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Originally Posted by Oriphiel
And you're the New Coke. We all have crosses to bear. 
Anyway, I sent you a PM explaining why I picked the albums that I did. I can add more, if you want. I think it'd be more fun to divide "Rock and Roll" into Rockabilly and the British Invasion. Pitting Little Richard and Elvis against The Who and The Stones is kind of wrong, since it'd basically be apples and oranges. But if you are going to keep them together, then please don't ignore The Beatles early work. |
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Originally Posted by Oriphiel
Also, you might want to put Sister Rosetta Tharpe in there. She's one of the progenitors of Rock and Roll. Elvis snatched her Gospel and Boogie Woogie/R&B style, Chuck Berry fell in love with her furious guitar playing, and Little Richard cites her as one of his greatest idols. In fact, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was instrumental in Little Richard becoming a Rocker; when he was a child, he loved her R&B/Early Rock style, and when he decided to go to one of her shows, she brought him up on stage to sing for the audience, giving him his first taste of fame.
Unfortunately, most of her more rockin' songs are limited to singles in the 30s and 40s, with most of her albums in the 50s being pure Gospel. But there are a few compilations that have compiled her best and most influential songs, such as...
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Seriously, just listen to her shredding in the opening of this documentary:
Here are some of the songs on the album:
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You have fine points, and I don't disagree in theory, but Unknown Soldier had a point when he questioned how many people would be willing to participate in an old school rock and roll battle in the first place, and further dividing it might be going too far. I imagine the British Invasion bands are high profile enough to draw attention, but besides a select few of the OG rock artists (like Elvis, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard), can you see more than a couple other people on this forum being familiar with them, let alone interested in participating?