Roll 'Em Pete

"Roll 'Em Pete"
Single by Joe Turner & Pete Johnson
Released1939
RecordedDecember 30, 1938
GenreBoogie-woogie
Length2:50
LabelVocalion 4607
Songwriter(s)Joe Turner, Pete Johnson

"Roll 'Em Pete" is a boogie-woogie song, originally recorded in December 1938 by singer Big Joe Turner and pianist Pete Johnson. The recording is regarded as one of the most important precursors of what later became known as rock and roll.

"Roll 'Em Pete" was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2018, as one of the five new entrants in the "Classic of Blues Recording (Song)" category.