Goree Chester Carter or Christer Carter (January 1, 1931 – December 27, 1990), was an American singer, guitarist, drummer, and songwriter. He was also...

singer-songwriter Goree Carter, recorded in April 1949 for the Freedom Recording Company in Houston, Texas. The song was released as the 18-year-old Carter's debut...

neglects the black guitarists who did the same thing before Berry, such as Goree Carter, Gatemouth Brown, and the originator of the style, T-Bone Walker. Country...

most influential on the forthcoming rock 'n' roll. "Rock Awhile" by Goree Carter was recorded in April 1949. It has been cited as a contender for the...

Prima, and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. Less frequently mentioned, Goree Carter also recorded some jump blues; his "Rock Awhile" is said by Robert Palmer...

Eli Goree (born May 26, 1994) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Quincy in HBO's Ballers, Malik in Da Kink in My Hair (2007–2009)...

Erskine Butterfield Sam Butera Maria Callas Glen Campbell Martha Carson Goree Carter Johnny Cash Bobby Charles Ray Charles Boozoo Chavis Chubby Checker Clifton...

I just had to go out and get an electric guitar.” He also influenced Goree Carter, whose "Rock Awhile" (1949) featured an over-driven electric guitar style...

Bopper The Brian Setzer Orchestra Johnny Burnette Ray Campi Freddy Cannon Goree Carter Johnny Cash Adriano Celentano Ray Charles Chubby Checker Eddie Cochran...

Alexander, Little Hat Jones, Buster Pickens, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and Goree Carter. Freddie King, born in Gilmer, was active from the 1950s to the mid-1970s...

music. Among its recording artists were Big Joe Turner, L. C. Williams, Goree Carter and Little Willie Littlefield. The label lasted through the early 1950s...

musicians to experiment with distortion were Willie Johnson of Howlin' Wolf, Goree Carter, Joe Hill Louis, Ike Turner, Guitar Slim, and Chuck Berry. In 1954, Pat...

"Midnight Is Here Again" — — "Jumpin' at the Jubilee" b/w "Lonely World" [by Goree Carter] — — "Just a Travellin' Man" b/w "Life Is Like a Card Game" — — "Back-Breaking...

Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 45/6. ISBN 0-85112-733-9. "Goree Carter". Allmusic. Retrieved June 30, 2012. Wiederhorn, Jon (January 8, 2021)...

producing distortion by deliberately overdriving amplifiers. These included Goree Carter, Joe Hill Louis, Elmore James, Ike Turner, Willie Johnson, Pat Hare,...

Major League Baseball player Willard Brown, Baseball Hall of Famer Goree Carter, rock and roll pioneer and Korean War veteran Margie Duty, first African...

among many others. Chris Cain – (born November 19, 1955) is a guitarist. Goree Carter – (December 31, 1930 – December 29, 1990) Born in Houston, Texas, he...

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Mozart Players give their first concert, at the Wigmore Hall. April – Goree Carter records "Rock Awhile", which is considered to be the first rock and roll...

mid-1960s at the Club Matinee in Houston, which regularly featured himself, Goree Carter, Joe Bell, Roy Gaines and Clarence Hollimon. He retired in 1991, and...

different sessions as part of the accompaniment to Cain, Bill Hayes, and Goree Carter. Pickens later accompanied Alger "Texas" Alexander in the latter's final...

Giulio Bedeschi, 75, Italian writer and Army officer during World War II. Goree Carter, 59, American singer, guitarist, drummer, and songwriter. Mona Dol, 89...

Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, James “Widemouth” Brown, Nelson Carson, Goree Carter, Peppermint Harris, Smokey Hogg, Elmore Nixon, Teddy Reynolds and King...

Freddie Slack (1946); Wynonie Harris' "Good Rocking Tonight" (1948); Goree Carter's "Rock Awhile" (1949); Jimmy Preston's "Rock the Joint" (1949), also...

sound would become an influential part of the electric blues sound. Goree Carter's "Rock Awhile" (1949) featured an over-driven electric guitar style and...

Thomas Jewett Goree (November 14, 1835 – March 5, 1905) was a Confederate Captain in the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil...

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Thomas Henry Carter (June 13, 1831 – June 2, 1908) was an artillery officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. His battalion...

lap-steel, to obtain a louder and fatter tone. In early rock music, Goree Carter's "Rock Awhile" (1949) featured an over-driven electric guitar style similar...

Bill Carter is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and member of the Austin Music Hall of Fame. He is best known for co-writing "Crossfire" and "Willie...