1st RECORDING OF: Good Rockin’ Tonight - Roy Brown (1947)

Though his was soon eclipsed by the best-selling Wynonie Harris version , composer Brown made the first recording of the blues-rock standard, which was famously covered by Elvis in 1954 for his second Sun release Billboard R&B Chart Peak: 11 The original 78rpm single was issued on DeLuxe 1093 - Good Rocking Tonight (Brown) by Roy Brown, orchestra conducted by Bob Ogden, recorded July 1947 For hundreds of other ‘originals,’ please visit the fascinating playlist “FIRST RECORDING OF THE SONG…” (click here: ) Ref: fallout . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: @the78prof72 ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! * The78Prof The45Prof AnotherProf