In some groups, the slap bass was utilized as band percussion in lieu of a drummer ; such was the case with Bill Haley & His Saddlemen ( the forerunner group to the Comets ), which did not use drummers on recordings and live performances until late 1952 ; prior to this the slap bass was relied on for percussion, including on recordings such as Haley's versions of Rock the Joint and Rocket 88.

Contenders for the title of " first rock and roll record " include Goree Carter's " Rock Awhile " ( 1949 ); Jimmy Preston's " Rock the Joint " ( 1949 ), which was later covered by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1952 ; and " Rocket 88 " by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats ( actually an alias for Ike Turner and his band The Kings of Rhythm ), recorded by Sam Phillips for Sun Records in March 1951.

Cedrone's guitar solo was one that he used before on Bill Haley And The Saddlemen's version of " Rock the Joint " in 1952, and is considered one of the classic rock and roll guitar solos of all time.

It sold well and was followed in 1952 by a cover of a 1940s rhythm and blues song called " Rock the Joint " ( this time for Holiday's sister company, Essex Records ).

Slap-back bass, one identifying characteristic of rockabilly, was used on the Comets ' recordings of " Rocket 88 ", " Rock the Joint ", " Rock Around the Clock ", and " Shake, Rattle, and Roll ".

* " Rock the Joint " / " Icy Heart " ( Essex 303 )

* " Rock the Joint " ( 1952 recording )-# 20 UK, 02 / 1957

* Lumberville-Raven Rock bridge article at the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission website

While not as commercially successful as these albums, Holy Intellect received critical acclaim and spawned the group's only major radio hit, " Rock Dis Funky Joint.

* Joint recipient, along with the Little Rock Nine of the 1958 Spingarn Medal

*" Rock The Joint ", recorded by Jimmy Preston in May 1949, was a prototype rock and roll song which was successful in its own right, and was highly influential in that it was recorded three years later in 1952, by Bill Haley, in the same hard rocking style.

" Rock The Joint " became the first of his records in the style that became known as " rockabilly ".

*" Rock the Joint " by Jimmy Preston ( 1949 ), later covered by Bill Haley ( 1952 )

* 2006 Live At Montreux 1986 ( Eagle Rock Entertainment ) ( Joint performance with Eric Clapton and Luther Allison )

* Chris Rock as Rib Joint Customer

Dutch DJ / Producer Tiësto named his anthology Club Life: Volume One Las Vegas in honor of the live set held by Tiësto at the Hard Rock Cafe & Casino, The Joint in Las Vegas, Nevada where he signed DJ Residency.

On October 25, 2010, " Juke Joint Jezebel " was made available as a downloadable song for the game Rock Band.

The Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force of the early 1980s led to this prototype desert livery shown on this Little Rock based C-130E 64-0557 assigned to the 314th TAW

The songs include " Rip This Joint ", " Start Me Up ", " It's Only Rock ' n Roll ( But I Like It )", and " She's So Cold ", all by the Rolling Stones ; " Are You Gonna Go My Way " by Lenny Kravitz ; " Pump It Up " by Elvis Costello ; and " The Last DJ " by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.

Seeing them waiting there at the foot of Emigrant Rock was so overwhelming that, for a good minute after they rounded the bend and started down the grade leading toward them, Matilda could not speak at all.

Hez looked up at the high face of Emigrant Rock, official signboard for the Raft River turnoff, and gloated, `` Seems funny that them Burnsides never took time to leave their John-Henry up thar ''.

Billy decided to set an example by arresting one of the ranchers, named Ed Dunn, who lived at Rock Fort.

On a bitterly cold day in January, 1895, accompanied only by Neal Brown as his deputy, Tilghman left the township of Guthrie and headed for Rock Fort and Dunn's ranch.

and if a poll had been taken immediately following the dispatch of troops to Little Rock I believe the majority would have been for the Old South.

Woodruff said nothing, and Pike, frustrated, stormed throughout Little Rock in an unsuccessful search for `` Vale '', asking his friends to keep their ears open.

as Pike proved himself adept in the political arena, he also became a social lion in the village of Little Rock, where he served as a symbol of the culture that the ladies of the town were striving so eagerly to cultivate.

His accomplishments, and the fact that he was resident, did much to offset the unkind words travelers used to describe Little Rock after a visit there.

`` Little Rock is a vile, detestable place.

`` Little Rock is, without any flattery, one of the dullest towns in the United States and I would not have remained two hours in the place, if I had not met with some good friends who made me forget its dreariness ''.

Very soon after his arrival in Little Rock, Pike had joined one of the most influential organizations in town, the Little Rock Debating Society, and it was with this group that he made his debut as an orator, being invited to deliver the annual Fourth of July address the club sponsored every year.

The two cities have the examples of Little Rock and New Orleans to hold up as warnings against resorting to violence to try to stop the processes of desegregation.

South of Laurel Grove Cemetery, and below the junction of the Neversink and the Delaware, was the Tri-State Rock, from which Stevie could spy New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as New York, simply by spinning around on his heel.

Another scenic spot in Tennessee is Chattanooga where the Rock City Gardens are not to be missed.

West of Rock Creek Park is still monolithically white and is in fact increasingly white as a result of Georgetown's conversion-by-renovation housing program.

and that they can ignore what is happening in Northern cities because what is happening in Little Rock or Birmingham is worse.

If Rock shows up during the number -- or you hear anything -- give me the signal ''.

`` It doesn't matter, Rock.

So, for that matter, are the newer dances -- the `` Kalmuk Dance '' with its animal movements, that genial juggling act by Sergei Tsvetkov called `` The Platter '', the rousing and beautiful betrothal celebration called `` Summer '', `` The Three Shepherds '' of Azerbaijan hopping up on their staffs, and, of course, the trenchant `` Rock 'n' Roll ''.

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It was nominated in the New Times 1998 " Best Latin Influenced " category, the BAM Magazine 1999 " Best Rock en Español " category, and the LA Weekly 1999 " Best Hip Hop " category.

The film featured an all-star cast that included Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, and Kim Novak.

Rock wall foundations and beam holes and " cavates " carved into volcanic tuff remain from upper floors.

* Donnelly, James S. Captain Rock: The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824 ( 2009 )