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PREVIEW
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We should be impressed by the huge amount of musical talent that got involved in this
fascinating story. Both good and bad records emerged from wise and unwise decisions.
Some of them featured really strong performances by good musicians, singers, writers and
arrangers. Let’s give them all a listen.
(Crafton-Keene-Bagby)
recorded poss. September 1952;
Universal Recording Corporation,
46 E. Walton Street, Chicago 11, Illinois
Lola Ameche: vocal;
with Ralph Marterie and his Orchestra
Mercury 70023/X45
master 9312
In 1952, future rock ‘n’ roller Bill Haley
adapted the 1949 Jimmy Preston R&B raver,
Rock The Joint
for his hopped up country
band. Bill did an extensive lyric re-write,
replacing Preston’s references to the
hucklebuck and the jitterbug with more
country-style dance-steps like ‘an old Paul
Jones’and the Virginia reel, tailoring the tune