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Shorty Rogers made rock-and-roll recordings for RCA as Boots Brown and His Blockbusters. Quote from Dave Pell, "The Boots Brown dates were for movies but then RCA released them as singles. I don’t know why—maybe to make a double profit or to feed the pipeline for its new 45-rpm format. But you have to remember, at the time it wasn't cool to play that kind of music if you played jazz. That's why Shorty came up with a fake name. I don’t know why he chose Boots Brown or what it meant. I know we didn't want our names on the records. We were too embarrassed."
![]() | Dave Pell ts *1925 US |
![]() | Shorty Rogers tr, fh 1924-1994 US |
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Rockin' 'N' Ravin' | Little Richard / Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | 1986 | Compil. |
Jet Train / El Brasero | Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | 1960 | Single |
Chili Beans / (Let's Go To) Strollsville | Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | 1959 | Single |
Trollin' / Jim Twangy | Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | 1959 | Single |
Cerveza / Juicy | Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | 1958 | Single |
Rock That Beat | Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | 1953 | Single |
Rock That Beat | Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | 1953 | Single |
Block Buster / Shortn'in Bread | Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | 1952 | Album |
Blue Fairy Boogie / Breakfast Ball | Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | Single | |
Jim Twangy | Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | Single | |
Rock That Beat | Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | Album | |
Cerveza - Stroll, Please | Boots Brown And His Blockbusters / Joe Dodo And The Groovers | Single | |
A La Salud (God Bless You) / Cerveza | Tito Puente And His Orchestra / Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | Single | |
Trollin' | Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | Single |