ロックの歴史をプレイリストで学ぶ 1956 Apple Music

Elvis Presley & Dog

1956年はロカビリーがジャンルとして花開いた年でした。1月にCarl Perkinsが"Blue Suede Shoes"を、Elvis Presleoが"Heartbreak Hotel"をリリース。

この2曲は1956年を代表する曲であると共にロカビリーのクラシックとして現在まで親しまれている名曲です。

それに続きEddie Bond, Janis Martin, Warren Smith, Roy Orbison, Gene Vincent, Wanda Jackson, Eddie Cochran, Sonny Burgess, Charlie Feathers, Johnny Burnetteなどが登場します。

主なロカビリー・クラシックとしては
"Be-Bop-a-Lula"
"Rockin' Daddy"
"Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll"
"Ooby Dooby"
“Tear It Up"
"I Walk the Line"
"Skinny Jim"
"Hot Rock"
"Ubangi Stomp"
"Teenage Boogie"
“Can't Handle Stand It"
"Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad"などなど

たった1年でこれ程のロカビリークラシックが生まれました。(記載してないだけで他にも多数存在)

その着火点はElvis Presleyでしょう。彼は1954年の夏にサンレコードより"That's All Right"でデビューします。この曲はArthur Crudupのカバーでした。またドラムス不在であった為にベース音が目立っています。

前回Chuck Berryと彼が似ていると表現しました。Chuck Berryは白人男性と聞き間違えられるほどR&Bにカントリーの要素を取り入れロックンロールを創造しました。ElvisはカントリーにR&Bの要素を取り入れロカビリーを創造します。

1956年にはRCAビクターに移籍して"Heartbreak Hotel"をリリース。これが大ヒットした上にJohn Lennonを始めとしたロックの偉人たちの源流となりました。現代の耳で聴くとピンと来ませんが当時の白人聴衆にはアコースティックブルース的な演奏と歌唱が衝撃的であったのでしょう。

恐らくテレビの影響もあったのではないかと推測します。特徴的なヴィジュアルに卑猥な腰つき。1956年はロック=不良的な式が成り立った最初の年でもありました。

Gene Vincentは革ジャンのツナギを着て歌い当時の不良少年たちの心を掴みます。日本でも来日公演を歌うなど人気になり山下敬二郎が彼を真似て革ジャンのツナギスタイルで歌う最初の日本人ロッカーともなりました。

主な収録ジャンル
Rhythm and Blues, Chicago Blues, Doo-Wop, Jump Blues, Gospel, Country, Honky Tonk, Hillbilly Boogie, Rockabilly, Rock and Roll, Texas Blues, Jazz Pop, Skiffle and Garage Rock.

収録曲 (トラックリスト)

(January)
1 Roll 'Em Pete - Count Basie & Joe Williams
2 Hopkins' Sky Hop - Lightnin' Hopkins
3 Why Do Fools Fall in Love - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
4 I'll Be Home - The Flamingos
5 Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
6 Honey Don't - Carl Perkins
7 Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley

(February)
8 One Night - Smiley Lewis
9 Drown in My Own Tears - Ray Charles & His Band
10 Down In Mexico - The Coasters
11 Who - Little Walter & His Jukes
12 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby - Jimmy Reed
13 Diddy Wah Diddy - Bo Diddley
14 Seven Nights to Rock - Moon Mullican with Boyd Bennett & His Rockets
15 Dance the Bop - The Jodimars
16 See You Later, Alligator - Bill Haley & His Comets

(March)
17 Please, Please, Please - James Brown & the Famous Flames
18 Long Tall Sally - Little Richard & His Band
19 Smoke Stack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
20 In the Still of the Night - The Five Satins
21 Ruby Baby - The Drifters
22 Corrine, Corrina - Joe Turner with Chorus & Orchestra
23 Honky-Tonk Man - Johnny Horton
24 Rockin' Daddy - Eddie Bond & the Stompers
25 R-O-C-K - Bill Haley & His Comets
26 The Saints Rock 'N' Roll - Bill Haley & His Comets

(April)
27 Will You Willyum - Janis Martin
28 Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll - Janis Martin
29 Rock 'n' Ruby - Warren Smith
30 Forty Days & Forty Nights - Muddy Waters & His Guitar
31 I'm Tore Up - Billy Gayles with Ike Turner's Rhythm Rockers
32 Lost John - Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
33 A Kiss From Your Lips - The Flamingos
34 Fever - Little Willie John

(May)
35 Hallelujah I Love Her So - Ray Charles
36 Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry & His Combo
37 Boppin' the Blues - Carl Perkins
38 Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison & the Teen Kings
39 Go Go Go - Roy Orbison & the Teen Kings
40 The Fool - Sanford Clark
41 Draggin' - Curtis Gordon
42 I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two
43 Get Rhythm - Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two
44 Be-Bop-a-Lula - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
45 Tear It Up - Johnny Burnette & the Rock ‘n Roll Trio

(June)
46 Rip It Up - Little Richard & His Band
47 That's a Pretty Good Love - Big Maybelle
48 Let the Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee
49 Stranded in the Jungle - The Cadets
50 Tollen' Bells - Lowell Fulson
51 Touch the Hem of His Garment - The Soul Stirrers
52 My Player - The Platters

(July)
53 Oh What a Night - The Dells
54 Who Do You Love? - Bo Diddley
55 Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
56 Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
57 I Gotta Know - Wanda Jackson

(August)
58 Race with the Devil - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
59 Honky Tonk Pt.1 - Bill Doggett
60 I Can't Love You Enough - LaVerne Baker & the Gliders
61 No Good Lover - Mickey & Sylvia
62 The Green Door - Jim Lowe with the High Fives
63 Sweet Little Angel - B.B. "Blues Boy" King & His Orchestra
64 Cash on the Barrelhead - The Louvin Brothers
65 Skinny Jim - Eddie Cochran
66 Red Headed Woman - Sonny Burgess
67 Bluejean Bop - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
68 Hot Rock - Johnny Carroll & His Hot Rocks

(September)
69 Too Much Monkey Business  - Chuck Berry & His Combo
70 Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Chuck Berry & His Combo
71 Dimples - John Lee Hooker
72 Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
73 (Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone - Roy Montrell & His Band
74 Giddy Up a Ding Dong - Freddie Bell & the Bell Boys
75 Ubangi Stomp - Warren Smith
76 Teenage Boogie - Webb Pierce
77 Boppin' Bonnie - Eddie Bond & the Stompers

(October)
78 I Put a Spell on You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
79 Rock With the Caveman - Tommy Steele & the Steelmen
80 Can't Handly Stand It - Charlie Feathers
81 The Train Kept A-Rollin' - The Johnny Burnette Trio
82 Keep It to Yourself - "Sonny Boy" Williamson
83 Jump, Jive, an' Wail - Louis Prima
84 A Cheat - Sanford Clark

(November)
85 You Got Me Dizzy - Jimmy Reed
86 I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
87 Jim Dandy - LaVerne Baker & the Gliders
88 Love Is Strange - Mickey & Sylvia
89 A Thousand Miles Away - The Heartbeats
90 Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
91 Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad  - Wanda Jackson
92 The Girl Can't Help It - Little Richard & His Band

(December)
93 Midnight Special Train - Joe Turner & His Blues Kings
94 Blue Monday - Fats Domino
95 Up Above My Head There's Music in the Air - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
96 Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O - The Vipers Skiffle Group
97 My Boy Lollypop - Barbie Gaye
98 I'm Alabammy Bound - Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
99 Ain't Got No Home - Clarence "Frogman" Henry
100 Bottle to the Baby - Charlie Feathers