Wild Bill Moore's "Rock and Roll" is one of a number of songs in the debate for first ever rock and roll song. The vocalist on the track is reputed to be jazz singer Scatman Crothers. A long career saw Scatman shift musical gears throughout including for his "debut" album where he takes on the mantle of "rock and roller" for Rock 'n Roll with "Scat Man" while the genre is still young and still very much Rhythm and Blues.
Here is the discography surrounding Scatman Crothers's debut album:
The Jubilee Shows (No. 68 and No. 70) (1944 live radio performances with His Orchestra)
Dead Man's Blues (1948 single)
Riff's Blues (1948 single)
Shuffleboard Blues (1949 single)
I'd Rather Be a Hummingbird (1949 single)
I'd Rather Be a Rooster (1950 single)
Papa (I Don't Treat That Little Girl Mean) (1953 single)
Walkin' My Baby Back Home (1953 single)
On the Sunny Side of the Street (1954 single)
Dearest One (1955 single)
When Oh When (1955 single)
Honky Tonk (1956 single)
My Blue Heaven (1956 single)
Since I Met You Baby (1956 single)
Sweet Lips (Jazz Lips) (1956 single)
Rock 'n Roll with "Scat Man"
The Death of Emmett Till (1956 single with The Ramparts)
Exactly Like You (1957 single with His Wildcats)
I Got Rhythm (1957 single with His Wildcats)
Nobody Knows Why (1957 single with His Wildcats)
Ghost Riders in the Sky (1958 single with His Scat Rockets)
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (1958 single with His Scat Rockets)
Rock, Roma, Rock It (1958 single)
"I'd Rather Be a Rooster" by Scatman Crothers
"Keep That Coffee Hot" by Scatman Crothers
"The Death of Emmett Till" by The Ramparts
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