Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
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Features Disc of the day
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
Rocket 88
(Chess, 1951)
Was this the first rock and roll record? Don't worry about it!
Ike Turner was a mere 19 when he oversaw the session that produced Rocket 88. A working bandleader who knew what was hot on the jukebox and radio, his band The Kings Of Rhythm played jazz, blues, R&B and country - the rock'n'roll recipe in waiting. Written in March 1951, reputedly in the band's Chrysler en route to Sam Phillips' Sun studio in Memphis, the results were cheap, strange and irresistible. The fuzzy bassline - played on the bass strings of an electric guitar - saxes and a beat-up boogie woogie piano accompanied vocalist Jackie Brenston as he eagerly sang about the new, fast and powerful Oldsmobile (Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley would hear this song and absorb its template for their own rocking salutes to freedom and the road). It hit number one on the R&B chart, but there was bad news for the late Ike; he thought the tune would be out on the California-based Modern label under the name Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm feat Jackie Brenston. Instead it ended up on Chess with a new credit. As for the 'first rock'n'roll record' argument, the jury will never be in because of the many raucous, near-as-dammit party songs that predated it. Instead, best take a little nip, and move on out!
Clive Prior
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:31 AM GMT 30/07/2009
Further Listening
Fats Domino – The Fat Man (Imperial, 1949)
Wynonie Harris – Good Rockin’ Tonight (King, 1948)
Elvis Presley – That’s All Right (Mama) (Sun, 1954)
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