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Goree Carter

Goree Carter home 1310 Bayou Street Houston, Texas built circa 1920
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About the artist

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 songs

  1. Rock a while
  2. Rock Awhile
  3. I'm Your Boogie Man
  4. Bad Feeling
  5. Come on Let's Boogie
  6. She's Just Old Fashioned
  7. Rock Awhile - Remastered
  8. Christmas Time
  9. I'll Send You
  10. Back Home Blues
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  1. Let's Rock
  2. Come On, Let's Boogie
  3. Drunk Or Sober
  4. Hoy Hoy
  5. Bull Corn
  6. Bull Corn Blues
  7. I've Got News for You
  8. Serenade
  9. She's My Best Bet
  10. My Love is Coming Down
  11. Love's a Gamble
  12. Is It True
  13. Lonely World
  14. Hoy-Hoy
  15. I'm Just Another Fool
  16. Workin' With My Baby
  17. When Night Falls
  18. I Just Thought of You
  19. Sweet Ole Woman's Blues
  20. Seven Days
  21. How Can You Love Me
  22. What A Friend Will Do
  23. Every Dog Has His Day
  24. Let's Make Love
  25. Everybody's Love Crazy
  26. If it's True What They Tell Me
  27. True Love Is Hard To Find
  28. My Wish
  29. You Are My Everything
  30. Tell Me, Is There Still A Chance
  31. Please Say You're Mine
  32. Sweet Old Woman Blues
  33. Hoy-Hoy - 1949
  34. Come on Let's Boogie - Remastered
  35. Back Home Blues - Remastered
  36. Let's Rock - Remastered
  37. She's Just Old Fashioned - Remastered
  38. Every Dog Has Its Day
  39. Rock Awhile - Original Mix
  40. I'm Your Boogie Man - Remastered
  41. Tell Me Is There Still a Chance
  42. Hoy Hoy - Remastered
  43. Hoy - Hoy
  44. Rock and While
  45. Tell Me, Is There Still A Chance?
  46. How Can You Love Me? - Remastered
  47. Sweet Ole Woman's Blues - Remastered
  48. Workin' with My Baby - Remastered
  49. She's My Best Bet - Remastered
  50. I'll Send You - Remastered
  51. Love's A Gamble - Original Mix
  52. If It's True What They Tell Me - Original Mix
  53. I'll Send You - Original Mix
  54. My Best Bet
  55. Hoy Hoy - Original Mix
  56. Working With My Baby
  57. I'm Just Another Fool - Original Mix
  58. She's Just Old Fashioned - Original Mix
  59. Serenade - Original Mix
  60. Is It True - Original Mix
  61. Lonely World - Original Mix
  62. Xmas Time
  63. Let's Rock - Original Mix
  64. I Just Thought of You - Original Mix
  65. She's My Best Bet - Original Mix
  66. My Love Is Coming Down - Original Mix
  67. How Can You Love Me - Original Mix
  68. Serenade - Remastered
  69. Drunk or Sober - Remastered
  70. Come On, Let's Boogie (Remastered)
  71. I've Got The News For You
  72. Hoy-Hoy - Original Mix
  73. I Just Thought of You - Remastered
  74. My Love Is Coming Down - Remastered
  75. Please Say You're Mine - Remastered
  76. Loney World
  77. Rock Awhile (Remastered)
  78. Bullcorn Blues
  79. Lonely World - Remastered
  80. True Love Is Hard to Find - Remastered
  81. Is It True? - Remastered
  82. What a Friend Will Do - Remastered
  83. Back Home Blues - Original Mix
  84. Rock Awhile (1949)
  85. Every Dog Has His Day - Remastered
  86. How Can You Love Me?
  87. Come On Let's Boogie - Original Mix
  88. What a Friend Will Do - Original Mix
  89. I've Got News for You - Remastered
  90. You Are My Everything - Remastered

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