What was the first ever rock(and roll) song?
It’s impossible to answer. It wasn’t as if 1 day someone wrote a song so different that anything that came before it. Rock n Roll gradually morphed into Rock n Roll from: blues, jazz and country. Music Historians say any one of these songs are the first: “Rocket 88” from March 1951 by Ike Turner. “Sixty Minute Man” by Billy Ward & the Dominos December 1950. “Good Rockin’ Tonight” by Wynonie Harris 1947 “The Fat Man” by Fats Domino 1949 Rolling Stone Magazine says the 1st Rock song was “That’s Alright Mama” Elvis Presley 1954. While all but “That’s Alright Mama” I can kinda of agree with, they are still lacking a real Rock sound, they are still too bluesy and jazzy. Elvis’ “That’s Alright Mama” is too close to the original Arthur Crudup 1946 version. I say the flip side to Elvis’ “That’s Alright Mama” is the first TRUE Rock song. “Blue Moon of Kentucky” It was the first time a song contained elements of Blues, Jazz & Country. Once you establish that as the first song, then you have to g
