Twin Cities Music Highlights

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