Music that started in the 1950's. Mix the blues or rhythm & blues with 2 or more of
the following: country, swing, gospel, jazz, ummm... there's more but fuck it.
Basically any music with a good beat, soul, and a wild, raw feel to it. But it gotta be up-beat and have some blues in it. Whoever wrote that other
definition is a fuckin' idiot.
P.S. "Hits" don't dictate
what's good or bad. The people running the radio stations don't know shit.
Joe Turner - "Flip, Flop & Fly"
Chuck Berry - "Sweet Little Sixteen"
Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great
Balls of Fire"
The Kingsmen (or Richard Berry) - "Louie Louie"
Ray Charles - "I Got a Woman"
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - "Little Demon"
Carl Perkins - "Honey Don't"
Elvis Presley - "Hound Dog"
The Ramones - "Rockaway Beach"
Trashmen - "Surfin' Bird"
The Cramps - "Mama Oo Pow Pow"
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels - "
Devil with the Blue Dress on"
Tommy James - "Hanky Panky"
Dion & the Belmonts - "Runaround Sue"