Jackie Brenston - Rocket 88, March 1951

   In Memphis Sam Phillips records Ike Turner's band with Jackie Brenston on lead for "Rocket 88", leasing it to Chess Records of Chicago where the alcohol fueled rocker tops the charts and further cements rock's future as a raucous, exciting and dangerous style of music.

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Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats - Rocket "88"  Chess 1458

5 weeks at #1 on R&B charts

   The song was recorded in the Memphis studio [the Memphis Recording Service, at 706 Union Avenue] of producer Sam Phillips in March 1951, and licensed to Chess Records for release.

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Rocket 88 - 1 R&B

[Chess 1458]  written by Ike Turner