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R & B Louis Jordan "Five Guys Named Moe" Third most popular African American Band
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Rock- Fats Domino "The Fat Man" Questioned as to whether this was the first rock and roll song
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R & B Ruth Brown I'll Wait For you" She served as an inspiration for many femail sou singer
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R & B- Ruth Brown "Mama He Treats your Daughter Mean" She was known as Miss Rhythm
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Rock- Elvis Presley "That's Alright Mama" A white man who sounds black.
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Teen Pop- Buddy holly "Peggy Sue"
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R & B Ray Charles " I Got A Woman"
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Rock- Bill Haley and the Comets- "Rock Around the Clock" First titled rock song.
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Teen Pop- Pat Boone "Ain't That A Shame"
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Teen Pop- Paul Anka "Lonely Boy"
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Rock- Elvis Presley "Hound Dog"
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R & B- Same Cooke "You Send Me". Came out of the gospel background.
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Rock- Little Richard "Long Tall Sally"
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Rock- Chuck Berry "johnny B Goode" most infulential black musician in rock n roll
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R & B- the Coasters- "Yackety Yak"
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R & B= The Coasters- "Charlie Brown"
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R & B- Same Cooke "Chain Gang"
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R & B- Ray Charles "Hit The Road Jack"
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Rock The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
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Surf Music The Beach Boys "California Girls"
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Rock- The Rolling Stones "Satisifation"
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Funk- Sly Stone "Dance To The Music"
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Soul- Aretha Franklin "Respect" Queen of Soul
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Funk- James Brown "Papas Got A Brand New Bag" Godfather of Soul
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Rock- jimi Hendrix- "Redhouse"
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Rock- Bruce Springstein "Born to Run"
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Urban Contemporary- Michael Jackson "Rock With You"