item details
NameRecord, 78" (Pie cart rock'n'roll)
ProductionHis Master's Voice; manufacturer(s); 1957; New Zealand
Classificationphonograph records, record covers
Materialspaper, vinyl
Materials Summaryvinyl record in printed paper sleeve
DimensionsOverall: 258mm (width), 258mm (height)
Registration NumberGH023175
Credit linePurchased 2012
Overview
This vinyl record (78") featured a recording of 'Pie Cart Rock and Roll' written and sung by Johnny Cooper (known as the Maori Cowboy). The B side features Cooper singing Giddy Up a Ding-Dong by Bell-Latanzi.
Cooper was actually a country and western performer but he became the first New Zealand artist to record a rock and roll song, 'Rock around the clock'.