Various Artists
Rock the Joint: The Records That Ushered in Rock'n'Roll
(Blue Century Records)
Slip a quarter to Pops at the door and careful the fifth in your jacket doesn't hit the jamb as you sashay into the hubbub. The only reason neighbors aren't pounding walls over the hi-fi blasting is 'cause they're all here. Long tall daddies and lipsticked honeydews everywhere: Some belly-rub dancing, others slap-and-tickling, still more managing both. Nobody knows what time it is 'cause the clock got knocked off the wall.
Recommended: "Caldonia" (Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five), "Good Rockin' Tonight" (Roy Brown), "Rock the Joint" (Jimmy Preston), "The Fat Man" (Fats Domino), "Let's Jump Tonight" (Chuck Willis), "Rock-A-Bye Baby" (Big Mama Thornton; lead guitar by Pete Lewis, of the Johnny Otis Band), "Flip Our Wigs" (Milt Trenier), "Jam Up" (Tommy Ridgley)
Videos: "Caldonia" "Good Rockin' Tonight" "Rock the Joint" "Flip Our Wigs" "Jam Up"
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