Whose first hit was 'Rock Island Line'?
"to Harry Lewman Music, Lonnie Donegan's recording, released as a single in late 1955, signalled the start of the UK skiffle craze. This recording featured Donegan, Chris Barber on double bass and Beryl Bryden on washboard. Pete Seeger recorded a version a cappella while he was chopping wood, to demonstrate its origins. ""Rock Island Line"" has been recorded by: Rock Island Line ""Rock Island Line"" is an American folk song. Ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, it appeared as a folk song as early as 1929. The first recorded performance of ""Rock Island Line"" was by inmates"
"Rock Island Line ""Rock Island Line"" is an American folk song. Ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, it appeared as a folk song as early as 1929. The first recorded performance of ""Rock Island Line"" was by inmates of the Arkansas Cummins State Farm prison in 1934. The beginning of the most popular version of the song tells the story of a train operator who smuggles pig iron through a toll gate by claiming all he had on board was livestock, but this episode was a later addition not present in the traditional, 1929 version. The song's"
"be where I am today. Those guys were the inspiration that got me going. If it wasn't for that kind of music, I couldn't do what I'm doing now."" His father's record collection exposed him to various musical genres, such as the blues of Muddy Waters; the gospel of Mahalia Jackson; the jazz of Charlie Parker; the folk music of Woody Guthrie; and country music from Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers, while the first record he ever bought was by blues musician Sonny Terry. When Lonnie Donegan had a hit with ""Rock Island Line"", written by Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly),"
"1955. Donegan's fast-tempo version of Lead Belly's ""Rock Island Line"" was a major hit in 1956, featuring a washboard (but not a tea-chest bass), with ""John Henry"" on the B-side. It spent eight months in the Top 20, peaking at No. 6 (and No. 8 in the U.S.). It was the first debut record to go gold in Britain, selling over a million copies worldwide. It was the success of this single and the lack of a need for expensive instruments or high levels of musicianship that set off the British skiffle craze. A few bands enjoyed chart success in"
"CBS in January 1978. The band also received offers from Sire, Anchor and Island. According to reliable sources Island owner Chris Blackwell made several impassioned pleas to the band, culminating in a helicopter dash to a Midlands gig where he made a final appeal for the band sign to Island. The band's first major label single, ""Another Girl, Another Planet,"" appeared on CBS to immediate and almost universal critical acclaim but crawled no higher than the lower reaches of the Top 60, achieving only #56 UK. Despite frequent re-releases over three decades in various formats, sizes, and coloured vinyls the"
"Rod Stewart in 1964, (""Good Morning Little Schoolgirl""/""I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town"".) Decca also signed up many rock artists (The Moody Blues, The Zombies, The Applejacks, Dave Berry, Lulu, Alan Price) with varying degrees of success. Staff producer Hugh Mendl (1919–2008) worked for Decca for over 40 years and played a significant role in its success in the popular field from the 1950s to the late 1970s. His first major production credit was pianist Winifred Atwell. He produced ""Rock Island Line"", the breakthrough skiffle hit for Lonnie Donegan, and he is credited as the first executive to"
"Issac. The Rocket Record Company The Rocket Record Company was a record label founded by Elton John, along with Bernie Taupin, Gus Dudgeon, Steve Brown and others, in 1973. The company was named after the hit song ""Rocket Man"". The label was originally distributed in the UK by Island and in the US by MCA Records, both of which Elton John was also signed to (after 1976). The first artist who signed to the label was Stackridge, who completed two albums for The Rocket Record Company after moving from MCA. It also became the home of Cliff Richard, Neil Sedaka"
"Blackwell brought over to England. In 1964, he produced Small's cover of a 1956 Barbie Gaye song ""My Boy Lollypop"" which was one of the first songs recorded in the ska style. Millie Small's version was a smash hit, selling over six million records worldwide. It launched Island Records into mainstream popular music, and is acknowledged as the first international ska hit. Blackwell later remembered his breakthrough release: After discovering The Spencer Davis Group, featuring Steve Winwood, Blackwell focused on the rock acts that Island had signed. Island became one of the most successful independent labels of the 1960s, 1970s,"
"Rhode Island. The band's debut EP, ""Slow Dust"" (1992), made it to number one on the United Kingdom indie chart. Soon after, their single ""Feed the Tree"" made the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart and their first album, ""Star"" (1993), hit number two on the UK Albums Chart. In the United States, the album was RIAA certified gold, largely based on the success of ""Feed the Tree"" on Modern Rock radio stations and MTV, where the video was featured as part of MTV's Buzz Bin videos and Alternative Nation video show for much of 1993. Two follow-up singles"
"Glenn Reeves Glenn Reeves (born Floyd Glenn Reeves December 29, 1930 - November 19, 1998) was an American rockabilly singer-songwriter and radio deejay. He released eight singles in his recording career, but is best-remembered for his demo of the song ""Heartbreak Hotel"" which later became Elvis Presley's first number one hit. Reeves was raised in Shamrock, Texas; while in high school he formed his first band which played Western swing music. He studied briefly at the University of Houston before serving in the Korean War. After returning from the military, he received a position as a radio deejay on KCTX"
"in the first place. This line is now owned and prospers under Iowa Interstate Railroad. The company inspired the song ""Rock Island Line"", first written in 1934 and recorded by numerous artists. Presidents of the Rock Island Railroad included: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called ""Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway"") was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock. At the end of 1970, it operated 7,183 miles of road on 10,669"
"The Island Def Jam Music Group. Reid signed Bieber to Island Records in October 2008 (resulting in a joint venture between RBMG and Island Records) and appointed Hicks as executive Vice-President of Def Jam, where he could manage Bieber's career at the label. Bieber then moved to Atlanta with his mother to pursue further work with Braun and Usher. Braun became Bieber's manager in 2008. Bieber's first single, ""One Time"", was released to radio while Bieber was still recording his debut album. The song reached number 12 on the Canadian Hot 100 during its first week of release in July"
"number of rockabilly shows. Rocky Burnette Rocky Burnette (born Jonathan Burnette, 12 June 1953) is an American rock and roll singer/musician and the son of rock and roll musician Johnny Burnette. He is best known for his 1980 hit single ""Tired of Toein' the Line"" which he co-wrote with Ron Coleman, who formerly wrote, recorded and performed with the Brothers Grim and The Everly Brothers. Rocky Burnette was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and became part of the early 1980s revival of the rockabilly style. He released his first album, ""The Son of Rock and Roll"", on EMI America in 1979."
"Jackson Highway"". Initially they worked for Rick Hall, the founder of ""FAME Studios"" and they are recognized as having crafted the ""Muscle Shoals sound"" in conjunction with Hall. After leaving Rick Hall's FAME Studios, the four musicians partnered with Jerry Wexler who provided start-up funding to found Muscle Shoals Sound Studio at 3614 Jackson Highway in Sheffield. The first hit to the studio's credit was R. B. Greaves' ""Take a Letter Maria"". By December 1969, the Rolling Stones were recording at this new location for three days. The ""Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section"" was the first group of musicians to own"
"it released a six-track LP called ""Drop the Bomb"" in 1982, which included the hit ""Pump Me Up"" which had already been a regional hit years before. In 1984, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell heard Chuck Brown's ""We Need Some Money"" on the radio in New York, which ultimately led to him signing some of the brightest stars of the go-go scene. Trouble Funk and E.U. were both signed to Island, while Chuck Brown, Mass Extinction, Yuggie, Redds and the Boys and Hot, Cold, Sweat were signed through a distribution deal between T.T.E.D. and Island subsidiary 4th & B'way. Along"
"Draw the Line (song) ""Draw the Line"" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, and was released in 1977 as the first single (and title track) from the album ""Draw the Line"". It peaked at #42 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It was included on their album ""Greatest Hits"". The song encompasses many of the typical things Aerosmith is known for, including the strong rhythm backbeat by Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer, the back-and-forth interplay between guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford. The song slows down before building to"
"Rocking Horse (along with Keith Poppin). His biggest successes, however, would come in the early 1970s, when he teamed up with the Impact All Stars at the recently built Randy's studio to record tracks such as a cover of The Everly Brothers's ""Till I Kissed You"", Simon & Garfunkel's ""Bridge Over Troubled Waters"", and ""A Little Love"". The latter two tracks were big hits in Jamaica and the UK (London was the first artist to record at the studio). Both of these appeared on London's debut album, ""Bridge Over Troubled Waters"" in 1972. Further hits followed with the likes of"
"The first single, ""Boogie Oogie Oogie"", from their debut album ""A Taste of Honey"", spent three weeks at #1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1978, and sold two million copies. The group was awarded two platinum records for the single and album, and won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 20th Grammys on February 15, 1979. Janice–Marie Johnson calls the single her ""lifeline"" and credits Capitol Records executive, Larkin Arnold, with ensuring they owned their own publishing. Their subsequent disco releases, such as ""Do It Good"" (#79 in 1979) from ""Another Taste"", and ""Rescue Me"" (1980)"
"The lineup consisted of Iris, Avsec, Marty Lee Hoenes, Albritton McClain, and Kevin Valentine. The new band, called Donnie Iris and the Cruisers, released their first album in 1980, ""Back on the Streets"". The album's first single, ""Ah! Leah!"", began a series of successful albums and singles. Donnie Iris landed 10 singles in the Billboard top 100 lists. He released ten albums with the Cruisers, five of which made it to the Billboard top 200 list. Donnie Iris and the Cruisers are still together to this day. Ross joined the Skyliners in 1975 after two of the original members left."
"Cogan with ""Dreamboat"". Many successful songs were the product of movies, including number ones for Doris Day in 1954 with ""Secret Love"" from ""Calamity Jane"" and for Frank Sinatra with the title song from ""Three Coins in the Fountain"". A notable British musical genre of the mid-1950s was skiffle, which was developed primarily by jazz musicians copying American folk and country blues songs such as those of Lead Belly in a deliberately rough and lively style emulating jug bands. The most prominent exponent was Lonnie Donegan, whose version of ""Rock Island Line"" was a major hit in 1956. The success"
"He was the first singer (of many) to praise a sound system on record, with his ""On the Beach"" celebrating Clement Dodd's ""Sir Coxsone Downbeat"" system in 1959, one of the first releases on Dodd's Studio One label. He was one of the first artists to be produced by Chris Blackwell, in 1960, and his ""Patricia"" single was the first record ever released by Island Records. His first single, ""Please Let Me Go"", reached the top of the charts in Jamaica, and featured a guitar solo from Australian musician Dennis Sindrey who was a member of The Caribs, a studio"
"Rhode Island and established a following up and down the Northeast corridor with strongholds in the beach resort towns of Narragansett and Misquamicut, Rhode Island; New York City; New Haven, Connecticut; Boston, Massachusetts; and Asbury Park, New Jersey. They first achieved success with a 1980 self-released single pairing two of their songs, ""Wild Summer Nights"" and ""Tender Years"", which sold over 10,000 copies and had radio play up and down the Atlantic seaboard. Despite their success, the act was ignored by the major labels due to persistent critical comparisons to Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. They finally achieved"
"proved popular and in July 1954 he recorded a fast version of Leadbelly's ""Rock Island Line"", featuring a washboard but not a tea-chest bass, with ""John Henry"" on the B-side. It was a hit in 1956 (which also later inspired the creation of a full album, ""An Englishman Sings American Folk Songs"", released in America on the Mercury label in the early 1960s), but, because it was a band recording, Donegan made no money beyond his session fee. It was the first debut record to go gold in the UK, and it reached the Top Ten in the United States."
"First in Line (song) ""First in Line"" is a song by Elvis Presley from his second album ""Elvis"" (1956, Presley's first album on RCA). The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and Ben Weisman. It was the first song Ben Weisman ever wrote for Elvis Presley. Presley recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio in Hollywood, California. on September 3, 1956. The song was first released on Elvis Presley's 1956 album ""Elvis"" in 1956. It is a sad, plaintive ballad. ""The New Rolling Stone Album Guide"" describes it as a ""poignant love song"", ""one of Elvis' most deeply felt"
"""Billboard"" Hot 100 hit, ""Can't Wait Another Minute"", and later popped up on their multi-million selling 1986 album, ""Silk And Steel"". She also contributed to two consecutive albums, writing one song for each project with brother Delroy: ""Knock Twice"" from ""Between The Lines"" and ""Someone's In Love"" from ""Rock the World"". The latter track was chosen as the lead single for the album in the US and was a top 40 hit on the Hot R&B Singles chart. Her most notable input to a Five Star project came in 1990 when Doris took lead vocal for the first time on"
"a popular touring act over the next two decades. His early recording career embraced blues, soul and rock and roll. He recorded singles for Mercury, Golden Eagle and All Boy, amongst others. His first single was ""Rock 'n' Roll Lily"", and he later cut successes such as ""Down on Bending Knees"" and ""Please Let Me Know"". For the most part, his singles featured Copeland as a vocalist more than a guitar player. Driven by disco to rethink his future, he moved to New York City in 1979, and played extensively in Eastern cities. In New York he met a young"
"Rockers (named after his brother's soundsystem, Rockers), and released a steady stream of well-received instrumentals, mostly versions of older hits from Studio One. In spite of his success with Rockers, Pablo's 1974 album, ""This Is Augustus Pablo"" was recorded with Clive and Pat Chin. This was followed by a collaboration with the legendary reggae engineer King Tubby, 1975's ""Ital Dub"". Pablo produced a steady stream of hits in the late 1970s, including the hit ""Black Star Liner"" (Fred Locks). He also worked with Dillinger, Norris Reid, I-Roy, Jacob Miller, The Immortals, Paul Blackman, Earl Sixteen, Roman Stewart, Lacksley Castell, The"
"Chris Barber Donald Christopher Barber OBE (born 17 April 1930) is an English jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and trombonist. As well as scoring a UK top twenty trad jazz hit, he helped the careers of many musicians, notably the blues singer Ottilie Patterson, who was at one time his wife, and Lonnie Donegan, whose appearances with Barber triggered the skiffle craze of the mid-1950s and who had his first transatlantic hit, ""Rock Island Line"", while with Chris Barber's band. His providing an audience for Donegan and, later, Alexis Korner makes Barber a significant figure in the British"
"Rocky Burnette Rocky Burnette (born Jonathan Burnette, 12 June 1953) is an American rock and roll singer/musician and the son of rock and roll musician Johnny Burnette. He is best known for his 1980 hit single ""Tired of Toein' the Line"" which he co-wrote with Ron Coleman, who formerly wrote, recorded and performed with the Brothers Grim and The Everly Brothers. Rocky Burnette was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and became part of the early 1980s revival of the rockabilly style. He released his first album, ""The Son of Rock and Roll"", on EMI America in 1979. In the summer of"
"the first commercially successful international ska song, Small's version of ""My Boy Lollipop"" sold over six million records worldwide and helped to launch Island Records into mainstream popular music. It remains one of the best-selling reggae/ska hits of all time. The record's arrangement is credited to Ernest Ranglin, who also plays guitar on the recording. The saxophone solo from the original version was replaced by a harmonica solo. It is unclear who played the harmonica – urban legend credited Rod Stewart for many years, but he has denied it. Instead, it was almost certainly either Pete Hogman or Jimmy Powell,"
"I Walk the Line ""I Walk the Line"" is a song written and recorded in 1956 by Johnny Cash. After three attempts with moderate chart ratings, it became Cash's first number one hit on the ""Billboard"" charts. It reached number 17 on the US pop charts. It remained on the record charts for over 43 weeks, and sold over 2 million copies. It has also been used on many LP's released from Sun Records, such as ""With His Hot and Blue Guitar"", ""Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous"", and ""Sings Hank Williams"". It was the title song for a"
"late stages of their debut album, the band conceived the name Ultravox! (the exclamation mark was a reference to krautrock band Neu!, produced by Conny Plank, who later produced three Ultravox albums). At the same time, Leigh chose John Foxx and Allen chose Chris Cross as their respective stage names. In February 1977, Island released their eponymous debut album, ""Ultravox!"". Like many other bands that formed Britain's punk and new wave movements, Ultravox! drew inspiration from the art-school side of glam rock. Musically, Ultravox were heavily influenced by Roxy Music, the New York Dolls, David Bowie and Kraftwerk. Their debut"
"as Delroy Wilson (whom he later cited as the single greatest influence on his style of singing), Errol Dunkley, John Holt, Ken Boothe, and Bob Andy. Brown's first recording was an original song called ""Lips of Wine"" for producer Derrick Harriott, but when this was not released, he recorded for Clement ""Coxsone"" Dodd's Studio One label, and his first session yielded the single ""No Man is an Island"", recorded when Brown was aged twelve and released in late 1969. The single received steadily increasing airplay for almost a year before becoming a huge hit throughout Jamaica. Brown recorded up to"