Episode 2: “Roll ‘Em Pete” by Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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It's All Right Baby by Turner and Johnson
Roland P.T. Turner and Pete Johnson recorded It's All Right Baby at Carnegie Hall in 1938. The song has all the elements that will later go into rock and roll music, perhaps not in a way that's massively different from its predecessors. This is something we'll be seeing a lot of in the future - people taking credits as songwriters for things put together from pre-existing elements.
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