Two of Rock & Roll’s early greatest hits were caused by stabbing the speaker: Ike Turner’s “Rocket 88” in 1951, and Link Wray’s “Rumble” in 1958.Read more
The success of Ike Turner’s “Rocket 88”, recorded at Sam Phillips’ Memphis Recording Service, gave Philips the ability to open Sun Records in 1952.Read more
Coincidentally, the first Rock n Roll song, “Rocket 88” by Ike Turner & Jackie Brenston was first recorded in the same building that Bessie Smith died in — now the Riverside Motel in Clarksdale, Mississippi.Read more
Little Richard (admittedly) lifted the intro to “Good Golly, Miss Molly” from the 1951 Ike Turner / Jackie Brenston hit “Rocket 88”.Read more
Jackie Brenston and Ike Turner’s “Rocket 88” was arguably the first rock n roll song in history.Read more
