The Road to Rock & Roll, Vol. 1: Jitterbug Jive 1934–1952

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Shout, Sister Shout
Tiny Bradshaw2:40
2Honky Tonk Train Blues
Meade Lux Lewis2:52
3Rock Me
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:37
4Roll ’Em Pete
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson2:52
5Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat
Will Bradley–Ray McKinley Orchestra3:05
6Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five2:44
7Fluffy’s Debut
Buddy Banks Sextet & Fluffy Hunter2:33
8Arabian Boogie
Slim Gaillard2:48
9The Honeydripper, Pt. 1
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers3:07
10The House of Blue Lights
Ella Mae Morse, Don Raye & Freddie Slack2:54
11He’s a Real Gone Guy
Nellie Lutcher3:03
12King Size Papa
recording of:
King Size Papa
writer:
Johnny Gomez and Paul Vance (US songwriter and producer)
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends2:43
13Backwater Blues
Lead Belly3:00
14Saturday Night Fish Fry, Pts. 1 & 2
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five5:26
15Rag Mop
recording of:
Rag Mop
writer:
Deacon Anderson (songwriter, vocalist, steel guitarist) and Johnnie Lee Wills
Lionel Hampton2:52
16This Joint’s Too Hip for Me
Betty Hall Jones2:31
17I Almost Lost My Mind
Ivory Joe Hunter3:13
18For You My Love
Nellie Lutcher & Nat King Cole2:26
19That’s Right Little Girl
Piney Brown2:40
20Drippers’ Boogie, Pt. 1
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers2:49
21Birmingham Bounce
recording of:
Birmingham Bounce (on 1950-04-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sidney Louie Gunter
Red Foley3:03
22Hadda’s Boogie
Hadda Brooks2:52
23Guitar Boogie
Arthur Smith & His Cracker-Jacks3:23
24Chicken Reel
Les Paul2:10
25Oh Babe!
recording of:
Oh Babe!
writer:
Milton Kabak and Louis Prima
Louis Prima & Keely Smith3:08
▼CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Shine, Shave, Shower (It’s Saturday)
Lefty Frizzell2:36
2Hot Rod Race
Red Foley2:29
3Trouble Trouble
Roy Lanham & Doug Dalton2:54
4Chew Tobacco Rag
Zeb Turner2:37
5Dog House Boogie
Hawkshaw Hawkins2:51
6Bouncing Ball Boogie
Sugar Chile Robinson2:12
7Hoot Owl Boogie
Sheb Wooley2:41
8Hey, Good Lookin’
recording of:
Hey, Good Lookin’
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-03-16)
Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys2:57
9Cherokee Boogie (Eh‐oh‐aleena)
recording of:
Cherokee Boogie
lyricist and composer:
Moon Mullican and William Redbird
Moon Mullican3:03
10Sixty‐Minute Man
Billy Ward and His Dominoes2:33
11The Grape Vine
Lucky Millinder2:32
12Magic Carpet
Blind John Davis2:15
13Tennessee Saturday Night
Ella Mae Morse2:23
14Rock City Boogie
recording of:
Rock City Boogie
lyricist:
Anita Kerr
writer:
Joe Allison
Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Dinning Sisters & Cliffie Stone’s Music2:15
15The Senator From Tennessee
Hardrock Gunter2:23
16Ooh‐dahdily‐dah
Louis Prima & Keely Smith2:23
17Just Right Bounce
Piano Red2:23
18Bloodshot Eyes
Wynonie Harris2:45
19Honky Tonk Blues
recording of:
Honky Tonk Blues
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Fred Rose Music, Hiriam Music and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-30)
Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys2:14
20Jambalaya (On the Boogie)
Rex Allen & The Nashville Dixielanders2:40
21Tennessee Local
cover recording of:
Tennessee Local
writer:
Jimmy Dupree, Ed Nelson (Popular music songwriter and bandleader) and Steve Nelson (US songwriter who co-wrote “Frosty the Snowman”)
Tennessee Ernie Ford & Cliffie Stone’s Orchestra2:28
22Bim Bam Baby
recording of:
Bim Bam Baby
writer:
Sammy Mysels
publisher:
George Paxton Inc.
Frank Sinatra2:24
23Flamingo
Earl Bostic2:41
24I Know Who Threw the Whiskey (In the Well)
Bull Moose Jackson2:47
25Rock the Joint
Lola Ameche & Ralph Marterie3:08