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Old 06-18-2013, 06:14 PM   #83 (permalink)
Lord Larehip
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Big Mama also did "Ball and Chain" which was a BIG hit for Janis Joplin:


Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1952) Blues - YouTube


Big Joe Turner - Pete Johnson 1938 ~ Roll 'Em Pete - YouTube

The Camp Meeting Jubilee from 1916--the very first recording to use some form of "rock and roll" in the lyrics"

THE CAMP MEETING JUBILEE - 1916 - LITLE WONDER #339 - YouTube

Tommy Scott, a hillbilly artist, who released this song a year before Freed was using the term on the radio:

Tommy Scott - Rockin' And Rollin' - YouTube
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