Jimmy Preston
Alto sax blower Jimmy Preston is another one of the legion of postwar R&B figures that can accurately be cited as a genuine forefather of rock & roll. His chief claim to fame: the blistering 1949 smash "Rock the Joint," which inspired a groundbreaking cover by Bill Haley & the Comets in 1952.
"Rock the Joint" wasn't Preston's first trip to the R&B Top Ten. Earlier in 1949, he'd hit with "Hucklebuck Daddy." Both were cut for Ivin Ballen's Philadelphia-based Gotham logo. The scorching sax breaks on "Rock the Joint" weren't Preston's doing, but tenor saxist Danny Turner's. Preston cut rather prolifically for Gotham through much of 1950 (including a session with jazzman Benny Golson on tenor sax) before switching to Derby Records and scoring his last hit, "Oh Babe" (with a vocal by Burnetta Evans). The 1950 date for the New York label was apparently his last.
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Discography
4 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Jimmy Preston, 1948 - 1950
R&B - Released by Interstate Records on 15 sep. 2014
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Volume 2 - Rock the Joint
Soul - Released by Oldies.com on 1 jan. 1990
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Rock the Joint
Blues - Released by Redwood Records on 17 mrt. 2014
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