That's Alright Mama - Elvis Presley (pretty much the start of "rock & roll")
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry (the beginning of the "rock guitar god" syndrome)
Raining In My Heart - Buddy Holly (the first use of strings in a supposed rock & roll song)
I Feel Fine - The Beatles (the first supposed use of controlled feedback)
Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones (the first supposed use of a "fuzz box")
I'm Only Sleeping - The Beatles (the first supposed use of backwards tracking...George's guitar solo)
Tales Of Brave Ulysses - Cream (the first supposed officially released recording of a wah-wah pedal)
Ry Cooder's Bop Til You Drop album...the first all-digitally recorded album.
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Among God's creations, two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes in order not to be separated from the man.---Andres Segovia
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