Presley's most important single release in history of Rock and Roll.

[Raised on Rock]

So here is a quick poll: Which of the above singles released in Elvis times, do you think, is the most relevant, not in terms of Elvis personal career, but in terms of the development of Rock and Roll? And can you share your thoughts about why is that? tops 5 lists are most welcome to.

Have fun.

[Brian]

it's gotta be That's all right/Blue moon of Kentucky

without this single none of the other singles would've exisisted.

[hannaloveselvis]

I will agree with Brian but at the same time Elvis really shined through with Heartbreak Hotel.

[Getlo]

That's All Right, of course.

It was the Big Bang of Rock'n'Roll.

Nothing else even comes close.

[Polk-Salad-Annie]

I voted for That's All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky 1954

[rickb]

Hard vote, 1,4 0r 5 but I guess 1

[dj_ethan]

That's All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky Of Course !

[Dino78]

There is only one choice possible:
"That's All Right (Mama)" / "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"

[Jungleroom76]

No question...it's gotta be THAT'S ALL RIGHT/BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY!!

THAT single was the birth of rock n' roll...PERIOD!!!

TCB!
Mike

[Brian]

No question...it's gotta be THAT'S ALL RIGHT/BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY!!

THAT single was the birth of rock n' roll...PERIOD!!!

TCB!
Mike

What about Rocket 88?

[Jungleroom76]

What about Rocket 88?

ROCKET 88 is a great song, no question about it. But considering Elvis' worldwide effect on music, I think THAT'S ALL RIGHT is probably considered by most music historians to be the birth of rock n' roll just because it reached so many people.

We could probably debate all day long which song was THE song that started rock n' roll and even whether or not it was Elvis who started it...but when you look at the impact on music that Elvis' song had, I just think that song is pointed to as the starting point for rock n' roll.

TCB!
Mike

[Brian]

ROCKET 88 is a great song, no question about it. But considering Elvis' worldwide effect on music, I think THAT'S ALL RIGHT is probably considered by most music historians to be the birth of rock n' roll just because it reached so many people.

We could probably debate all day long which song was THE song that started rock n' roll and even whether or not it was Elvis who started it...but when you look at the impact on music that Elvis' song had, I just think that song is pointed to as the starting point for rock n' roll.

TCB!
Mike

I never thought of Rocket 88 as being a great song but many historians consider it the first rock n' roll record while others think of it as basically a jump blues song.

I don't think that's all right mama reached as many people as Rock around the Clock did as that song was the first rock song to hit #1 in 1955 ironically it was actually Marty Robbins who heard Elvis singing That's all right when they toured together he had a country hit with it in 1955 peaking at #7 which i've heard pissed Elvis off it wasn't until Heartbreak Hotel that people became aware of Elvis but without That's all right their wouldn't be a Heartbreak hotel.

[Jungleroom76]

I never thought of Rocket 88 as being a great song but many historians consider it the first rock n' roll record while others think of it as basically a jump blues song.

Personally, I would classify ROCKET 88 as a blues song more than a rock n' roll song, but that's just my personal opinion.

As for the song itself, I just think it's a really cool song....not necessarily a masterpiece or anything, but just a very cool song from that time period!

I don't think that's all right mama reached as many people as Rock around the Clock did as that song was the first rock song to hit #1 in 1955 ironically it was actually Marty Robbins who heard Elvis singing That's all right when they toured together he had a country hit with it in 1955 peaking at #7 which i've heard pissed Elvis off it wasn't until Heartbreak Hotel that people became aware of Elvis but without That's all right their wouldn't be a Heartbreak hotel.

All 100% right Brian!! But I think looking back on history now, THAT'S ALL RIGHT was probably the first real rock n' roll record, even if it didn't garner the national attention that it should have. Yes, ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK was probably one of the first well known rock n' roll hits. But, I have a feeling if THAT'S ALL RIGHT had been as well known as ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK, THAT'S ALL RIGHT would have a secure place in music history as THE first rock n' roll hit.

TCB!
Mike

[Trelane P]

I always thought Elvis hinted at what was to come with That's All Right. For my money he delivered big time with his second sun single Good Rockin Tonight.

[Raised on Rock]

I always thought Elvis hinted at what was to come with That's All Right. For my money he delivered big time with his second sun single Good Rockin Tonight.

If That's All Right was ground zero, the so called fusion of Country and Blues an other american music elements, with an extra something of just straight red hot teenage excitement that was just Elvis, and latter to be called the what is about of Rock and Roll.

Good Rockin Tonight was a statement: what had happened at Sun Studios months before with That's all Right was to be no one-time accident, his second single, along with the excitement that Elvis unique stage antics were causing, set a direction, not just for Elvis career, but for Rock and Roll.

Is Good Rockin Tonight, except for a chronology instance, as important as That's all Right?

I think it is, except That's all Right came before.

[Raised on Rock]

I never thought of Rocket 88 as being a great song but many historians consider it the first rock n' roll record while others think of it as basically a jump blues song.

I don't think that's all right mama reached as many people as Rock around the Clock did as that song was the first rock song to hit #1 in 1955 ironically it was actually Marty Robbins who heard Elvis singing That's all right when they toured together he had a country hit with it in 1955 peaking at #7 which i've heard pissed Elvis off it wasn't until Heartbreak Hotel that people became aware of Elvis but without That's all right their wouldn't be a Heartbreak hotel.

Historically speaking, That's All Right is movement no.1 in rock and roll history, Rocket 88 is to me the point were R&B is just about to become R&R, but not yet.

Berry's Maybellene and Bill Haleys Rock Around the Clock are both post "Baby Lets play House", Presley fourth statement on what's Rock music going to be about: Baby I want to play house with you... ((his third single, Milkcow Blues Boogie, set the basis on what 60's british blues bands where about to come). Baby Lets Playhouse, a single that showed a much more defined Presley vocal style and performance attitude, the one that was copied by a thousand rockers and rockabilliers in years to come. Yet, Haley's Rock Around The Clock might have been heard by a much bigger audience than Presley singles.

It was with Heartbreak Hotel, that Rock and Roll, really made an impact world wide, and also in terms of money making. It was Heartbreak Hotel and the Stage Show Tv performances what is referred over and over (McCartney, Dylan, Lennon etc) as the moment Elvis was first heard about for many and made the cultural impact that he did, and then because of RCA reissues of the earlier Sun singles, they where captured with the magic of the Sun stuff, like in the UK. This is not to say that the Sun sides on its original release dates had not make an impact on their own.

Heartbreak Hotel also introduced a new element to Rock language, teen age phony gloomy mood and darkness. Lots of laughs but cool and true.

So anyhow, That's All Right historically speaking its of definitively most relevance than Heartbreak, but back in the day, it might had been perceived the other way, anyone here that was around at the time?

[Brian]

All 100% right Brian!! But I think looking back on history now, THAT'S ALL RIGHT was probably the first real rock n' roll record, even if it didn't garner the national attention that it should have. Yes, ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK was probably one of the first well known rock n' roll hits. But, I have a feeling if THAT'S ALL RIGHT had been as well known as ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK, THAT'S ALL RIGHT would have a secure place in music history as THE first rock n' roll hit.

TCB!
Mike

I think both That's All Right and Mystery Train (because it's such a good song) would've been huge million selling hits just like Don't be Cruel/Hound dog, Heartbreak hotel, Jailhouse Rock were if Elvis had been on a major label instead of Sun because they would've had the money to promote the songs.

[Raised on Rock]

I think both That's All Right and Mystery Train (because it's such a good song) would've been huge million selling hits just like Don't be Cruel/Hound dog, Heartbreak hotel, Jailhouse Rock were if Elvis had been on a major label instead of Sun because they would've had the money to promote the songs.

Yep, the extraordinary craze that That's All Right caused locally in Memphis when it was first released tell you so. How many times was played in a row that night?

[Jungleroom76]

I think both That's All Right and Mystery Train (because it's such a good song) would've been huge million selling hits just like Don't be Cruel/Hound dog, Heartbreak hotel, Jailhouse Rock were if Elvis had been on a major label instead of Sun because they would've had the money to promote the songs.

ABSOLUTELY!!!

I have no doubt that most of Elvis' Sun singles would have been huge hits, had they been released on a major record label.

TCB!
Mike

[shelley.m.]

I voted for Heartbreak Hotel/I Was The One.I had to read the question very carefully.I was going to vote for That's Alright Mama/Blue Moon Of Kentucky.To me that's not Rock'n'Roll tho'.Rockabilly maybe but not Rock'n'Roll.That's why I voted for Heartbreak Hotel backed with I Was The One.