Rocket 88 (Original Version) - Ike Turner/Jackie Brenston video free download

Joseph Kane

To Me this song does represent American Rock & Roll as it is by Jackie Brenston as it is Called Rocket 88 as it is the Very best single ever

JimmyRose1

Not trying to offend anyone but why is this specifically considered the first rock and roll song. The songs below seems to carry characteristics that is usually attributed to rock and roll and all of them came earlier. What makes this different, it's chord progression, melody, harmony, phonetic pattern, what exactly.Goree Carter - Rock Awhile (1949)Roy Brown - Good Rockin' Tonight (1947)Move it on Over - Hank Williams (1947)Big Joe Turner - Roll 'Em Pete (1938)

Ink Dry

if true then yes. ike would have the comets by three years

Ronald Hess

Did not know this. Always thought the first rock'n'roll hit was "Shake, rattle, & roll" by Bill Haley & the Comets in '54.

Biff 1 Tannen

Elvis probably listen to this on the radio in Memphis

Joseph Kane

This is the song that Really Started the Ball rolling for 50's Rock & Roll for me as it is considered a timeless Rock & Roll Classic hit single as it is By Jackie Brenston as it is Called Rocket 88

Joel Larson

Lazy Ike .

Glenn Gallup

Ike and Tina opened for Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland at the Stockton Civic in 1960? Maybe 59. Last time they opened for anybody. Tore the house down. One of those rock moments you never forget.

Peter Tschann-Grimm

This is Jackie Brenston singing

Dan Saver

Fabulous.

magnusm4

History at it's finest when a massive hit was only caused by a complete accident like corn flakes

strangersound

Rock and roll is to big to be born from one song. In my estimation, the previous decades of jazz played the biggest roll. Swinging big bands were rocking the house long before anything that could be called "rock and roll". But by the advent, numerous styles came together to manifest the strongest musical force ever; and it always be greater than the sum of it's parts. :)

Otto Dagson

еще раз доказывает что рок это просто подвариант джаза - просто подветвление

Holy Narwhale87

Have to say, the first recorded rock song seems pretty heavy for the time.

gitfiddlejimagain

How about Take the hands of the clock, by Tiny Bradshaw, thats R & B but it rocks and rolls.

Massimo Deandre

da qui in poi el rock

Milton Kanfer

Musta blown that proverbial "Juke Box Fuse" when it first came out. Love that rockin' beat.

Michael Boyce

Featured in the Beatles'"Anthology 1" Episode.

John Hiatt

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