What was the first rock and roll song? It depends on who you talk to and to some extent how you define rock and roll. Some would say it was…
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Ken Shane
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Billy Ward launched a new era of frankness in lyrics and the careers of two future superstars
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Bobby Freeman wrote and recorded one of the most covered songs in the history of rock and roll
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Joe Tex was famous for his moves, great records, and his feud with James Brown
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R&B pioneer Charles Brown released a Christmas classic in 1960
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The competition for the first single by the Famous Flames was fierce. Federal Records prevailed.
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The O’Jays are best known as a hit-making trio, but they started as a quintet, and had one of their earliest hits as a quartet.
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To make up for the inexcusable absence of the King of Soul from his Soul Serenade column, Ken Shane offers up a double shot of James Brown.
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