Among my 10,000 mixed cassette tapes.
This mix....
Elvis
Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Jerry Lee Lewis
Lavern Baker
Carl Perkins
Bo Diddley
Fats Domino
Big Joe Turner
Gene Vincent
Etta James
Eddie Cochran
Jackie Brenston
Lloyd Price
Bill Haley & The Comets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
The Everly Bros
The Platters
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
Roy Orbison
The Shirelles
Sonny James
Jack Scott
Jody Reynolds
Dale Hawkins
Wilbert Harrison
Buddy Knox
The Drifters
The Big Bopper
The Orioles
Ritchie Valens
Ricky Nelson
The Coasters
Dion
Bobby Darin
This has been called the first "rock & roll" tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbfnh1oVTk0
There isn't a whole hell of a lot of difference between what Louis Jordan, The Ink Sports, The Mills Bros, Cat & Fiddle, Johnny Moore and the Blazers were doing in the 40's compared to those listed above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR6pHtiNT_k
Robert Johnson in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsnRc09csQ
Check out those fingers. Before that picture was discovered blues historians were perplexed over just how could he play what he was doing on the guitar, then after seeing those hands and fingers.....ok that explains it.