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The Roots of Heavy Metal #3: The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll!

The Roots of Heavy Metal #3: The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll!

Update: 2025-01-20
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Wherein Eric and John once again examine some of the gnarled roots underneath the heavy metal family tree, exploring the development and formative influence of golden age 1950s rock 'n roll, and, just maybe, find the very first heavy metal song ever all the way back in 1956!



Click on the links below for all the music listening breaks in this episode:

Listening break #1- "Rocket 88" by Jackie
Brenston and his Delta Cats (1951) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=260hXID0Yo0




Unofficial listening break- "Roll 'Em Pete"
by Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson (1938)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cNW2dZMyWE




Unofficial listening break- "Train Kept A-Rollin'"
by Tiny Bradshaw (1951)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiScL3wIUwI


Listening break #2- "Rock Around the Clock" (Max
C. Freedman and James E. Myers) by Bill Haley & His
Comets (1954) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud_JZcC0tHI


Listening break #3- "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck
Berry (1958) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKCt8ssC7cs




Listening break #4- "Tutti
Frutti" by Little Richard (and Dorothy LaBostrie)
(1955) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnIIvWnpaBU




Video break- Elvis live on Ed Sullivan: “Ready Teddy/Hound
Dog” (September 9, 1956)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6vTdPWUJRg


Listening break #5- "Train Kept A Rollin'" by
Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956) https://youtu.be/hbw_jI4S924?si=WZgmBkTdALESm0t9




Listening break #6- "Rumble" by Link Wray &
His Wray Men https://youtu.be/ucTg6rZJCu4?si=DWyyYNcaX69_LoK4




Listening break #7- “That’ll Be the Day”  by Buddy Holly and the Crickets (1957) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4TfFTmITLo



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Underscore credits:


Stephen Foster Melodies - Nat Shilkret and the Victor Salon Group - 1928




"When Summer is Gone" (Harrison & Whittle) performed by Jack Hylton and his Orchestra




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The Roots of Heavy Metal #3: The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll!

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