Oldsmobile Rocket 88

+sookie tex Oldsmobile Rocket 88. Public Domain ClipArt Stock Photos and Images. Description: 1955 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 photographed at the Rassemblement Rigaud Car Show. Date: 08/16/08. Author: Bull-Doser. Permission: (Reusing this file) All Rights Released.

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March 3, 1951 – Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips' recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.

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(a.k.a. Eighty-Eight) was a full-size car sold by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors and produced from 1949 until 1999. From 1950 to 1974 the 88 was the division's top-selling line, particularly the entry-level models such as the 88 and Dynamic 88.

The 88 series was also an image leader for Oldsmobile, particularly in the early years (1949–51) when it was one of the best performing automobiles thanks to its relatively small size, light weight and advanced overhead-valve high-compression V8 engine originally designed for the larger C-bodied and more luxurious 98 series but it also replaced the straight-8 on the smaller B-bodied 78, creating what was considered the predecessor of Muscle cars of the 1960s.

Description: Oldsmobile 88 photographed in Laval, Quebec, Canada at Centropolis Laval. Date: 06/04/10. Author: Bull-Doser. Permission: (Reusing this file) All Rights Released.

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March 3, 1951 – Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips' recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee. editing by sookietex More about this image and story at Public Domain Clip Art - http://publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.com/2014/03/oldsmobile-rocket-88.html

It was originally called Memphis Recording Service, sharing the same building with the Sun Records label business. Reputedly the first rock-and-roll single, Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats' who were actually Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm. "Rocket 88" was recorded there in 1951 with song composer Ike Turner on keyboards, leading the studio to claim status as the birthplace of rock and roll.