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Jackie Brenston (b 15 August 1930, Clarksdale, Mississippi - d. 15 December 1979, Memphis, Tennessee) was an R&B musician who recorded, with Ike Turner's band, the first version of the proto-rock and roll song “Rocket 88”.
Returning to Clarksdale from army service in 1947, Brenston learned to play the tenor saxophone, linking up with Ike Turner in 1950 as sax player and occasional singer in his band. The local success of Turner’s Kings of Rhythm prompted B.B. King to recommend them to studio owner Sam Phillips in Memphis, where the band made several recordings in early March 1951, including “Rocket 88” on which Brenston sang lead and which he was credited with writing.
Phillips passed the recordings on to Chess Records in Chicago, who released "Rocket 88" as by "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats", rather than under Turner’s name. The record soon reached # 1 on the R&B charts. Phillips' later claim, undoubtedly biased by his own interest in self-promotion, that this was the first rock and roll record, has often been repeated by others, although there are numerous other candidates. Phillips used the success of the record to start Sun Records the following year.
After one further recording session, Brenston and Turner parted company, and Brenston went on to perform in Lowell Fulson’s band for two years. He returned to play in Turner’s band from 1955 to 1962. Although he occasionally sang with the band, Turner apparently forbade him from singing “Rocket 88”.
By now an alcoholic, Brenston continued playing in local bands. After a final recording session with Earl Hooker in 1963, he worked occasionally as a truck driver before a fatal heart attack at the age of 49.
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Returning to Clarksdale from army service in 1947, Brenston learned to play the tenor saxophone, linking up with Ike Turner in 1950 as sax player and occasional singer in his band. The local success of Turner’s Kings of Rhythm prompted B.B. King to recommend them to studio owner Sam Phillips in Memphis, where the band made several recordings in early March 1951, including “Rocket 88” on which Brenston sang lead and which he was credited with writing.
Phillips passed the recordings on to Chess Records in Chicago, who released "Rocket 88" as by "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats", rather than under Turner’s name. The record soon reached # 1 on the R&B charts. Phillips' later claim, undoubtedly biased by his own interest in self-promotion, that this was the first rock and roll record, has often been repeated by others, although there are numerous other candidates. Phillips used the success of the record to start Sun Records the following year.
After one further recording session, Brenston and Turner parted company, and Brenston went on to perform in Lowell Fulson’s band for two years. He returned to play in Turner’s band from 1955 to 1962. Although he occasionally sang with the band, Turner apparently forbade him from singing “Rocket 88”.
By now an alcoholic, Brenston continued playing in local bands. After a final recording session with Earl Hooker in 1963, he worked occasionally as a truck driver before a fatal heart attack at the age of 49.
Main sources
- Jim Dawson, and Steve Propes, What Was The First Rock'n'Roll Record?, ISBN 0-571-12939-0
- Nick Tosches, Unsung Heroes Of Rock'n'Roll, ISBN 0-436-53203-4
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Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences, first performed by African American artists.
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Ike Turner (born Ike Wister Turner on November 5, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi) is an African American musician, bandleader, talent scout and record producer, best known for his work with his former wife Tina Turner as one half of the Ike & Tina Turner duo.
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Rock 'n' Roll (short for Rock and Roll), is a genre of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and quickly spread to the rest of the world. It later spawned the various sub-genres of what is now called simply 'rock music'.
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Rocket 88" is a rhythm and blues song that was first recorded at Sam Phillips' recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on 3 or 5 March (accounts differ) 1951. It is claimed by some, including Phillips — later to become owner of Sun Records, and pioneer rock and roll record
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The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. It is perhaps the most well known of all saxophones and is a transposing instrument, pitched in the key of B♭, and written as a transposing instrument in the
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Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – June 30, 2003), better known as Sam Phillips, was an American record producer who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s.
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Chess Records was an American record label, based in Chicago, Illinois at 2120 S. Michigan Avenue. Run by brothers Leonard Chess and Phil Chess, it was an important record label in rock and roll history, as it released many singles and albums now regarded as part of the rock music
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There are many candidates for the title of the first rock and roll record, but it is arguable whether any such thing exists. Like all forms of music, the roots of "rock and roll" are as deep and wide as those of music itself.
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Sun Records, located at 706 Union Ave., was a record label based in Memphis, Tennessee starting operations on March 27, 1952. Founded by Sam Phillips, Sun Records was known for giving notable musicians such as Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Cash their first
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Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921–March 6, 1999) was a big-voiced blues guitarist in the West Coast tradition. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also recorded for business reasons as Lowell Fullsom and Lowell Fulsom.
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Earl Hooker (born January 15, 1929 in Clarksdale, Mississippi; died April 21, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American blues guitarist. Hooker was a Chicago slide guitarist in the same league as Elmore James,Hound Dog Taylor, and his mentor, Robert Nighthawk.
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