[78-L] Five Faves

[Cary Ginell]

Wrong again. If you're talking about rock 'n' roll artists, Bill Haley covered black music before Elvis was even out of high school when he recorded Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88" in 1951 for Holiday.

And Elvis' version of "That's All Right" is hardly an exact copy of Crudup's recording. 

Cary Ginell


> From: stevenc at interlinks.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:29:17 -0500
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Five Faves
> 
> From: "Erwin Kluwer" <ekluwer at gmail.com>
> > To me the most (sudden) radical and influential new sounds were created 
> > by:
> > ODJB (oh yes, I  am ready for what you guys have to say about this..!!)
> >
> Important point here is that ODJB were NOT the first to play jazz...they
> just happened to be the first to record it for an important label!
> > Charlie Parker n 1945
> > Bill Monroe in 1946
> >
> Both possible; I don't have the expertise here?
> > Elvis on Sun
> >
> Again, Elvis didn't "create" anything new...he was just the first to copy
> the work of Black performers. As well, he was very good-looking and
> thus had gazillions of female teen-age admirers...! The Crudup tune
> he "covered" is/was an almost exact copy of Crudup's original recording!
> 
> Steven C. Barr 
> 
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