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I'm seeing conflicting info on who wrote this song. This site indicates it was Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer: http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858900035/ Yobbo14 ( talk) 16:39, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Cool. Thanks for updating! Yobbo14 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:25, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Wanted to request clarification on the first sentence in the third paragraph. It was modified to read "... uses of the term were not uncommon in various blues and jazz recordings from the 1920s onward."
I'm willing to believe that folks may have been throwing the Rock & Roll term around prior to the documented item in 1942 - but I'm unaware of any specific use of the term "Rock & Roll" in recordings prior to the Ella Fitzgerald song. Can any citations be provided? Thanks! Yobbo14 ( talk) 17:04, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
Good Stuff :) Thanks! However, in the context of the Boswell Sisters' song, it appears "Rock & Roll" was referring more to the motion of the sea. Unless I missed something in the lyrics, I'm not sure it was identifying an up-and-coming music genre. I've read thru the Origins of Rock and Roll article before. It seems to discuss more about key songs from which Rock & Roll developed. What I'm wondering (based on the added sentence "... uses of the term were not uncommon in various blues and jazz recordings from the 1920s onward."), are there any other songs that specifically mention "Rock & Roll", and define it as specifically as Rock It For Me? Yobbo14 ( talk) 16:28, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks again for the info. You're correct that "won't you satisfy my soul with the rock and roll" from Rock It For Me isn't quite revealing, but the line "...I heard it came to town, a new kind of rhythm" is. I totally get what you're saying, that the term rock and roll was a hipster term in those early years, and used in songs here and there. However, reading the lyrics to Rock It For Me, it simply strikes me as particularly unique - even compared to the songs you listed. If you (or others) do not see it that way, I'm fine with that. I doubt I'll lose any sleep over this :) Yobbo14 ( talk) 15:45, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
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I'm seeing conflicting info on who wrote this song. This site indicates it was Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer: http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858900035/ Yobbo14 ( talk) 16:39, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Cool. Thanks for updating! Yobbo14 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:25, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Wanted to request clarification on the first sentence in the third paragraph. It was modified to read "... uses of the term were not uncommon in various blues and jazz recordings from the 1920s onward."
I'm willing to believe that folks may have been throwing the Rock & Roll term around prior to the documented item in 1942 - but I'm unaware of any specific use of the term "Rock & Roll" in recordings prior to the Ella Fitzgerald song. Can any citations be provided? Thanks! Yobbo14 ( talk) 17:04, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
Good Stuff :) Thanks! However, in the context of the Boswell Sisters' song, it appears "Rock & Roll" was referring more to the motion of the sea. Unless I missed something in the lyrics, I'm not sure it was identifying an up-and-coming music genre. I've read thru the Origins of Rock and Roll article before. It seems to discuss more about key songs from which Rock & Roll developed. What I'm wondering (based on the added sentence "... uses of the term were not uncommon in various blues and jazz recordings from the 1920s onward."), are there any other songs that specifically mention "Rock & Roll", and define it as specifically as Rock It For Me? Yobbo14 ( talk) 16:28, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks again for the info. You're correct that "won't you satisfy my soul with the rock and roll" from Rock It For Me isn't quite revealing, but the line "...I heard it came to town, a new kind of rhythm" is. I totally get what you're saying, that the term rock and roll was a hipster term in those early years, and used in songs here and there. However, reading the lyrics to Rock It For Me, it simply strikes me as particularly unique - even compared to the songs you listed. If you (or others) do not see it that way, I'm fine with that. I doubt I'll lose any sleep over this :) Yobbo14 ( talk) 15:45, 13 June 2013 (UTC)