I still consider Move It On Over from Hank Williams to basically be the first rock song. It was released in 1947! Even though technically Hank Williams was a Country star, he had Rock N' Roll in his soul. The first recognized rock n' roll single , which was Bill Haley and the Comet's Rock Around the Clock wasn't released until 1954, and it coincidentally sounded VERY similar to Move It On Over. Hope you guys enjoy the video:D  [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFkEyvhkqpc]YouTube - Move It On Over - Hank Williams[/ame]    and as an added bonus...today's two for one day....You antis get to hear some more Hank Williams, some genuine White Country Blues. Good ole' Honky Tonk Blues...Whites had been playing their country blues down in the honky tonk establishments for quite some time before the Blacks picked up on it. Country and Blues were the same thing originally, Blues was just a specific type of country song. Then the promoters started labeling Black country/blues as race music and White country/blues music as hillbilly music. Until they thought those terms sounded too offensive at which point hillbilly music just became simply Country, and race music became simply Blues. But I'm sounding like a broken record because I've said all this on here already I'm sure. Enjoy the video guys! I liked this one.  [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af9bbRTFPUY]YouTube - Hank Williams sr.- honky tonk blues[/ame]