
Episode 7: Wynonie Harris and “Good Rockin’ Tonight”
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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'Good Rocking to Night' by Roy Brown
Roy brown had originally been hired as a black singer who sounds white. He soon became very fond of jump blues and started writing songs in the style himself. One called good rocking to night he thought might be popular with other audiences, since it always went down so well in his own shows. And when harris came to town, brown suggested the song to him, and harris wasn't interested. But after Brown moved back to new orleans from galverston, texas, where he'd been performing, there was a girl and a club owner, and these things happen, and sometimes you have to move. So brown took his song to cecil gant instead. G
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