1. Pop, Crossovers & Covers
Roots of Rock – 5

2. Required Listening (1/2)
The Ink Spots—If I Didn’t Care (1939)
The Orioles
It’s Too Soon to Know (1948)
Crying in the Chapel (1953)
The Ravens—Gotta Find My Baby (1950)
The Clovers—Don’t You Know I Love You (1951)
The Dominoes
Sixty Minute Man (1951)
Have Mercy Baby (1952)
The Drifters—Money Honey (1953)
The Crows—Gee (1954)
Annie/Henry songs
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters—Work With Me Annie (1954)
Etta James—The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry) (1955)
Georgia Gibbs—Dance With Me Henry (1955)
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3. Required Listening (2/2) Covers
Sh-Boom
The Chords (1954)
The Crew Cuts (1954)
Hearts of Stone
The Charms (1954)
The Fontane Sisters (1955)
Sincerely
The Moonglows (1954)
The McGuire Sisters (1955)
Aint’ That a Shame
Fats Domino (1955)
Pat Boone (1955)
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Big Joe Turner (1954)
Bill Haley & His Comets (1954)
Bill Haley & His Comets—Rock Around the Clock (1955)
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Supplemental Video
Patti Page—The Doggie in the Window (1953) (2:07)
Chordettes—Lollipop (1958) (1:36)
Perry Como—Hot Diggity (1956) (2:22)
Perry Como—Round and Round (1957) (2:27)
Frank Sinatra—Fly Me to the Moon (w/Count Basie, Bellagio-Las Vegas fountain show, 7/1/07) (2:45)
Frank Sinatra—New York, New York (3:35)
Johnnie Ray—Walkin’ My Baby Back Home (AVRO Studios, Hilversum, Holland, 3/22/58) (2:41)
Ink Spots—It’s Only a Shanty in Old Shanty Town (1:52)
Clovers—Fool, Fool, Fool (Apollo Theatre) (2:56)
Larks—The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (Rhythm & Blues Revue, 1955) (1:40)
Treniers—Rockin’ On Saturday Night (Don’t Knock the Rock, 1956) (3:02)
Chords—Sh-Boom (orig. 1954) (2:19)
LaVern Baker—Jim Dandy Got Married (2:08)
Fats Domino—Ain’t That a Shame (2:28)
Pat Boone—Ain’t That a Shame (1:12)
Little Richard—Tutti Frutti (Don’t Knock the Rock, 1956) (2:05)
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Patti Page
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6. Patti Page The Doggie in the Window (1953) (2:07)
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Fifties Pop Women
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Gogi Grant—The Wayward Wind (1955)
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Chordettes
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Chordettes
Mr. Sandman (1954)
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9. Chordettes Lollipop (1958) (1:36)
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Fifties Pop Men
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11. Fifties Pop Men Perry Como Hot Diggity (1956) (2:22)
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12. Fifties Pop Men Perry Como Round and Round (1957) (2:27)
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Frank Sinatra Fly Me to the Moon (w/Count Basie) (2:45) Bellagio-Las Vegas fountain show, 7/1/07
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14. Frank Sinatra New York, New York (3:35)
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Johnnie Ray
Cry (1951)
Just Walking in the Rain (1956)
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Johnnie Ray Walkin’ My Baby Back Home (2:41) AVRO Studios, Hilversum, Holland, 3/22/58
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1940’s Crossovers
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Ink Spots
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If I Didn’t Care (1939)
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19. Ink Spots It’s Only a Shanty In Old Shanty Town (1:52)
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R&B Group Ballads
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Earth Angel / Gee
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Penguins—Earth Angel (1954)
Crows—Gee (1954)
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Ravens
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Ravens—Gotta Find My Baby (1950)
Ravens—My Baby’s Gone
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23. Clovers Fool, Fool, Fool (2:56) Apollo Theatre
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Larks The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise (1:40) Rhythm and Blues Revue (movie, 1955)
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Treniers Rockin’ on Saturday Night (3:02) Don’t Knock the Rock (movie, 1956)
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Dominoes with Clyde
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Clyde & Drifters
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Dominoes with Jackie
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Midnighters
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Work With Me, Annie (1954)
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R & B Albums (1)
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R & B Albums (2)
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Moondog Ball
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Alan Freed
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Alan Freed Package
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Sh-Boom
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Chords (1954)
Crew Cuts (1954)
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36. Chords Sh-Boom (orig. 1954) (2:19)
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LaVern Baker—Jim Dandy (1956)
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38. LaVern Baker Jim Dandy Got Married (follow-up) (2:08)
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Pat Boone
Fats Domino—Ain’t That a Shame
Pat Boone—Ain’t That a Shame
Little Richard—Tutti Frutti
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40. Fats Domino Ain’t That a Shame (2:28)
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41. Pat Boone Ain’t That a Shame (1:12)
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42. Little Richard Tutti Frutti Don’t Knock the Rock, (1956) (2:05)
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Pat Boone – Heavy Metal
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Bill Haley
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Blackboard Jungle
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Rock Around the Clock
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Haley Hip
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1950’s Collage
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12-Bar Blues
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