In my mind, this was the date that modern rock & roll was born.

[kentuck]

[empedocles]

1. I vaguely recall, a report that he first tried out 'Thats all right'', at Sun records,

Phillips/Sun then recorded it, thinking they 'had something'.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. June 1947...

George Thorogood said this was it:

[Crazyleftie]

3. this one

[blm]

9. Yep. Little Richard said it inspired hm.

[exboyfil]

10. I am no music expert

But being this is a song from 1951 I think it is the first rock and roll song. The B side is a classic blues song. This could easily be a song done in the 1960s. Even the topic screams classic rock and roll.

It appears on a compilation album called Chess Pieces (Chess Records compilation - a great album), and it is the most pure rock and roll song on that album. Only ones close from the 1950s on that album are Maybellene from 1955, Suzi Q from 1957, and Johnny B. Goode from 1958.

[elleng]

4. Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock (1955)

[CJW]

7. Yes!

That's the one I remember most

[elleng]

8. First one I danced to!!!

[cornball 24]

5. Played that song over a hundred times since seeing film "ELVIS" twice, so far!