Before Elvis: the prehistory of rock 'n' roll

That's All Right. A white man sounds black ; Rock 'n' roll arrives ; The meaning of rock ; The revolution that wasn't.

The Train Kept A-Rollin'. Stroll on ; Cow-cow boogie ; Johnny B. Goode ; Rolling on.

One O' Them Things! Big Bill ; Handy vs. Morton ; Birth of the blues ; Recording the blues ; Roots of the blues ; Africa, Britain, and vaudeville.

The Rocks. The walking bass ; A dash of hokum ; Big band boogie ; Boogie-woogie fever ; Coda.

The Jumpin' Jive. Jump jazz ; The backbeat and the Jitterbug ; Jug bands and hokum ; Scat, jive, and harmony signing ; Big bands and shuffle rhythms ; The blues-jazz nexus ; From hokum to rhythm-and-blues ; Jive

Big band jump ; Jum, jive, an' wail.

Get With It. Country origins ; Early country recordings ; Blues and hokum ; Western swing ; Hillbilly boogie ; Country and R&B.

Good Rockin' Tonight. R&B is born ; The door opens ; Horn honkers ; Strin slingers ; Shouters ; Rhythm-and-blues women ; Doo- wop ; The crescent city.

Rock Love. Blue-eyed R&B ; Rock stars ; Mystery women ; Vocal groups ; Caribbean rhythms.