• Jackie Brenston (August 24, 1928 or 1930  – December 15, 1979) was an American singer and saxophonist who, with Ike Turner's band, recorded the first...
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  • Tennessee, in March 1951. The recording was credited to "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats"; while Brenston did provide the vocals, the band was actually Ike...
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  • and his Kings of Rhythm recorded the song "Rocket 88" (credited to Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats), which is a contender for the first rock and roll...
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    Rhythm as a teenager. His first recording, "Rocket 88" (credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats), is considered a contender for the distinction...
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  • Brainstorm Bramsito Brandy Tamar Braxton Toni Braxton Bree Runway Breland Jackie Brenston Brent Faiyaz Brick Frankie Bridge Brighter Side of Darkness Brockhampton...
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  • recorded on March 5, 1951, by Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats – actually Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm, with Brenston doing the vocals. It was covered...
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  • on the record. His saxophonist Jackie Brenston was the vocalist. The record was released under the alias Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats who were actually...
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  • artists before 1952. In March 1951, Phillips produced "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, who were actually Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm...
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    Presley's early career. Reputedly the first rock and roll single, Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats' "Rocket 88" was recorded there in 1951 with song...
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  • Shooter Jennings Kid Rock Johnny Kidd B.B. King Kings of Rhythm ("Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats") Peter Kraus Freddie 'Fingers' Lee Ricky Nelson...
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  • Guralnick considered the first rock and roll record: "Rocket 88", by Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats, a band led by the 19-year-old Ike Turner, who also...
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    Blake The Big Bopper Johnny Bond Pat Boone Jimmy Bowen Calvin Boze Jackie Brenston Teresa Brewer Big Bill Broonzy Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown James Brown...
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  • in 1952). "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats (Ike Turner and his band The Kings of Rhythm and sung by Brenston), was recorded by Sam Phillips...
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  • LaVern Baker Big Maybelle Big Three Trio Calvin Boze Tiny Bradshaw Jackie Brenston Nappy Brown Roy Brown Ruth Brown Arnett Cobb Floyd Dixon Willie Dixon...
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  • Bobby Dykins Angelica Jopling as Julia Baird Abby Greenhalgh as Jacqueline "Jackie" Dykins Josh Bolt as Pete Shotton Frazer Bird as Len Garry James Jack Bentham...
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  • November 1, 2024. "Top Jackie Brenston Songs | Highest Chart Hit". Playback.fm. Retrieved November 17, 2023. "Jackie Brenston". www.allaboutbluesmusic...
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    Kings of Rhythm at a studio owned by Sam Phillips with the vocal by Jackie Brenston. This song is often cited as a precursor to rock and roll or as one...
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  • guitarist Willie Kizart, whose distorted guitar sound for the 1951 Jackie Brenston/Ike Turner hit "Rocket 88" also has been cited as an early example...
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  • Neil Gene Vincent The Hard Times Honeybus HP Lovecraft Ivor Cutler Jackie Brenston Joe Meek Johnny Otis July Kathe Green Last Poets Laura Nyro Lead Belly...
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    Boyd Jan Bradley Owen Bradley Oscar Brand Bob Braun Walter Brennan Jackie Brenston Teresa Brewer Edie Brickell & New Bohemians John Brim Willmer "Little...
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  • "Rocket 88" is a 1951 rhythm and blues song recorded by "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats"; the "Delta Cats" were actually Ike Turner and his Kings...
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  • Earth Angel (The Penguins) Be-Bop-a-Lula (Gene Vincent) Rocket 88 (Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats) Hold me, thrill me, kiss me (performed by prom...
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  • in full in the burgeoning rock and roll scene in the early 1950s. Jackie Brenston had a hit with "Rocket 88", attributed to Ike Turner, praising the...
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  • of Rhythm saxophonist and vocalist Jackie Brenston. The record features a solo by 17-year-old Hill, after Brenston's cry of "blow your horn, Raymond, blow...
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  • Confidential" "Big Legged Woman" - Booker T. Laury "I'm on Fire" "Rocket 88" - Jackie Brenston And The Delta Cats "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" "Whole Lotta Shakin'...
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  • also covered by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1952; and "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats (in fact, Ike Turner and his band the Kings of Rhythm)...
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    version (in July 1951) of Rocket 88, originally a jump blues song by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, who were actually Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm...
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  • Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. March 3-5 – Jackie Brenston "and His Delta Cats" (actually Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm) record...
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  • Either suicide by speedball overdose or accidental speedball overdose Jackie Brenston 49-51 December 15, 1979 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Heart attack Voyle...
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  • Turner for his Kings of Rhythm and sung by the sax player of the band, Jackie Brenston. The track was recorded at Sam Phillips' Recording Service in Memphis...
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