Mr. Ward's book is an excellent reference work for anyone who has the same interest that I do in American music, and the essential role of African-American musicians and composers in the evolution of all modern popular music.
Having read the book, I decided to go back through it and listen to the recordings Ed Ward references in his history.
I started by googling variations on the phrase:  "History of Rock and Roll, by Ed Ward, discography", hoping to find a list of you-tube links to the original disks. Nothing turned up but reviews of the book and sites that sell the book.
So, if I have to basically, re-read the entire book, plus type in performer/song names, I might as well save my typing in a text file and create a discography.
My plan is to make a post for each chapter, and possibly add photos of the original performers when I can find them.
I will create links to you-tube uploads of every recording Mr. Ward references within quotation marks. There are a lot of them. I'll upload my completed list for Chapter One as soon as I finish this introductory post.
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