First Band without a The in its name

[Zeldar]

@Walloon

Roy Brown, “Good Rocking Tonight”, 1947
Fats Domino, “The Fat Man,” 1949
Louis Jordan, “Friday Night Fish Fry,” 1949
The Kings of Rhythm, “Rocket 88,” 1951
Big Joe Turner, “Honey, Hush”, 1953, and “Shake, Rattle and Roll”, 1954

You rarely fail to amaze me!

Just to add to the trivia trove, whoever it was who put out Rocket 88 is credited with beating Elvis to the punch, as did the gal who had the original version of Hound Dog. Sorry I can’t put names with those details. (But I bet Walloon can.)

[Walloon]

Big Mama Thornton.

[Zeldar]

@Walloon

Big Mama Thornton.

Thanks for that.

I just now saw you had already mentioned Rocket 88.