I know the background of the record, but I say if the record label said 
"and His Delta Cats", then so be it. If you want to note that it was IT's K 
of R, that's okay, but really not necessary. There was no Kenny and the 
Cadets either, except on disc...

On Friday, August 16, 2013 10:12:19 AM UTC-4, Eidem wrote:
>
> I deleted Brogdon from the Rose Maddox line, as it was a married name... 
> and she wasn't married to Brogdon for long... and added "The Maddox 
> Brothers and Rose."
>
> The Jackie Brenston thing gets a little sticky since there was no band 
> called Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats.  "Rocket 88" is actually by Ike 
> Turner's Kings Of Rhythm, for which Jackie Brenston played saxophone and 
> occasionally sang.  The record was credited to Jackie Brenston and His 
> Delta Cats by Chess Records when they released the single.  Ike didn't like 
> it when the song became a hit, and he never allowed Brenston to sing it on 
> stage.
>

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