R&B became a sort of danceable blues.
Black vocal groups, such as the Ink Spots and the Mills Brothers, emerged in the 1930s. By the 1940s the music was taking on a much harder edge. In the late 1930s and 1940s bands such as Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, were laying the groundwork for R&B bands.
In this show we take a look at some of the most influential of the R&B artists.
Many of the rock’n’roll classics started out as R&B songs. The show’s playlist includes several of these: Big Maybelle’s Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On, Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five’s Keep a Knockin’ and Big Joe Turner’s Shake Rattle and Roll.
It’s all here, and more, in the Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show – R&B Before Rock’n’Roll – Part 2.
The Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show
How rock’n’roll came about. It’s transition into rock music in the mid-1960s and the array of rock genres which followed in the late 1960s and ‘70s.
Blues, R&B, rock’n’roll, rock, prog, folk rock, country rock, psychedelia, glam, early metal, punk, new wave +++… will certainly all find their way into the shows.
Plus artists and bands, however, some are well known and others are more on the cult side.
Stories behind classic singles and albums, record labels, venues, gigs…
Additionally, I’ll be looking at the people behind the scenes: producers, managers, promoters, writers, Svengalis – the people who made it all happen.
If it’s relevant to the music of the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, I’ll be talking about it.
All this and great music. Although, some you’ll recognise and some you might well be hearing for the first time.
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R&B Before Rock’n’Roll – Part 2
First broadcast on Access North West 7 June 2021
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R&B Before Rock’n’Roll – Part 2
A look at some more great R&B music from before the age of rock’n’roll…
