The Song Originally written in 1961 by blues legend Jimmy Reed, Bright Lights Big City is a song about love and loss as his girl moves from the country to…
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Thursday CarTune: Rocket 88 by Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm
by Harvey Briggs
March 30, 2017
The SongIt has been argued that Rocket 88 is the song that ushered in Rock and Roll. Recorded by a band named Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats (actually Ike…