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"Rocket 88" (originally stylized as Rocket "88") is a song that was first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, ... and licensed to Chess Records for release. [21]
Release date Artist Label & Cat No. US R&B Notes "Rocket 88" Apr 1951 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats Chess 1458 1 Recorded by Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm Recorded at Memphis Recording Service in March 1951 "Come Back To Where You Belong" — "My Real Gone Rocket" Oct 1951 Chess 1469 — "Tuckered Out" — "Canton, Mississippi Breakdown"
American songwriter, musician and bandleader Ike Turner released his first composition, "Rocket 88" in 1951. The single was credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, who were actually Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm. The single reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart. [1]
1951: "Rocket 88" / "Come Back To Where You Belong" (Chess 1458) – recorded at Sam Phillips' studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 3 or 5, 1951 by Ike Turner and his band, The Kings of Rhythm (with his saxophonist and occasional singer Jackie Brenston, being credited on the record's label [Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats] as the writer ...
Soon after the release of "Rocket 88", Turner moved to West Memphis, Arkansas and played with various local bands. [54] He then became a freelance talent scout, session musician, and production assistant for Sam Phillips at Sun Studio, commuting to Memphis, Tennessee.
The birth date on his headstone, August 24, 1928, is the same date on his army enlistment records. However, in 1974, Brenston stated that he was born on August 24, 1927. His obituary in the Clarksdale Press Register gave his birth date as August 15, 1930, a date endorsed by researchers Bob Eagle and Eric S. LeBlanc. [2]
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, ...
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. [ 1 ] The band is named after the 1948 Pete Johnson instrumental " Rocket 88 Boogie" and is also the title of their 1981 live album, recorded by the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio .