About Jimmy Preston
Jimmy Preston (August 18, 1913, Chester, Pennsylvania – December 1984, Philadelphia, PA) was an American rhythm & blues bandleader, alto saxophonist, drummer and singer who made an important contribution to early rock and roll. Preston's first R&B top ten hit was with "Hucklebuck Daddy" in 1949, recorded for Philadelphia's Gotham Records. His main claim to fame was to record, as Jimmy Preston and His Prestonians, the original version of "Rock the Joint" for Gotham in 1949.
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Top Tracks
Rock The Joint
Hucklebuck Baby
Oh Babe
Hucklebuck Daddy
Let's Hang Out Tonight
Potato Salad
Drinking Woman
Hey Everybody
Oh, Babe!
Chop Suey Louie
Do the Bump
They Call Me the Champ
Messin' With Preston
Numbers Blues
Sugar Baby
Estellina Bim Bam
Hay Ride
Early Morning Blues
Going Away
Credit Blues
Hold Me Baby
Hang Out Tonight
Swingin' in the Groove
Oh Babe!
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Rock The Joint - Original Mix
Oh, Baby
Home Cookin'
Swinging in the Groove
Oh! Babe
Hey Everybody - Previously Unreleased
Oh Mr Possum - Previously Unreleased
Rock This Joint
Bells of St. Mary's
My Baby Done Left Me
I'm Lonesome - Previously Unreleased
Oh Mr. Possum
Huclebuck Daddy
Swinging' In - Previously Unreleased
Hey Everybody (Previously Unreleased)
Front Door Blues
Stop That Baby
Rock With It Baby
Rock With It, Baby
Running Bear
They Call Me the Champ [#]
Cradle of Love
We're Gonna Rock This Joint Tonight
Swinging' In (Previously Unreleased)
Rock The Joint - Original
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