* 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.

Contenders for the title of " first rock and roll record " include Goree Carter's " Rock Awhile " ( 1949 ); Jimmy Preston's " Rock the Joint " ( 1949 ), which was later covered by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1952 ; and " Rocket 88 " by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats ( actually an alias for Ike Turner and his band The Kings of Rhythm ), recorded by Sam Phillips for Sun Records in March 1951.

His first recording, " Rocket 88 " with the Kings of Rhythm credited as " Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats ", in 1951, is considered a possible contender for " first rock and roll song ".

Phillips sold the recording to Chess in Chicago, who released it under the name " Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats ".

The success of Rocket 88 caused tensions and ego clashes in the band, causing Jackie Brenston to leave to pursue a solo career, taking some of the original members with him.

Phillips recorded what some — notably music historian Peter Guralnick — consider the first rock and roll record: " Rocket 88 " by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, a band led by 19-year-old Ike Turner, who also wrote the song.

* Jackie Brenston

The saxophonist, Jackie Brenston, suggested a song about the new Rocket 88 Oldsmobile.

" Rocket 88 " came out with the group credited as Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats and went on to sell half a million copies, reaching the top of the Billboard R ' n ' B charts in June 1951.

One contender is " Rocket 88 " by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats ( in fact, Ike Turner and his band The Kings of Rhythm ), recorded by Sam Phillips for Sun Records in Memphis in 1951.

*" Rocket 88 " was recorded on March 5, 1951 by Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats-actually Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm-and covered later in the year by Bill Haley and the Saddlemen.

A leading contender as the first fully formed rock and roll recording is " Rocket 88 " by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats ( which was, in fact, Ike Turner and his band The Kings of Rhythm recording under a different name ), recorded by Sam Phillips for his Memphis Recording Service in 1951 ( the master tape being sold to and later released by Chess Records ).

Reputedly the first rock-and-roll single, Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats ' " 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 & roll.

* Ep 618 ( 2009-03-29 ) An Introduction to Vinyl, Part 2-featuring: Pearl Jam & Eddy Arnold & Billy Talent & Jackie Brenston & The Chords ( American band ) & Joy Division & Live & The Velvet Underground & Nirvana & Radiohead

* Jackie Brenston

Artists and groups that were important to the formative years of this genre include: Clifford Curry, Artie Shaw, Wynonie Harris, Ruth Brown, Little Willie John, Earl Bostic, The Drifters, Jimmy Cavallo, Wilbert Harrison, Clyde McPhatter, Billy Ward and His Dominoes, Hank Ballard, James & Bobby Purify, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, The Tams, Bob and Earl, The Tymes, The 5 Royales, The Coasters, Fats Domino, Jimmy McCracklin, Brenton Wood, Solomon Burke, Sam Cooke, Jimmy James, The Platters, The Four Tops, Louis Prima, Arthur Alexander, Stick McGhee, Jackie Brenston, Wilbert Harrison, Tyrone Davis, Big Joe Turner, Bruce Channel, Wilson Pickett, Clarence Carter, Dinah Washington, Billy Stewart, The Temptations, The Impressions, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, The O ' Jays, The Spinners, Eddie Floyd, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Etta James, The Checkers, The Clovers, Barbara Lewis, Don Covay, Mary Wells, Garnet Mimms and The Enchanters, Ben E. King, Major Lance, Willie Tee and Ernie K-Doe.

Greenberg played first base for the Pirates in 1947 and was one of the few opposing players to publicly welcome Jackie Robinson to the majors.

Larner had previously played koto with John Fahey, Jim O ' Rourke and members of indie rock groups including Camper Van Beethoven, Deerhoof, Jackie O Motherfucker and Mr. Bungle.

She also played the recurring character Jackie Robbins on ER.

Other members of the Hall who played in both the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball are Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Roy Campanella, Larry Doby, Willie Mays, and Jackie Robinson.

With Nothing in Common ( 1986 ) – about a young man alienated from his parents who must re-establish a relationship with his father, played by Jackie Gleason – Hanks began to establish the credentials of not only a comic actor but of someone who could carry a serious role.

Sooky is played by Jackie Coogan's brother Robert.

The writers drew further inspiration from Crazy Guggenheim, a character played by comedian Frank Fontaine on The Jackie Gleason Show.

In the 1983 martial arts film Project A, Jackie Chan also played an homage to Lloyd ( whom he has frequently cited as an influence on his work ) by falling from a clock tower.

" Randy's cousin Jackie played bass, and Teddy sat in on the drums.

From 2000 to 2002 she played Jackie on the television drama That's Life.

In 1962, he made his first appearance alongside Jackie Chan in the film Big and Little Wong Tin Bar, followed by a role in The Birth of Yue Fei, in which he played the ten year old Yue Fei, the historical figure from the Song Dynasty who would go on to become a famous Chinese general and martyr.

After Jackie Chan's success with Drunken Master ( 1978 ), Hung was scheduled to make a similar film featuring Drunken Masters " Beggar So " character played by Yuen Siu Tien ( aka Simon Yuen ).

In 2004, Hung again worked with Jackie Chan, in a brief but notable appearance in Disney's Around the World in 80 Days as the legendary folk hero Wong Fei Hung, a character which, curiously, had been played by Chan himself in the Drunken Master series.

Fowler appeared in an exhibition game with a team from Lynn, Iowa in 1878, 68 years before Jackie Robinson played in a professional baseball game.

McCartney had played bass on Jackie Lomax's recording of " Sour Milk Sea " a few months earlier.

( 1935 ) in the role of a drunken uncle later played on Broadway by Jackie Gleason in a musical comedy version.

Walter is married to Jackie, played by Fiona Allen.

* Jackie Blanchflower ( never played again, died 1998 )

Johnny Berry and Jackie Blanchflower were both injured so severely that they never played again.

In 1950, Jackie Gleason was starring in a New York – based comedy-variety series, Cavalcade of Stars, and played many different characters.

John " Jackie " Chew ( 1920 – 2002 ) was a footballer who played for Burnley, Bradford City and Darwen.

Members of the Peking Opera School, including Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung, played extras and bit parts in several Shaw Brothers films in the 1970s, although they were obviously unknowns at the time.

The Eight Immortals played a role in the animated show Jackie Chan Adventures.

More recent television performances include an episode of Family Guy, in which he played an overweight, chainsmoking mother and an episode of the second season of the series Nurse Jackie in which he played a man whose husband is dying.

The umbrella they are under is black during their conversation as they walk towards the house ( filmed from slightly above and to the front ), yet after cutting to a lower shot ( filmed from behind Jackie ), Michael walks onscreen from the right holding an umbrella that is not black but beige, with a brown band at the rim.

However, with the exception of the Grammy Award-winning " Nightshift " (# 3 in the U. S., a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson ; in 2010 a new version was recorded dedicated to Michael Jackson ), the band never achieved the same level of success it had enjoyed with Richie.

The Miller band returned to Hollywood to film 1942's Orchestra Wives, featuring Jackie Gleason playing a part as the group's bassist, Ben Beck.

When the band performed this single on the BBC TV music show Top of the Pops, instead of a picture of Jackie Wilson, the American soul singer, the band performed in front of a photo of Jocky Wilson, the Scottish darts player.

From October 16 to November 9, 1964 Burke again toured the South on Henry Wynn's Supersonic Attractions Tour with Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, BB King, Chuck Jackson, and Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, with Jimi Hendrix a temporary member of his band.

The new soundtrack replaced Chan's song over the closing credits with the song " Kung Fu " by the band Ash, the lyrics of which mention Jackie Chan, as well as other Asian figures and characters ubiquitous in the west.

" After Clark left to form his own band, he was replaced by Jackie Newhouse, and the group was renamed Double Trouble after a song by Otis Rush.

Towards the end of the month, when all parties were due to meet in New York for rehearsals, Harrison had the commitment of a backing band comprising Billy Preston ( on keyboards ), Badfinger ( on acoustic rhythm guitars and tambourine, repeating their All Things Must Pass roles ), Klaus Voormann ( bass ), Jim Keltner ( drums ) and Jim Horn ’ s so-called “ Hollywood Horns ”, including Chuck Findley, Jackie Kelso and Lou McCreary.

In 1954, Jackie Gleason chose their band to star in a weekly television show that centered on their band.

* While performing their 1982 hit " Jackie Wilson Said ( I'm in Heaven When You Smile )", the band Dexys Midnight Runners were seen performing in front of a projection of the darts player Jocky Wilson instead of soul singer Jackie Wilson.

Born in New York City, René McLean, multi-reed instrumentalist ( alto, tenor, soprano saxophones, flutes, ney, shakuhachi ), composer, band leader, educator and producer, began his musical training at the age of 9 under the tutelage and guidance of his father, alto saxophonist and educator Jackie McLean.

René made his debut with Jackie McLean's band in the mid-1960s as well as leading his own bands.

Other band leaders Mitchell recorded with include Lou Donaldson, Grant Green, Philly Joe Jones, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Johnny Griffin, Al Cohn, Dexter Gordon and Jimmy Smith.

It opened the way for a new generation of performers including Christian Lemaitre, Jackie Molard and the six-violin band Archétype.

Whalley argued that gender was irrelevant to the issue, and in response to Sandilands ' threat of violence asked Jackie if she was aware that her security guard had threatened a band technician with violence.

In July 2004, radio 2Day FM hosts Jackie O and Kyle Sandilands threatened the band with " black-listing " from the Austereo network after a festival performance in Darwin, Australia.

The band had played over the top of Jackie O's effort to explain her late appearance to the audience — the band claimed that their playing time was being cut into.