Rocket 88 (band)
Rocket 88 | |
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Origin | United Kingdom |
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Years active | 1978–1981 |
Labels | Atlantic |
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Rocket 88 was a United Kingdom-based boogie-woogie band formed in the late 1970s by Ian "Stu" Stewart, Charlie Watts, Alexis Korner and Dick Morrissey.[1]
The band is named after the 1948 Pete Johnson instrumental "Rocket 88 Boogie" and is also the title of their 1981 live album, recorded by the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. The first known use of the phrase "Rocket 88" was for the Oldsmobile Rocket 88 car introduced by General Motors in 1949.[2]
The continuation of an ad hoc band formed by Stewart, Watts and
The band recorded a live album, Rocket 88, at the Rotation Club, Hanover, while on tour in Germany, in November 1979. It was released in March 1981 on the Atlantic Records label (SD 19293). Ian Stewart wrote the sleeve notes on the back cover of the album, giving a brief history of the band, boogie-woogie, and rock and roll.[4]
References
- ISBN 978-0-312-36652-0
- ISBN 978-0-7864-3229-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84353-256-9at Google Books
- ^ LP cover and credits at Alexis Korner web site Archived 5 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine