Good Rocking Tonight is a compilation album by the blues musician Roy Brown.
Released by Route 66 Records in 1978 in mono as KIX-6, and is a follow-up to an earlier release titled Laughing But Crying (KIX-2). This album's subtitle is "Legendary Recordings, Vol 2 (1947–1954)". The cover features a portrait of Roy Brown, courtesy of Roy Brown, taken in 1950.
Some reviewers state that Brown's version of "Good Rocking Tonight" released in 1947, or Wynonie Harris' version from 1948, (depending on the source), is one of the contenders for the title of "first rock and roll recording". The label of the 45 RPM record by Brown included the words "Rocking blues".
The back cover includes extensive liner notes, and biographical and autobiographical information attributed to: John Broven: "Roy Brown", Blues Unlimited 123–124 Jonas Bernholm: unpublished interview Staffan Solding: Swedish Radio Broadcast, 1978
Track listing # Song name Time Location Date 1. "Good Rocking Tonight" 3:03 New Orleans 1947 2. "Long About Midnight" 3:09 New Orleans 1948 3. "Whose Hat Is That" 2:34 New Orleans October 1947 4. "Fore Day in the Morning" 3:00 New Orleans October 1948 5. "Butcher Pete, pt 2"(Brown–Bernard) 2:47 Cincinnati November 2, 1949 6. "Dreaming Blues" 3:11 Cincinnati June 15, 1950 7. "Old Age Boogie, pt 1 & 2" 4:35 New Orleans December 19, 1952 8. "Good Man Blues" 2:29 Cincinnati June 15?, 1950 9. "Miss Fanny Brown Returns" 2:39 New Orleans 1948 10. "Brown Angel" 3:01 Cincinnati September 27, 1951 11. "Grandpa Stole My Baby" 2:52 Unknown Unknown, early 1953? 12. "Teenage Jamobree" 3:01 Cincinnati June 22, 1950 13. "Black Diamond" 2:31 New Orleans September 2, 1954 14. "This Is My last Goodbye" 2:39 Cincinnati April 2, 1954 15. "Mighty, Mighty Man"2:26 Unknown Unknown
All songs by Roy Brown except where noted.
Personnel Placide Adams — drums Chuck Badie — bass Earl Barnes — tenor sax [1, 3] Edgar Blanchard — guitar [6, 8?, 12] Frank Campbell — baritone saxophone Walter Daniels — piano Wallace Davenport — trumpet Salvador Doucette — piano Jimmy Davis — guitar [7, 13, 14] Johnny Fontenette — tenor saxophone [5, 6, 7, 8?, 10, 12, 13] Percy Gabriel — bass Albert "June" Gardner — drums James C. Harris — piano Wilbur Herden — trumpet [6, 8?, 12] Ike Isaacs — bass [6, 8?, 12] George Jenkins — drums Leonard Jefferson — bass Bill Jones — guitar Melvin Lastie — trumpet Ray Miller — drums Tony Moret — trumpet Alexander Nelson — baritone saxophone Charlie Nelson — piano Bob Ogden — drums Jerome O'Neill — alto saxophone Frank Parker — drums Sammy Parker — tenor saxophone [7, 13, 14] LeRoy Rankins — baritone saxophone [5, 6, 8?, 12] Teddy Riley — trumpet [5, 7, 10, 14] Edward Santineo — piano [5, 6, 8?, 12] Louis Sargent — guitar Calvin Sheilds — drums [6, 8?] Tommy Shelvin — bass [5, 7, 13] Wilbert Smith — bass Clement Tervalon — trombone [1, 3] Victor Thomas — tenor saxophone [7, 14] Jimmy Williams — piano Unknown — bass [1, 2, 4, 9, 11] — drums [2, 3, 4, 9, 11] — guitar [1, 11] — piano [1, 2, 4, 9, 11] — tenor saxophone [2, 4, 9, 11] — trombone [2, 4, 9] — trumpet [2, 4, 9]
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