Episode #54- Who Invented Rock 'n Roll? (Part II)

Our Fake History

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History, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 21 November 2017

⏱️ 70 minutes

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It's been said that finding the first rock 'n roll song is akin to finding the spot on the colour spectrum where blue becomes indigo. The task might be impossible, but Our Fake History has never been afraid of the impossible. If we search through the rich musical histories of cities like Chicago, Memphis, and New Orleans we might just find the inventor of rock 'n roll. Tune in and find out how cracked amps, too many dudes in a car, and a quick mention of "Wang Dang Doodle" all play a role in the story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:42.4	On September 13th, 1955, the former band leader, Bumps Blackwell, was in New Orleans.
0:50.8	He had booked some time at a local recording studio in the hopes of squeezing something great
0:56.4	out of a performer from Macon, Georgia.
0:59.8	The singer's name was Richard Wayne Peniman.
1:03.3	He had been performing from an early age and had been recording as a solar performer since 1951.
1:10.0	Up to that point, Peniman's recordings had all been standard blues numbers.
1:15.2	They were decent, but they hadn't made too much of a splash commercially.
1:20.2	But despite that, Richard Wayne Peniman had a reputation for putting on an absolutely
1:26.3	electric live show.
1:29.0	It was Bumps' mission to get some of that electricity down on wax, and what better place to do it,
1:36.2	than in New Orleans.
1:38.8	When Peniman arrived at the session's Blackwell remembered that he was very shy,
1:44.6	certainly not the wild man performer that he had heard tell of.
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