Music is the weapon (1 Viewer)

[mjp]

How Rock and Roll Killed Jim Crow

"Rock ’n’ roll, in fact, would be African American culture’s ultimately most powerful gift to the white children of the ’50s, ’60s, and after, the third—after ragtime and jazz—of the cultural fusions that had spun off black creativity."

Roll Over Beethoven, indeed.

 

[skiroomalum]

So, I guess The Rhythm Kings and Rocket 88 must have been considered "race music" when it was released in 51 or 52.
Interesting in that Ike Turner is still a footnote for what happened just a few years later. Elvis must have been aware of that band.