“Rok Da House” by Beatmasters featuring The Cookie Crew

"Rok da House" has a fair claim to being the first hip house record ever made: the Beatmasters, a British production trio, cut it as their debut single with the hip hop duo the Cookie Crew, and it was already written and on vinyl by August 1986. The writing credit is split five ways, between Susie Banfield, Paul Carter, Amanda Glanfield, Debbie Pryce and Richard Walmsley.

It came out properly in 1987 and Britain barely blinked, the first release stalling at number 79. A remix six months later did the trick, climbing to number five on the UK chart early in 1988, and the record went top 40 in at least seven countries. Yet another remix, "Rok da House (W.E.F.U.N.K.)", turned up on the Beatmasters' debut album Anywayawanna in 1989.

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