"Rocket 88" (originally stylized as Rocket "88") is a song that was first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, in March 1951. The recording was credited to...
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inspiring a popular 1950s slogan, "Make a Date with a Rocket 88", and also a song, "Rocket 88", often considered the first rock and roll record. Starting...
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Turner and his Kings of Rhythm. Rocket 88 may also refer to: Oldsmobile 88 models with a Rocket V8 engine Rocket 88 (band), British boogie-woogie band...
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Rocket 88 was a United Kingdom-based boogie-woogie band formed in the late 1970s by Ian "Stu" Stewart, Charlie Watts, Alexis Korner and Dick Morrissey...
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Phillips' studio in 1951; Rocket 88 was a 1980s United Kingdom band named for the song "88 Lines About 44 Women" by the band The Nails "88 Seconds in Greensboro"...
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Ike Turner (section 1951: "Rocket 88")
then formed the Kings of Rhythm as a teenager. His first recording, "Rocket 88" (credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats), is considered a contender...
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Rocket 88 is an album recorded live in Germany in 1981 by the boogie-woogie band Rocket 88. The band had a casual line-up, and founder/producer/band-member...
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Kings of Rhythm (section 1951: "Rocket 88")
of the day. In 1951, Turner and his Kings of Rhythm recorded the song "Rocket 88" (credited to Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats), which is a contender...
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comment but about Rocket 88: "I don't think that ‘Rocket 88’ is rock ‘n’ roll. I think that ‘Rocket 88’ is R&B, but I think ‘Rocket 88’ is the cause of...
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Sun Studio (section "Rocket 88")
the first rock and roll single, Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats' "Rocket 88" was recorded there in 1951 with song composer Ike Turner on keyboards...
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