Yep, rock and roll is here to stay -- it will never die. But it took a long while birthing. You may recognize them as such but here are some of the antecedents, from 1922 to 1936, to a great musical genre.
1922 -- Trixie Smith, "My Man Rocks Me (with One Steady Roll)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHtSz4BooMA
1925 -- Papa Charlie Jackson, "Shake That Thing"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNW-2BiGs44
1926 -- Blind Lemon Jefferson, "Black Snake Moan"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kic5rUrvv08
1927 -- Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit Jar Drinkers, "Sail Away" and "Rock About My Saro Jane"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqpP6zNuAXE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXqk2mPtPo0
1927 -- Jim Jackson, "Kansas City Blues"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMBO2Sb_91k
1928 -- Tampa Red and Georgia Tom, "It's Tight Like That"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuUReqRLAbc
1928 -- Pinetop Slim, "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6dPdfXZVI8
1929 -- Blind Roosevelt Graves, "Crazy About My Baby"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56rjRNQ1fPY
1930 -- Jimmie Rogers (with Louis Armstrong on cornet and Lil Armstrong on piano), "Standing on the Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BFbY9Vw8DM
1932 -- Washboard Rhythm Kings, "Tiger Rag"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkW7osPfonU
1934 -- Austin Coleman and Joe Washington Brown, "Good Lord Run (O Jeremiah)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkxeB0gcLyA
1936 -- Harlem Hamfats, "Oh! Red"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2heVEC2djCE
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