 | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Good Rocking Tonight" album – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Good Rocking Tonight | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Roy Brown taken in 1950. Provided by Roy Brown for use as the cover. | |
| Compilation album by Roy Brown | |
| Released | 1978 |
| Recorded | 1947–1954 |
| Genre | R&B, blues |
| Label | Route 66 Records |
| Producer | Roy Brown |
| Compiler | Bengt Weine, Per Notini, and Roy Brown |
Good Rocking Tonight is a compilation album by the blues musician Roy Brown.
Released by Route 66 Records in 1978 in mono as KIX-6, and is a follow-up to an earlier release titled Laughing But Crying (KIX-2). This album's subtitle is "Legendary Recordings, Vol 2 (1947–1954)". The cover features a portrait of Roy Brown, courtesy of Roy Brown, taken in 1950.
Some reviewers state that Brown's version of "Good Rocking Tonight" released in 1947, or Wynonie Harris' version from 1948, (depending on the source), is one of the contenders for the title of "first rock and roll recording". The label of the 45 RPM record by Brown included the words "Rocking blues".
The back cover includes extensive liner notes, and biographical and autobiographical information attributed to:
- John Broven: "Roy Brown", Blues Unlimited 123–124
- Jonas Bernholm: unpublished interview
- Staffan Solding: Swedish Radio Broadcast, 1978
Track listing
| # | Song Name | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Good Rocking Tonight" | 3:03 | New Orleans | 1947 |
| 2. | "Long About Midnight" | 3:09 | New Orleans | 1948 |
| 3. | "Whose Hat Is That" | 2:34 | New Orleans | October 1947 |
| 4. | "Fore Day in the Morning" | 3:00 | New Orleans | October 1948 |
| 5. | "Butcher Pete, pt 2" (Brown–Bernard) |
2:47 | Cincinnati | November 2, 1949 |
| 6. | "Dreaming Blues" | 3:11 | Cincinnati | June 15, 1950 |
| 7. | "Old Age Boogie, pt 1 & 2" | 4:35 | New Orleans | December 19, 1952 |
| 8. | "Good Man Blues" | 2:29 | Cincinnati | June 15?, 1950 |
| 9. | "Miss Fanny Brown Returns" | 2:39 | New Orleans | 1948 |
| 10. | "Brown Angel" | 3:01 | Cincinnati | September 27, 1951 |
| 11. | "Grandpa Stole My Baby" | 2:52 | Unknown | Unknown, early 1953? |
| 12. | "Teenage Jamobree" | 3:01 | Cincinnati | June 22, 1950 |
| 13. | "Black Diamond" | 2:31 | New Orleans | September 2, 1954 |
| 14. | "This Is My last Goodbye" | 2:39 | Cincinnati | April 2, 1954 |
| 15. | "Mighty, Mighty Man" | 2:26 | Unknown | Unknown |
All songs by Roy Brown except where noted.
Personnel
- Placide Adams — drums
- Chuck Badie — bass
- Earl Barnes — tenor sax
- Edgar Blanchard — guitar
- Frank Campbell — baritone saxophone
- Walter Daniels — piano
- Wallace Davenport — trumpet
- Salvador Doucette — piano
- Jimmy Davis — guitar
- Johnny Fontenette — tenor saxophone
- Percy Gabriel — bass
- Albert "June" Gardner — drums
- James C. Harris — piano
- Wilbur Herden — trumpet
- Ike Isaacs — bass
- George Jenkins — drums
- Leonard Jefferson — bass
- Bill Jones — guitar
- Melvin Lastie — trumpet
- Ray Miller — drums
- Tony Moret — trumpet
- Alexander Nelson — baritone saxophone
- Charlie Nelson — piano
- Bob Ogden — drums
- Jerome O'Neill — alto saxophone
- Frank Parker — drums
- Sammy Parker — tenor saxophone
- LeRoy Rankins — baritone saxophone
- Teddy Riley — trumpet
- Edward Santineo — piano
- Louis Sargent — guitar
- Calvin Sheilds — drums
- Tommy Shelvin — bass
- Wilbert Smith — bass
- Clement Tervalon — trombone
- Victor Thomas — tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Williams — piano
- Unknown — bass
— drums
— guitar
— piano
— tenor saxophone
— trombone
— trumpet
References
- "5 Candidates for the First Rock 'n' Roll Song". Mentalfloss.com. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- "The first rock'n'roll record is released". The Guardian. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
the first rock record. In fact, that title is hotly disputed, with contenders including Sister Rosetta Tharpe's Strange Things Happening Every Day (1944) and
- "1st RECORDING OF: Good Rockin' Tonight - Roy Brown (1947)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.