Rock emerged from boogie-woogie. The straight eights rock'n roll is
attributed to a Kansas City boogie-woogie piano player who played some
tunes in a straight eighth pattern rather than a shuffle. Also if you
listen to the cakewalks of the late 19th century you'll hear the rhythm
patterns
Chuck Berry
http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/images/berry.JPG
One of the first Rock and Roll performances:
You Can't Catch Me - 1956
http://youtu.be/bcblXxc4oqo
Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986, with the comment that
Yes, we know all about Elvis and Bill Haley (yawn) but let's face it your mum
and dad liked them too - and those ghastly Elvis movies where so tame.
I suspect that for me rock started with the Beatles but here are two tracks
which pre-date John and Paul and which I instantly recognized as
