The 1952 candidates in What Was the First Rock ‘n’ Roll Record? by Jim Dawson and Steve Propes” are:

• “One Mint Julep” by the Clovers
• “Rock the Joint” by Bill Haley and the Saddlemen
• “Have Mercy Baby” by the Dominoes
• “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” by Lloyd Price.  Lloyd Price has come out with a book declaring “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” the first rock ‘n’ roll song and himself as “The True King of the 50s.”