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(Before proceeding, please take note that there are a few F-bombs and assorted bad words kicked around casually throughout this week's podcast. Listener Discretion is advised)
Yup, your eyes have not deceived you. We're taking a wee break from the Fabulous 50s this week celebrating 70 years of Rock N Roll (1956-2026)
And have landed right smack into the splat of CONTROVERSY!
Comedy In The 21st Century (or lack thereof)
Jimi Hendrix said it first: If 6s were 9s. Everything's upside down today. We here at The Generation X Offender podcast are every bit as much a product of the 1960s as we are of the 1980s (ouch!)
In the 1960s Universities were hotbeds of critical thinking, activism, higher learning and radical politics.
Today most comedians won't go near them.
Why?
The New Left has gone so far left they are now the extreme right.
The New Left does not support Freedom of Speech
The New Left does not support Freedom of Assembly
Anyone disagreeing with the New Left is immediately branded a Hate Monger, A Racist, A Bigot or worse...
The New Left promotes Bully Culture. Mob Culture.
And Cancel Culture...
Us Human Beings are social animals by nature. Historically, the worst form of human punishment, more feared then death perhaps, is banishment. Abandonment.
P is the NEW Scarlet Letter. P for Pariah...
Canadian, Prince Edward Island actor, writer, performer, humorist, comedian Dennis Trainer sold out 5 shows in the past six years. Everything's rosy. Until...
Suddenly a gig that had been booked for months was CANCELED. After hanging up on a confused Dennis, the venue's owner stopped returning his phone calls. Radio silence. Ghosted. No reason given. This is the same owner whose local "record store" hosted an event barring members of the public based on their gender, race and sexual orientation, all in the name of "Inclusion" (yea, we had to do a double take on that one too. Irony's a bitch).
As previously stated, this Gen X kid was raised in the shadow of the Civil Rights Movement, tirelessly fighting AGAINST racism...
This Gen X kid was raised in the shadow of the bra burning feminist movement, tirelessly fighting AGAINST sexism...
This Gen X kid was raised in the shadow of the burgeoning Gay Pride movement, tirelessly fighting AGAINST any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation...
The New Left is clawing back these societal gains born out of the radicalism and activism of the 1960s...
And we've got something to say about that.
And boobies too. With a side nod to the often beguiling male member...
All this AND MORE!
In the latest episode of The GXO, your trusted, insider source for all things music, pop culture and current events.
*THE MUSIC
"God's Comic" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/gods-comic/294809684?i=294809843 by a decidedly Attraction-less Elvis Costello (taking a break from the band through a trilogy of fabulous albums) and his legendary Spike album
"Everything Is Great" by Carsie Blanton and Canada's own The Burning Hell https://music.apple.com/ca/album/everything-is-great/1877954113?i=1877954114 from latest timely album from 2026
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Saturday May 23, 2026
Saturday May 23, 2026
In our continuing quest to Celebrate Rock N Roll's first 70 Years (1956-2026) we drop a few facts and spin a few yarns...
And oh what tales we weave!
Barely One Act in, the infant Rock N Roll gets the first ever appearance of one 16 year old John Lennon playing his first Rock N Roll gig ever...
And his soon to be bandmate, Paul McCartney, just 14 years young himself, who witnessed it.
1957 is chock-full of MILESTONES you won't wanna miss!
Acquaintances are made, auditions are held. And seeds of Rock N Roll immortality are planted one sunny Saturday afternoon in Liverpool, England, July 6, 1957...
to be continued...
TWO MOVIES! - Rock N Roll Manifestos
Rock, Rock, Rock!
The Girl Can't Help It
Both released December, 1956. One Color. One black & white
By March of 1957 both films find their way into the annals of history when two Liverpool teenagers learn a song each from each film and change the course of human history.
True Story.
All this and MORE!
Including, but not limited to, six Rock N Roll songs of the 32 Rock N Roll songs in total that completely dominated Billboard Magazine's Top 50 Songs of 1957
The foundation of the FUTURE OF ROCK N ROLL is poured in concrete and carved out of stone (and that's FOREVER) in this, YEAR TWO (1957) in the ongoing history of Rock N Roll - 70 YEARS YOUNG this year!
The Birth Of THE TEENAGER! Youth culture - And all that Jazz...is just a click away
*THE MUSIC
I'll Come Running Back To You by Sam Cooke
Come Go With Me by The Del-Vikings
You Can't Catch Me by Chuck Berry (famously plagiarized by John Lennon in 1969)
Twenty Flight Rock by Eddie Cochrane
Rip It Up (Little Richard cover) by The Everly Brothers
Not Fade Away by The Crickets (including one Buddy Holly)
I Only Have Eyes For You by The Flamingos
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Tuesday May 19, 2026
Tuesday May 19, 2026
...and just like the GPS lady says, "You Have Arrived At Your Destination!"
DESTINATION 1956!
Decades in the making, from Mamie Smith's Crazy Blues record of 1920, the first ever vocal blues recording, through the transition from acoustic blues to the electric blues in the 1930's, to Jump Blues, Shout and Rhythm & Blues of the 1940s, Fats Domino's 1949 The Fat Man, Ike Turner's 1951 Rocket 88 (arguably the First Two Rock N Roll Songs), Big Mama Thornton's 1952 Hound Dog, Elvis Presley's 5 Sun Records 45 rpm singles in 1954 and 1955 to the release of the self titled Elvis Presley debut album on March 23, 1956...
ROCK N ROLL IS BORN! - Born To Be WILD!
YEAR ZERO - 1956
Celebrate with us 70 YEARS OF ROCK N ROLL (1956-2026)
In today's episode of The GXO we examine the unequivocal PROOF of 1956 as the OFFICIAL BIRTH YEAR OF ROCK N ROLL by turning to Billboard Magazine's Year End Chart highlighting the TOP 50 SONGS OF 1956...
Listen to discover what we found....
ALL THIS and more!
In the latest edition of The GXO music podcast, your trusted, insider source for all things music, pop culture & MORE
*THE MUSIC
1955 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White by Perez Prado #1 Song in Billboard Magazine's Top 30 Songs of 1955
Rock N Roll Tracks in Billboard Magazine's Year End Top 50 Singles Of 1956:
#50 Rock Island Line (Lonnie Donegan version 1956 chart) by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
#47 Transfusion by Nervous Norvus
#45 Long Tall Sally by Little Richard
#42 The Fool by Sanford Clark
#41 Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino (not played in the show)
#40 Singing The Blues (Guy Mitchell version 1956 chart) by Marty Robbins
#36 You've Got The Magic Touch by The Platters
#33 See You Later Alligator by Bill Haley & His Comets
#30 The Flying Saucer by Buchanan & Goodman
#28 Why Do Fools Fall In Love by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
#27 Be Bop A Lula by Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
#26 Tonight You Belong To Me by Patience & Prudence
#25 I'm In Love Again by Fats Domino
#21 Honky Tonk by Bill Doggett
#18 Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins (not played in the show)
#15 Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley (not played in the show)
#14 I Want You I Need You I Love You by Elvis Presley (not played in the show)
#12 The Great Pretender by The Platters
#6 Hound Dog (Elvis Presley version 1956 chart) by Big Mama Thornton 1952
#4 My Prayer by The Platters
#2 Don't Be Cruel by Elvis Presley (not played in the show)
#1 Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley (not played in the show)
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Sunday May 10, 2026
Sunday May 10, 2026
We've cooked up something real special for you this week in The GXO Music Podcast celebrating 70 Years of Rock N Roll (1956-2026)
In today's episode, painstaking, exhaustive research has enabled us to EXPOSE the underbelly of the very first Rock N Roll album to go #1
The time:1956
The place: The Methodist Television Radio & Film Commission Building
1525 McGavock Street in the heart of Music City.
Nashville, Tennessee..
Before Nashville even knew it was music city itself
The studio where this storied album was recorded in, lost to us forever now, in the rubble of tomorrow's parking lot parties.
"They paved Paradise and put up a Parking Lot" - Joni Mitchell
For your pleasure, we are eviscerating and dissecting the innards of what came to be the FIRST Rock N Roll album...
An album that launched a thousand dreams, and, in doing so, gave birth to The Teenager. Youth Culture. The Counter Culture. The beginning of the end to segregation and possibly, perhaps, giving rise to the Civil Rights Movement of the early 1960s...
The Wild One (1953)
Mildred: "Hey Johnny, what are you rebelling against?"
Johnny Strabler: "Whaddaya got?"
Who: Elvis Presley & RCA Victor Records
What: 1956 Self Titled Debut Album
Where: The Methodist Television Radio & Film Commission Building, 1525 McGavock Street, Nashville, Tennessee and RCA Victor Studio, New York, New York
Why: The First Rock N Roll Album To Be The Most Successful Album Of The Year In Popular Recorded Music
When: Sun Records, Memphis, Tennessee July 5, 1954 and The Methodist Television Radio & Film Commission Building, 1525 McGavock Street, Nashville, Tennessee, January 10-11, 1956 and at RCA Victor Studio, New York, New York January 30-31, 1956
Released March 23, 1956
The Songs
Side One:
1. Blue Suede Shoes
2. I'm Counting On You
3. I Got A Woman
4. One Sided Love Affair
5. I Love You Because
6. Just Because
Side Two:
1. Tutti Frutti
2. Tryin' To Get To You
3. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
4. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
5. Blue Moon
6. Money Honey
*THE MUSIC
1967 Lucille by "The King" Little Richard from his 1967 album Little Richard's Greatest Hits: Recorded Live! on Okeh Records
1956 The original version of Blue Suede Shoes by the song's composer Carl Perkins released January 1, 1956 on Sun Records
1955 Demo version of I'm Counting On You performed by the composer Don Robertson, vocal by Miss Lou Dinning
1954 Single I Got A Woman by the song's composer Ray Charles on Atlantic Records
1955 Song One Sided Love Affair written by professional songwriter Bill Campell first recorded by Elvis Presley for his 1956 debut album and covered the following year by Little Tony & His Brothers of the independent republic of San Marino, bordering Italy
1949 I Love You Because by Leon Payne on Capitol Records
1929 Just Because originally recorded by Nelstone's Hawaiians
1955 Italian for "all fruits" Tutti Frutti was written and performed by Little Richard. Released by Specialty Records, it was Richard's first major hit
1954 Tryin' To Get To You was first recorded by Washington DC R&B vocal group The Eagles (not to be confused with the Hotel California elk from the 1970s)
1954 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) was originally recorded by Epic Records recording artist Roy Hamilton in 1954
1943 I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') was originally written and recorded by country western artist Jimmy Wakely in 1943
1934 Blue Moon was written by the legendary songwriting team of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart who wrote predominantly for Broadway and musical theatre. Noted British vocalist and crooner Al Bowly recorded one of the earliest versions of the song the year after it was composed in 1935
1953 Money Honey was written by one of Rock N Roll's original pioneers, Jesse Stone. Originally released in September 1953, it was the first single ever by legendary vocalist Clyde McPhatter and backed for the first time by the newly formed Drifters.
1962 Bob Dylan wrote and demoed the song Tomorrow Is A Long Time in 1962. Most notably, Elvis Presley recorded the song in 1966, intended for the soundtrack of his film Spinout of the same year. Dylan has stated repeatedly that Elvis' cover of this song is the one he treasures the most. 20 years after it was written, Elvis' version would feature prominently in acclaimed American film director Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film of S.E. Hinton's 1966 novel The Outsiders
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Saturday May 02, 2026
Saturday May 02, 2026
On August 25, 1955, the El Paso Times reported the death of painter Alvin Krolik under the headline "Story Of Person Who Walked Lonely Street". Krolik himself had penned the line in his unpublished autobiography prior to being shot and killed by local police during an attempted robbery in El Paso, Texas.
And so a legend was born...
Join us this week in the GXO Podcast as The Generation X Offender retraces the footsteps of budding middle-aged songwriter Mae Boren-Axton, Mom to Hoyt (an accomplished songwriter in his own write a decade later) as she monitors the mania being spread by a hip swiveling, skinny kid from Tupelo as he seduces legions of eager young fans from the stage while simultaneously enraging the boyfriends who accompany them
All this and more in the latest installment of the GXO Podcast celebrating 70 years of Rock N Roll (1956-2026)
*THE MUSIC
25 year old, Oklahoma born Hoyt Axton, son of Texas born composer Mae Boren-Axton, writes "The Pusher" in 1963. Four years later on May 14, 1967, ground zero for the Summer of Love, Canadian/American, Los Angeles based psychedelic rock band Steppenwolf record their first version of The Pusher live at the Matrix club in San Francisco. The band would go onto re-record the song for their self titled debut album, released January 29, 1968, which would reach number six on Billboard's Album Chart. The album's lead single, "Born To Be Wild" would peak at number two on Billboard's Hot 100 Songs Chart. Both "The Pusher" and "Born To Be Wild" would be included in the 1969 landmark counterculture film Easy Rider the following year.
"No No Song" was recorded by Beatle Ringo Starr in late 1974 and released the following year. With a little help from his friends Harry Nilsson on backing vocals, Jesse Ed Davis on electric guitar, Rolling Stones alumni Bobby Keys on sax and Nicky Hopkins on piano, Klaus Voormann from The Beatles' Hamburg days on bass, No No Song went #1 on the US Cash Box Top 100 Chart, #1 in Canada and #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. To date, No No Song is Ringo Starr's 7th and last Top 10 hit.
"Milkcow Blues Boogie" was originally written and recorded by Kokomo Arnold in 1934 as Milk Cow Blues. The song made Arnold a star and was widely adapted by blues artists as well as Western Swing musicians. Elvis Presley released the song as the A side of his 3rd 45 single for Sun Records on January 8, 1955. After securing the rights to Presley's contract, RCA Records re-issued the song later the same year in December 1955, later including it on Elvis' 1959 album A Date With Elvis.
"Heartbreak Hotel" was written by Mae Boren-Axton and Tommy Durden. The song was recorded at RCA Victor January 10, 1956 at 1525 McGavock Street in Nashville and released January 27, 1956. This is Elvis' debut release for RCA Records.
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Monday Apr 27, 2026
Monday Apr 27, 2026
The Continuing Story of Rock N Roll: The First 70 Years 1956-2026
Elvis: The Sun Years (53-54)
Join us as we retrace the footsteps of a boy who would be King: The Developmental Years
From obscurity to regional recognition and everything in between. Missed opportunities, rejection, misdirection, augmentation, trial, error and crispy bacon, peanut butter and mashed banana sandwiches! .
All this and MORE!
In the latest episode of The GXO Podcast hosted by none other than The Generation X Offender himself, offending friend and foe alike since 1966
Don't miss a beat!
*THE MUSIC
1941 That's When Your Heartaches Begin by The Ink Spots
1948 My Happiness by Jon & Sondra Steele
1950 It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You by Dude Martin & His Roundup Gang
1953 I'll Never Stand In Your Way by Joni James
1953 My Happiness by Elvis Presley
1953 That's When Your Heartaches Begin by Elvis Presley
1954 I'll Never Stand In Your Way by Elvis Presley
1954 It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You by Elvis Presley
1954 Without You by Jimmy Sweeney & Elvis Presley
1947 Blue Moon Of Kentucky by Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
1947 That's All Right by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
1954 Good Rockin' Tonight by Elvis Presley
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Sunday Apr 19, 2026
Sunday Apr 19, 2026
Welcome Listeners! We have FINALLY arrived! Our Desired Destination!
Nineteen Hundred And Fifty Six...the Dawning of the Age of Rock N Roll
Join us as we SPLASH DOWN DEEP into 1956, a year so chalk full of instant classics we had to break it down into multiple parts.
1956: PART ONE
All the hits fit to print that DIDN'T make it to Billboard's Top 50 Songs of 1956 Chart
*THE MUSIC
1951 Drown In My Own Tears by Lula Reed
1956 Stranded In The Jungle by The Jay Hawks
1956 Roll Over Beethoven by Chuck Berry
1956 The Paperboy On Main Street USA by Bill Haley & His Comets
1956 Rip It Up by Little Richard
1956 Let The Good Times Roll by Shirley & Lee
1956 Fever by Little Willie John
1956 Honey Chile by Fats Domino
1956 Ballin' The Jack by Jim Lowe
1956 Love Is Strange by Mickey & Sylvia
1956 Treasure Of Love by Clyde McPhatter
1956 Please Be Mine by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
1956 In The Still Of The Night by The Five Satins
1956 Since I Met You Baby by Ivory Joe Hunter
1956 Drown In My Own Tears by Ray Charles
1956 Eddie My Love by The Teen Queens
1956 Stranded In The Jungle by The Cadets
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Sunday Apr 12, 2026
Sunday Apr 12, 2026
Our tale begins in the mid to late 40s...
The 1940s
Post War America
The Great Cities of the East are full of electricity and light
And music...
Swing beat is DEAD daddio
Bebop and Blues rule!
Jump Swing
Shout Blues
...but this new thing, as yet, remains undefined
Founded in 1894 (solely sheet music back then kids!) Billboard Magazine didn't know what to do with it or what to call it either...
Although the area of Harlem, situated within the borough of New York City known as Manhattan, only takes up approximately 1.4 square miles (as reported by the New York City Department of City Planning in March of 2019) Billboard Magazine, began publishing a music chart directed towards the entire African American customer base of the United States in 1942.
They called this chart The Harlem Hit Parade.
Close to 50 years after the publication's inception, Billboard Magazine decided the African American music consuming demographic mattered, or rather, their money mattered (cue Randy Newman "It's Money That Matters").
Three short years later, Billboard changed the name of the chart to "The Most Played Juke Box Race Records" followed by "Best Selling Retail Race Records" in 1948. These unfortunate (and possibly even hateful) labels used to categorize a type of music are literally, the very definition of racist (look it up).
While some historians suggest the term "race" was a self referential term used by African Americans in the early part of the 20th Century, the word came to be considered offensive in the post-war world.
This prompted the editorial staff of Billboard Magazine to rename the chart "Rhythm & Blues Chart Listings" in June of 1949...
...which is where our story begins
As this exciting new music slithered out of the primordial sludge of post War rhythm and blues, something MAGICAL happened...
Previously imposed barriers between people gradually, over time, began to shift and erode. And then...
The walls came tumblin' down!
IN TODAY'S EPISODE OF THE GXO MUSIC PODCAST:
Music Charts of 1954 & 1955 EXPOSED! Under the microscope
Come FEEL the NOISE and Celebrate with us 70 Years of Rock N Roll! (1956-2026)
*THE MUSIC
1947 She's The No Sleepin' Est Woman by T-Bone Walker
1947 Good Rockin' Tonight by Roy Brown
1955 I'm Just A Lonely Guy (All Alone) by Little Richard
1954 Work With Me Annie by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
1954 Hey Senorita by The Penguins
1954 Don't You Know by Johnny Ace
1955 I Hear You Knockin' by Smiley Lewis
1955 Ain't That A Shame by Fats Domino
1955 Greenbacks by Ray Charles
1954 Shake Rattle And Roll by Big Joe Turner
1960 Ida Red (1938 original version) by Bill Wills & Tommy Duncan
1955 Maybellene by Chuck Berry
1955 Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley
1955 Good Rockin' Daddy by Etta James
1954 Tweedlee Dee by LaVern Baker
1953 Gee by The Crows
1954 I Wonder Why by The Cadillacs
1954 Honey Love by The Drifters (Clyde McPhatter lead vocals)
1955 Speedo by The Cadillacs
1954 Sh-Boom by The Chords
1955 Ling Ting Tong by Otis Williams & The Charms
1954 Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town) by Bill Haley & His Comets
1955 Only You (And You Alone) by The Platters (Tony Williams lead vocals)
1949 Run On For A Long Time by Bill Landford & The Landfordaires
1954 Any Day Now by The Soul Stirrers (Sam Cooke lead vocals)
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Sunday Apr 05, 2026
Sunday Apr 05, 2026
...the road goes on forever and the party never ENDS!
Rock N Roll - Celebrating 70 YEARS of Maximun Rock N Roll (1956-2026)
...in this episode the party CONTINUES with the JUMP BLUES and R&B SWING and SHOUT BLUES of the mid 1940s through to 1953
MAKE NO MISTAKE - this sh*ts ROCK N ROLL!
Louis Jordan
T-Bone Walker (first ROCK N ROLL lead guitarist)
BIG Joe Williams
The Flamboyantly outrageous and openly gay Billy Wright, the ORIGINAL Georgia Peach! Roy (Good Rockin' Tonight) Brown. Little Richard would take what these two GIANTS of the genre created, Louis Jordan too, and define not only himself but the predominant popular music of the MASSES for the next 50 PLUS years!
All THIS and MORE!
...in our continuing saga of the story of ROCK N ROLL
70 Years! Celebrate it MFs!
*THE MUSIC (broken down chronologically by year)
1945 Caledonia by Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5
1947 You're My Best Poker Hand by T-Bone Walker
1947 Around The Clock Blues Pt. 1 by Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson
1947 Around The Clock Blues Pt. 2 by Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson
1948 Cadillac Boogie by Jimmy Liggins
1949 Rockin' At Midnight by Roy Brown
1949 The Fat Man by Fats Domino
1950 Tee Nah Nah by Smiley Lewis
1950 Do Something For Me by Billy Ward & The Dominoes (lead vocals by Clyde McPhatter)
1951 Rocket 88 by Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm (credited as Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats)
1951 I Want To Rock by Lavern Baker credited as Little Miss Sharecropper
1952 Follow The Rule by Johnny Ace
1952 Ain't Nothing Happening by Little Richard (on RCA Records)
1952 I've Been Your Dog (Ever Since I've Been Your Man) by The Moonglows
1952 Married Woman Boogie by Billy Wright
1953 Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean by Ruth Brown
1953 Mess Around by Ray Charles
1953 Get It by The Royals
1953 Bounce by The Spaniels
1953 Money Honey by The Drifters (lead vocals Clyde McPhatter)
1953 Give Thanks by The Platters (lead vocals Tony Williams)
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Monday Mar 30, 2026
Monday Mar 30, 2026
In this Episode we continue to CELEBRATE 70 Years of Rock N Roll!
1956 - 2026
...from the very first HIT BLUES song ever in 1920 on the deep down low through the murky waters of the Mississippi Delta onto Robert Johnson, FOUNDING MEMBER of the 27 Club, through his TWO HISTORIC Texas Recording Sessions (1936 & 1937), Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, Charley Patton, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Ry Cooder, the Rolling Stones and MORE! MORE! MORE!
Generations in the making, Rock N Roll officially became part of the cultural zeitgeist in 1956, the first year this perpetually evolving NEW MUSIC produced the most popular song of the year.
Rock N Rollers Little Richard, Fats Domino, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, Bill Haley And The Comets, vocal group The Platters, Johnny Ray and British skiffle sensation Lonnie Donegan were also present in the Top 50 Year End Singles Chart of 1956.
This had never happened before in the history of recorded music...
From this point on, Rock N Roll ruled the charts, becoming the most dominant genre of popular music for the next 40 plus years.
To celebrate this milestone. The GXO music podcast will, over the next few episodes, be exploring and expanding upon the ever evolving nature of Rock N Roll from it's humble acoustic beginnings through numerous other incarnations including, but not limited to, pub rock, punk rock, proto punk, post punk, industrial, disco, electronic, hardcore, rap, EDM, post rock, new rock and ultimately where she currently resides in the hills of contemporary NPR = New Post Rock where nary a guitar is likely to be found.
*WORDS AND MUSIC
Keith Richards interview...
1. Paris Texas by Ry Cooder
2. Me And The Devil Blues (1937) by Robert Johnson
Honeyboy Edwards interview...
3. Crazy Blues (1920) by Mamie Smith
4. Shave 'Em Dry (1924) by Ma Rainey
5. Rising High Water Blues (1927) by Blind Lemon Jefferson
6. High Water (For Charley Patton) by Bob Dylan
7. Moon Going Down (1930) by Charley Patton
8. Evil (Is Going On) (1954) by Howlin' Wolf
9. 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six by Tom Waits
10. John The Relevator (1930) by Blind Willie Johnson
11. Cocaine Blues by Reverend Gary Davis
12. Cocaine by Jackson Browne
13. You Was Born To Die (1933) by Blind Willie McTell
14. All I Want Is That Pure Religion (1926) by Blind Lemon Jefferson
15. True Religion by Hot Tuna
16. Blind Willie McTell by Bob Dylan
17. Death Letter Blues by Son House
18. Baby Please Don't Go (1952) by Big Bill Broonzy
19. Baby Please Don't Go by Them
20. Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes, I Do by Captian Beefheart And His Magic Band
21. Love In Vain (1937) by Robert Johnson
22. Love In Vain by The Rolling Stones
23. Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters & Johnny Winter
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