1948 HITS ARCHIVE: Good Rockin’ Tonight - Wynonie Harris (#1 R&B hit)

Good Rockin’ Tonight (Brown) by Wynonie Harris Written and first recorded by Roy Brown in 1947, this historic rock ‘n roll precursor, as performed by Wynonie “Mr. Blues” Harris, spent 25 weeks on the rhythm & blues sales and jukebox charts, peaking at #1 on both. Harris had sung with the Lucky Millinder band prior to leading his own group on a series of popular late-40s R&B hits. In 1954 Elvis Presley would famously record “Good Rockin’ Tonight” for his second Sun label single. THE 1948 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1948 (some were recorded in 1947). 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