I first heard this song in about 1971 on KSFO, San Francisco, on John Gilliland’s “Chronicles of Pop” show where he, too, said it was one of the first rock and roll records.
Love it. Glad to see it on TV in the late ‘60”s. My guess is the Mike Douglas show.
Louis Jordon played with Chic Webb’s Orchestra in the '30's. After Chic Webb died in 1938, the band was led by their singer, what was here name? -- Oh yeah, something like Ella Fitzgerald -- and Jordon helped her out. He had been with the band for a few years by that point.
Jordan famously described rock and roll as "rhythm and blues played by white musicians".
There is a measure of truth to that, I think. It's a small step from Jordan's style of jump blues in the forties to the rockabilly of the early fifties. The rockabilly sound was created with a foundation of black blues/swing, with a bit of white folk music and gospel thrown in for spice.
I love that he rhymed "frock" with "bobby sox"
ReplyDeleteI first heard this song in about 1971 on KSFO, San Francisco, on John Gilliland’s “Chronicles of Pop” show where he, too, said it was one of the first rock and roll records.
ReplyDeleteLove it. Glad to see it on TV in the late ‘60”s. My guess is the Mike Douglas show.
Louis Jordon played with Chic Webb’s Orchestra in the '30's. After Chic Webb died in 1938, the band was led by their singer, what was here name? -- Oh yeah, something like Ella Fitzgerald -- and Jordon helped her out. He had been with the band for a few years by that point.
ReplyDeleteWasn't Ella, Mrs. Chic Webb?
ReplyDeleteBah! Now I wanna listen to some Ella!
ReplyDeleteNo, the rumour was that Mr. and Mrs. Chic Webb adopted Ella, but I think that has been shown to be untrue.
ReplyDeleteJordan famously described rock and roll as "rhythm and blues played by white musicians".
ReplyDeleteThere is a measure of truth to that, I think. It's a small step from Jordan's style of jump blues in the forties to the rockabilly of the early fifties. The rockabilly sound was created with a foundation of black blues/swing, with a bit of white folk music and gospel thrown in for spice.