Doles Dickens

Bill Haley & His Comets are often credited with recording the first rock & roll tune, "Rock A'Beatin' Boogie," and disk jockey Alan Freed has been credited for coining the term, "rock & roll." Evidence exists, however, that Doles Dickens became the "true" originator of the term rock & roll when he chose an original tune, "Rock & Roll," as his debut single in June 1949. Active until the mid-'60s, Dickens recorded such additional rave-up rockers as "Find 'Em, Fool 'Em and Forget 'Em" and "Choo Choo Bop." Chicago-born Dickens launched his career in the late-'30s. After sharpenin...