Songs:Rocket '88 (69813)
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"Rocket 88" is rhythm and blues song from 1951, and regarded by many people to be the first rock 'n' roll song.
The 1951 recording is credited to "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats", but the band did not actually exist. The song was written by Ike Turner and recorded by he and his band, the Kings of Rhythm. Brenston (1930-1979) was a saxophonist with Turner who also sang the vocal on "Rocket 88", a hymn of praise to the joys of the Oldsmobile "Rocket 88" automobile, which was introduced in 1949.
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