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Jackie Brenston
Jackie Brenston is credited on 180 releases across 77 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
180
Pressings credited
77
Albums
8
Decades active
9
In collections
Biography
Jackie Brenston (August 24, 1928 or 1930 – December 15, 1979) was an American singer and saxophonist who, with Ike Turner's band, recorded the first version of "Rocket 88" in 1951. It was noted in a subsequent interview that Brenston stated "I had a hit record and no sense".
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
180 releases · 77 albums · active 1951–2024
- Performance · 238
- Other credits · 4
Studios: All Sound Studio, Inc. · Connecticut Recording Studios · Bridgett's Pub · Dadyeen Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Otis Rush
- Earl Hooker
- Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- The James Cotton Band
- Bill Haley And His Comets
- 9 Below Zero
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