Rocket 88

They would be discovered by the radio producer Joe Calloway, who later recommended them to legendary Sun producer Sam Phillips.

Phillips had recorded Rocket 88 a couple years earlier, the tune often considered the first rock and roll song, and he'd be recording icons like Elvis Presley in due time.

But between all that came The Prisonaires.

Now, they were a gospel group, but doo-wop was emerging as a sound around this time as well.

A car magazine did a, you know, they got it at Rocky.

They say it was one of the first rock and roll songs, Rocket 88.

Jackie Brinston and Ike Turner.

We played it here a couple of times.

It's not even...

One, it's not the first rock and roll song, right? It's Rocket 88.

And two, it's a cover.

We opened this show with Sweet 16 by... of Chuck Berry.

Well, it's a million selling hits.

I mean, maybe you'll reckon Rock Around the Clock, See You Later, Alligator, Shake, Rattle, and Roll, Rocket 88, Skinny Minnie.

Now, at the age of four, Bill Underwent.

We're going to learn some history about Bill.