Saturday Night Fish Fry

"Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 1)"
Single by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
B-side"Saturday Night Fish Fry" (Concluded)
ReleasedOctober 8 1949
  • January 7 1950 (re-release)
RecordedAugust 9, 1949
GenreJump blues
Length
  • 3:12 (Part 1)
  • 2:48 (Part 2/concluded)
  • 5:21 (full version)
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Louis Jordan, Ellis Walsh
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five singles chronology
"Beans and Corn Bread"
(1949)
"Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 1)"
(1949)
"School Days"
(1950)

"Saturday Night Fish Fry" is a jump blues song written by Louis Jordan and Ellis Lawrence Walsh, best known through the version recorded by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five. The recording is considered to be one of the "excellent and commercially successful" examples of the jump blues genre.

While the origins of rock and roll are disputed, some have also suggested that the song may be the first rock 'n' roll record. The song contains elements later common in rock 'n' roll such as electric guitar, a brisk tempo and "a mix of the bass," and the singer begins each chorus with the catchphrase, "It was rockin'," repeating it several times.