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Station

Wynonie Harris

1944 to 1969 · on R&B / Soul · born 1915, died 1969

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Active years

192019401960198020002020

The journey

1945195019551960R&B / Soul1948
  1. 1948R&B / Soul · Good Rockin' Tonight

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Platform

  1. R&B / Soul1948 to 1954

    Good Rockin' Tonight

    Roy Brown wrote "Good Rockin' Tonight" and recorded it first, in 1947. Harris cut his version for King that December, released in 1948, and added the hard backbeat and the handclaps that became the rhythm of rock and roll. It is also one of the earliest records to use "rockin'" as both a musical and a social claim.

    Key album: Good Rockin' Tonight, 1948

    Source: Charlie Gillett, The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll, Souvenir Press (revised edition), 1983

The line

R&B / Soul (R&B / Soul family)

Sources

  1. Charlie Gillett, The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll, Souvenir Press (revised edition), 1983
  2. Nelson George, The Death of Rhythm and Blues, Pantheon Books, 1988

Cite this page

The Metro Map of Music, ‘Wynonie Harris: station’, /stations/wynonie-harris.