The First Rock n Roll Record

Rock and roll is as old as mankind and the first rock ‘n’ roll record was Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats’ ‘Rocket 88’ recorded at Sam Phillips’ Sun Studios in Memphis Tennessee. 

One of these two things is untrue, and it’s not that rock and roll is as old as mankind. 






Rock ‘n’ roll was little more than a euphemism among the Black population in early 20^th Century America. There are some that think it was also a dance, but for some the difference between sex and dancing is as thin as the line between love and hate.

Nearly 90 years ago in September 1922 in New York City 27 year old Trixie Smith along with the Jazz Masters went into the studio to cut a couple of sides. One of the sides Trixie and the boys cut was ‘My Daddy Rocks Me (with one steady roll); as clear evidence as you can get for the link between rock and roll, and sex. MUCH MORE HERE