1951/1953

johnnie ray entered the studio in october 1951 and recorded cry with the four lads ... in doing so, he inventend white rock and roll three or four years before elvis ... he was gay and partly deaf ... which means he didn't hear precisely what he sang

elvis presley entered the recording booth for the first time in 1953, he recorded two songs, this one, my happiness, specifically for his beloved mother ...

now wh'o's rocking here? elvis in 1953? or johnnie ray two years before?