On Backbeat this week we delve a bit into the history of rockin' and rollin' - like to 1938, including a bluesy cover of Hound Dog, made by a country group long before Elvis tackled it. We'll have some bird music and an American-Arabic musician, Eddie Kojak and his band, give us their take the mambo
Artist - Title - Year Marty Robbins - Mean Mama Blues - 1955 The Singing Echoes - Ezekiel Saw De Wheel - 1963 Smilin' Joe's Sextet - Feel Like A Million - 1956 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra - Rockin' Roller's Jubilee - 1938 Reno & Smiley - Country Boy Rock 'N' Roll - 1956 Tommy Duncan and the Miller Brothers - Hound Dog - 1953 Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - Papa Wants a Cookie - 1931 Lightnin' Hopkins - Buck Dance Boogie - 1952 The Miller Sisters - Woody - 1954 Curley Fox - Listen to the Mockingbird - 1935 Eddy Arnold - Why Should I Cry - 1949 Eddie Kochak - Mambo Araby - 1957 Jimmy Nelson And His Orchestra - Big Eyed, Brown Eyed Girl Of Mine - 1952 The Silver Quintette - Father Don't Leave - 1956 James "Sugar Boy" Crawford - The Facts - 1958 Dee Clark - Fever - 1962 Jimmy & Johnny - Wait A Minute Baby - Prince Partridge - Get Back - 1956 The Blenders - Daughter - 1963 Ron Holden - My Babe - 1959 Hank Ballard With The Midnighters - Finger Poppin' Time - 1960 Jay McShann - Bad Tale Boogie - 1951