| "Roll 'Em Pete" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Joe Turner & Pete Johnson | |
| Released | 1939 |
| Recorded | December 30, 1938 |
| Genre | Boogie-woogie |
| Length | 2:50 |
| Label | Vocalion 4607 |
| Songwriter(s) | Joe Turner, Pete Johnson[1] |
"Roll 'Em Pete" is a boogie-woogie song, originally recorded in December 1938 by singer Big Joe Turner and pianist Pete Johnson.[2] The recording is regarded as one of the most important precursors of what later became known as rock and roll.[3][4][5]
"Roll 'Em Pete" was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2018, as one of the five new entrants in the "Classic of Blues Recording (Song)" category.[6]
- ^ "Roll 'Em Pete - Big Joe Turner | Listen, Appearances, Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ^ Scott Yanow. "The Boss of the Blues - Big Joe Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ^ Nick Tosches, Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll, Secker & Warburg, 1991, ISBN 0-436-53203-4
- ^ Peter J. Silvester, A Left Hand Like God : a history of boogie-woogie piano (1989), ISBN 0-306-80359-3.
- ^ M. Campbell, ed., Popular Music in America: And the Beat Goes on (Cengage Learning, 3rd edn., 2008), p. 99. ISBN 0-495-50530-7
- ^ "News: The Blues Hall of Fame Welcoes Roebuck 'Pops' Staples, Sam Lay, Mamie Smith, Georgia Tom Dorsey and the Acesas its newest Members on May 9 at the Blues Foundation's 39th Annual Induction Ceremony - Blues Foundation". Blues.org. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.