What Was the First Rock ‘n’ Roll Record: 1951
The 1951 candidates in What Was the First Rock ‘n’ Roll Record? by Jim Dawson and Steve Propes are:
- “Rocket 88” by Jackie Brenston with His Delta Cats (actually Ike Turner’s band)
- “Sixty Minute Man” by the Dominoes
- “Cry” by Johnnie Ray