Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats

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American musical group rhythm and blues band

Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats were an early 1950s rhythm and blues band best known for recording "Rocket 88," often cited as one of the first rock and roll records.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American musical group ⓘ rhythm and blues band ⓘ
activePeriod	early 1950s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct	Ike Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedCity	Clarksdale, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedGenre	jump blues ⓘ
backingBandOrigin	Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartAchievement	Rocket 88 reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	post-World War II R&B era ⓘ
formedIn	Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	early rock and roll ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ
hasInstrument	bass ⓘ drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ
hasMember	Jackie Brenston NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	often cited as recording the first rock and roll record ⓘ
legacy	influential in development of electric R&B sound ⓘ recognized in rock and roll histories ⓘ
lineupBasis	members of Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm ⓘ
notableFor	influence on rock and roll ⓘ recording one of the first rock and roll records ⓘ
notableWork	Rocket 88 NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfRecording	Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Sam Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ
recorded	Rocket 88 NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedAt	Memphis Recording Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Chess NERFINISHED ⓘ Chess Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
released	Rocket 88 single NERFINISHED ⓘ
songReleaseYear	1951 ⓘ
songSubject	Oldsmobile Rocket 88 automobile (in Rocket 88) NERFINISHED ⓘ
songWriterOf	Rocket 88 NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	distorted electric guitar sound on Rocket 88 ⓘ driving backbeat ⓘ
vocalist	Jackie Brenston NERFINISHED ⓘ
vocalStyle	shouted R&B vocals ⓘ