Wynonie Harris - Good Rockin' Tonight, March 1948

   Wynonie Harris's version of "Good Rockin' Tonight" tops the R&B Charts and gives rise to the popularization of that word in connotation with the music.

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 - March 1948

Wynonie Harris-Good Rockin' Tonight - King 4210

Wynonie Harris performs on stage, USA, 1948

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Wynonie Harris

1948

Good Rockin' Tonight - 1 R&B

Lollipop Mama - 8 R&B

1949

All She Wants to Do is Rock - 1 R&B

Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee - 4 R&B

Grandma Plays the Numbers - 7 R&B

I Feel That Old Age Coming On - 10 R&B

I Want My Fanny Brown - 10 R&B