So do you think Rocket 88 was really the first rock ‘n’ roll record?

Listening to Rocket 88 the other day I’m starting to have my doubts about the received wisdom that says that it’s the first rock’n’roll record. Undoubtedly it’s a great record and there are definite similarities to what we think of ads rock’ ‘n’ roll but it sounds to me more like a rhythm and blues record. And if it is the case that it’s a rhythm and blues, rock’n’roll sounding record then there are several earlier records that could be described the same way – Wyomie Harris, Louis Jordan – jump blues but rock ‘n’ roll-like, John lee Hooker’s Boogie Chillun, Arthur Big Boy Crudup – Elvis’s 1954 version of his song that’s alright mama is definitely rock n roll, Big Mama Thornton’s 1952 recording of You aint nothing but a hound dog – Rock n’ roll by the time Elvis recorded it, Hank Williams’ Move it on over – the list could go on. For me I think it’s down to two records – Charlie Graci’s Boogie Woogie Blues from 1954 and Fat’s Domino’s the Fat man from 1951.
Rolling Stone were certainly wrong to narrow it down to Bill Haley’s Rock around the Clock and Elvis’s That’s alright mama.
Of course it doesn’t really matter but it’s fun to speculate isn’t it?