IT IS COMMONLY ACCEPTED THAT ROCK AND ROLL STARTED AROUND 1955. FATS DOMINO (RIP) IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE EARLIEST ROCK AND ROLL STARS. A NATIVE OF NEW ORLEANS, HE NEVER LEFT THAT CITY. I THINK IT WAS BACK IN THE LATE 1980s, IN A REUNION WITH OTHER ROCK AND ROLL STARS IN A BIG BAR WITH LIVE MUSIC IN NEW ORLEANS FRENCH QUARTER, HE WAS PLAYING THE PIANO AND ANSWERING A QUESTION HE SAID: "THAT MUSIC YOU CALL ROCK AND ROLL, I'VE BEEN PLAYING IT IN NEW ORLEANS SINCE 1949". HERE IS A FATS DOMINO'S RECORDING FROM 1950. ENJOY IT!