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Goree Carter

bluesrhythm and bluesrock n rollbluesrock40s
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About Goree Carter

Goree Carter (December 31, 1930 - December 29, 1990) was a Houston Texas born American R&B singer and rock and roll guitarist, best known for his 1949 single, "Rock Awhile," which is considered a strong contender for the "first rock and roll record" title and featured an over-driven electric guitar style similar to that of Chuck Berry six years later. Career Goree Carter was born in Houston, Texas. In 1949 he and his jump blues band, The Hepcats

Top Tracks

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Rock a while

4.2K plays
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Rock Awhile

2.5K plays
3

I'm Your Boogie Man

515 plays
4

Bad Feeling

492 plays
5

Come on Let's Boogie

526 plays
6

She's Just Old Fashioned

413 plays
7

Christmas Time

270 plays
8

Rock Awhile - Remastered

400 plays
9

I'll Send You

317 plays
10

Back Home Blues

256 plays

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