Jordan's cool music, along with that of Big Joe Turner, Roy Brown, Billy Wright, and Wynonie Harris, is now also referred to as jump blues.

Also in 1948, Wynonie Harris ' remake of Roy Brown's 1947 recording " Good Rockin ' Tonight " hit the charts in the # 2 spot, following band leader Sonny Thompson's " Long Gone " at # 1.

Rock and roll pioneer Wynonie Harris ; jazz great Preston Love ; drummer Buddy Miles ; and Luigi Waites are among the city's homegrown talent.

In 1940, Wynonie and Ollie Harris moved to Los Angeles, California, leaving Pattie with Mallie in Omaha.

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The first cover was by Lionel Hampton featuring Sonny Parker, then Wynonie Harris, and lastly, Loy Gordon & His Pleasant Valley Boys with their hillbilly-bop rendition.

By the end of the 1940s, he had had several hits, and helped pave the way for contemporaries like Wynonie Harris and John Lee Hooker.

Jump was especially popular in the late 1940s and early 1950s, through artists such as Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, Roy Brown, Charles Brown, T-Bone Walker, Roy Milton, Billy Wright and Wynonie Harris.

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His band included Wynonie Harris and Charles Brown.

He began singing when required to stand in for Wynonie Harris at a show in Texas.

In 1944 Millinder recruited singer Wynonie Harris, and their recording together of " Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well " became the group ’ s biggest hit in 1945, staying at No. 1 on the R & B chart for eight weeks and also crossing over to reach No. 7 on the US pop chart.

He is best known for his tracks, " Honky Tonk " and " Hippy Dippy ", and variously working with The Ink Spots, Johnny Otis, Wynonie Harris, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Jordan.

Blues singer Wynonie Harris was born and raised in Omaha.

Omaha-born Wynonie Harris, one of the founders of rock and roll, got his start at the North Omaha clubs and for a time lived in the now demolished Logan Fontennelle projects at 2213 Charles Street.

African Americans in the 1940s and 1950s were developing an outgrowth of rhythm and blues into a genre called rock and roll, which featured a very strong backbeat and whose prominent exponents included Louis Jordan and Wynonie Harris.

One of his first credited recordings as bandleader was with Wynonie Harris on " Drinkin ' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee ".

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*" Good Rocking Tonight ", in separate versions by Roy Brown ( 1947 ) and Wynonie Harris ( 1948 ) led to a craze for blues with " rocking " in the title.

*" Good Rockin ' Tonight " by Roy Brown ( 1947 ), as covered by Wynonie Harris

Wynonie Harris ' 1947 cover of Roy Brown's " Good Rocking Tonight " is also a claimant for the title of first rock and roll record, as the popularity of this record led to many answer songs, mostly by black artists, with the same rocking beat, during the late 40s and early 50s.

His band backed the singer Wynonie Harris on the session that produced the hit " Good Rocking Tonight " though Page was never credited as the leader.

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.

Teddy Edwards played with many jazz notables, including his personal friend Charlie Parker, Roy Milton, Wynonie Harris, Vince Guaraldi, Joe Castro and Ernie Andrews.

One of the first relevant successful covers was Wynonie Harris's transformation of Roy Brown's 1947 original jump blues hit " Good Rocking Tonight " into a more showy rocker and the Louis Prima rocker " Oh Babe " in 1950, as well as Amos Milburn's cover of what may have been the first white rock and roll record, Hardrock Gunter's " Birmingham Bounce " in 1949.

Ollie worked as a barmaid and nurse ; Wynonie sang in clubs as well as taking on some odd jobs.

* August 7 – Edwin Harris Dunning, British aviator ( b. 1892 )

* August 21 – August 22 – Events at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, are sparked by a Federal Marshal surveillance team, resulting in the death of a Marshal, Sam Weaver and his dog and the next day the wounding of Randy Weaver, the death of his wife Vicki and the wounding of Kevin Harris.

** In a special election for the U. S. Senate, Harris Wofford scores an electoral upset against Dick Thornburgh, who had led him by 44 points in an August opinion poll.

* August 14 – Kevin Harris, Canadian skateboarder

The original production of The Front Page, directed by George S. Kaufman and produced by Jed Harris, opened at the Times Square Theatre on August 14, 1928.

Frank Harris ( February 14, 1856 – August 27, 1931 ) was an editor, journalist and publisher, who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day.

Married three times, Harris died in France on August 27, 1931, of a heart attack.

Troy Shawn Harris set the Guinness World Record for consecutive jumping jacks by doing 50, 482 jumping jacks in 12 hours 27 minutes on August 20, 1988 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA.

Harris was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in August 2002, reportedly after being hospitalised with pneumonia.

| Win || 48 – 5 – 3 || Cimberly Harris || Split decision || 6 || August 1, 2009 || Huntington, West Virginia, USA ||

* August 24-Wynonie Harris, US singer ( d. 1969 )

Dallin Harris Oaks ( born August 12, 1932 ) is an American attorney, jurist, author, professor, public speaker, and religious leader.

* On August 5, 1932, Tommy Bridges of the Detroit Tigers gave up a pinch-hit single to the Washington Senators ' Dave Harris.

* August 27-Frank Harris, author and editor ( born 1856 )

In late August, Harris lost another key staffer, Rhyan Metzler, in the wake of a disastrous political rally at Orlando Executive Airport.

On August 31, 2006, Harris was interviewed on Hardball with Chris Matthews, where she responded to the criticisms from her former staffers with " We have their email traffic, we know what was behind all that, we know who's been paid and who isn't.

In August, Katherine Harris touted political endorsements from fellow Republican lawmakers on her campaign web site.

In an interview with the Florida Baptist Witness on August 24, 2006, Harris called for Christians to vote on religious lines.

On August 26, 2006, Harris's campaign released a " Statement of Clarification ", that stated, “ In the interview, Harris was speaking to a Christian audience, addressing a common misperception that people of faith should not be actively involved in government.

* August 10-Joseph Harris ( Gomer ), Welsh poet and journalist ( born 1773 )

Ludwig was ousted in a vote of no confidence in August 2003 and was replaced as President by René Harris.

The RAF section was led by Flight Lieutenant Weaver who was decommissioned in August 2011 and the role has now passed to Flying Officer Harris and Pilot Officer Lambert.

In between Elgin's two trips to China he had visited Japan and signed in August 1858 a Treaty of Amity and Commerce whose negotiation was much eased by the recent Harris Treaty between Japan and the United States.