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The Rockets were formed in 1972 by former Detroit Wheels members Johnny "Bee" Badanjek and Jim McCarty. [1] Vocals and drums were handled by Badanjek, McCarty was on lead guitar, John Fraga was on bass guitar and Marc Marcano was on keyboards. Johnny Bee was the driving force and primary songwriter for the Rockets.
Rockets' singles written by Badanjek included "Can't Sleep", "Turn Up the Radio" and "Takin' It Back". In 1992, he toured Europe with Nils Lofgren and drummed on Lofgren's Rykodisc release, The Crooked Line. He later toured and recorded with The Romantics. In 2021, he played drums on Alice Cooper's Billboard #1 Top Selling Album, Detroit ...
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Boyd Byron Bennett [1] (December 7, 1924 – June 2, 2002) [2] was an American rockabilly songwriter and singer.. His two biggest hit singles, both written with John F Young and performed by him (Boyd) were "Seventeen" with his band, the Rockets (U.S. No. 5), (U.S. R&B No. 7), [3] as well as No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart.; [2] and "My Boy, Flat Top" (U.S. No. 39). [4]
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Years active. 1960s–present. James William McCarty (born June 1, 1945) is an American blues rock guitarist from Detroit, Michigan. He has performed with Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, [1] the Buddy Miles Express, Cactus, The Rockets, the Detroit Blues Band, and more recently, Mystery Train. Since about 2014 Jim McCarty has joined forces ...
The band had its origins in Detroit in the early 1960s. At this time, a young white singer by the name of William Levise, Jr., who was singing at a black soul club called The Village, met a rock & roll group which included McCarty, bassist Earl Elliot, and Badanjek. Levise decided to join the group and took the stage name of Billy Lee, and the ...
This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1]