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Sunday, March 6, 2016

Rocket 88

Thursday or Saturday marked the 65th anniversary of the recording of "Rocket 88", a rhythm and blues song by notorious wifebeater Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm.  The pleasant tune is the song most often credited as being the first rock and roll song.


Of course, when I think of epochal odes to the Olds 88, I think of a somewhat more recent tune -

Posted by WestBerkeleyFlats at 8:23 AM
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