Album · Compilation

The Roots of Rock ’n’ Roll 1946–1954

Released 200460 tracks · 173:09EnglishHip‐O Records

Tracks

#	Title	Sung by
1.1	Hey! Ba‐Ba‐Re‐Bop	Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra	3:20
1.2	R.M. Blues	Roy Milton	2:59
1.3	Freight Train Boogie	Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore	2:45
1.4	Choo Choo Ch’Boogie	Louis Jordan	2:44
1.5	That’s All Right	Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup	2:55
1.6	Move It on Over	Hank Williams	2:45
1.7	Merle’s Boogie Woogie	Merle Travis	3:03
1.8	We’re Gonna Rock, We’re Gonna Roll	Wild Bill Moore	2:39
1.9	Bobby Sox Blues	T‐Bone Walker	2:40
1.10	Good Rockin’ Tonight	Wynonie Harris	2:46
1.11	Cornbread	Hal Singer	2:59
1.12	Ol’ Man River	The Ravens	3:00
1.13	Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air	Marie Knight, Sister Rosetta Tharpe	2:29
1.14	Texas Hop	Pee Wee Crayton & His Guitar	3:06
1.15	Drinkin’ Wine Spo‐Dee‐O‐Dee	Stick McGhee	3:15
1.16	The Huckle‐Buck	Paul Williams	3:09
1.17	Saturday Night Fish Fry, Parts 1 & 2	Louis Jordan	5:33
1.18	Boogie at Midnight	Roy Brown	2:52
1.19	Rock the Joint	Jimmy Preston and His Prestonians	2:33
2.1	Cupid’s Boogie	Little Esther, Mel Walker	2:37
2.2	Bald Head	Professor Longhair	2:31
2.3	Please Send Me Someone to Love	Percy Mayfield	2:54
2.4	I’m Moving On	Hank Snow	2:49
2.5	I Almost Lost My Mind	Ivory Joe Hunter	3:12
2.6	Shotgun Boogie	Tennessee Ernie Ford	2:35
2.7	Teardrops From My Eyes	Ruth Brown	2:59
2.8	I’m Going to Have Myself a Ball	Tiny Bradshaw	2:44
2.9	Rocket 88	Jackie Brenston	2:49
2.10	How Many More Years	Howlin’ Wolf	2:42
2.11	I Got Loaded	Peppermint Harris	2:29
2.12	Sixty Minute Man	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	2:31
2.13	Glory of Love	The Five Keys	3:09
2.14	Pink Champagne	Joe Liggins	3:02
2.15	Eyesight to the Blind	The Larks	2:53
2.16	Night Train	Jimmy Forrest	2:59
2.17	Cry	Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads	3:04
2.18	Booted	Rosco Gordon	3:04
2.19	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	Lloyd Price	2:32
2.20	One Mint Julep	The Clovers	2:29
2.21	I Don’t Know	Willie Mabon	3:09
2.22	Hound Dog	Big Mama Thornton	2:49
3.1	Money Honey	Clyde McPhatter, Bill Pinkney, Gerhart Thrasher, Andrew Thrasher, Willie Ferbie	2:57
3.2	Little Richard’s Boogie	Little Richard	2:51
3.3	Let Me Go Home, Whiskey	Amos Milburn	2:49
3.4	Mystery Train	Junior Parker	2:27
3.5	Shake a Hand	Faye Adams	2:53
3.6	Crying in the Chapel	The Orioles	3:05
3.7	Please Don’t Leave Me	Fats Domino	2:41
3.8	Crazy Man, Crazy	Bill Haley	2:40
3.9	K.C. Loving	Little Willie Littlefield	2:40
3.10	The Clock	Johnny Ace	2:59
3.11	Baby Don’t Do It	The “5” Royales	2:46
3.12	Honey Hush	Big Joe Turner	2:44
3.13	I Feel So Bad	Chuck Willis	2:56
3.14	The Things That I Used to Do	Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones	3:03
3.15	You Upset Me Baby	B.B. King	3:02
3.16	Riot in Cell Block #9	Richard Berry, Carl Gardner, Bobby Nunn, Ty Terrell, Billy Richard, Roy Richard	3:00
3.17	Sh‐Boom	The Chords	2:27
3.18	Work With Me Annie	Hank Ballard, Sonny Woods, Henry Booth, Charles Sutton	2:45
3.19	I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man	Muddy Waters	2:50

Source: MusicBrainz release group 8cc73da2-5dfd-343b-a9d2-db5ca74c03db (CC0). Cover: Cover Art Archive.