<Li> "The Honeydripper" by Joe Liggins, recorded on April 20, 1945, synthesized boogie - woogie piano, jazz, and the riff from the folk chestnut "Shortnin' Bread", into an exciting dance performance that topped the R&B "race" charts for 18 weeks (a record later shared with Jordan's "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie") and also made the pop charts . The lyrics proclaimed urban arrogance and were sexually suggestive--"He's a solid gold cat, the honeydripper...he's a killer, a Harlem diller ...". </Li> <Li> "Guitar Boogie" by Arthur Smith, originally recorded in 1945 but not a hit until reissued in 1948, was the first boogie woogie played on the electric guitar, and was much imitated by later rock and roll guitarists . The tune was based on "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" from 1929 . </Li> <Li> "The House of Blue Lights" by Freddie Slack and Ella Mae Morse was recorded on February 12, 1946 . The song was co-written by Slack with Don Raye, and, like Raye's "Down the Road a Piece", was recorded later by many rock and roll singers . Morse was one of the first white singers to perform what would now be regarded as rhythm and blues music . </Li> <Li> "Route 66", was recorded by the Nat Cole Trio on March 15, 1946 . Written by Bobby Troup, the song was a big hit for Cole--who by that time already had 11 top ten hits on the R&B chart, starting with "That Ain't Right" in 1942--and was later widely covered by rock and roll performers, including Chuck Berry . </Li>

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