Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats

Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats were a rockabilly group noted for their chart-topper Rocket 88, considered to be the first ever rock and roll record. The song is about the Oldsmobile 88, often nicknamed the Rocket in marketing. Oldsmobile's logo at the time was even a rocket. Blue eyed soul revivalist Robert Palmer claimed that the song was "wilder than any jump blues song" and noted the "fuzzed-out, over-amplified electric guitar". Bill Haley covered the song.