Moon Mullican - Rocket To The Moon (1953)
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Moon Mullican "Rocket To The Moon" on King 1198
March 6, 1953
Moon Mullican had a skill for merging country music, rock & roll, blues, pop, and honky tonk.
He was a great keyboard player and a fine singer.
He was born Aubrey Mullican in 1909 in Corrigan, Texas.
His family owned an 87-acre farm worked by sharecroppers. One of them, guitarist Joe Jones, introduced Mullican to the blues.
Mullican earned the nickname "Moon," short for "Moonshine."
During the mid-'30s, he joined the Western swing band the Blue Ridge Playboys. Then he joined Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers.
He made recordings with the Sunshine Boys and Jimmie Davis.
Mullican took the lead singer's spot in 1939 when Bruner recorded "Truck Driver's Blues."
In 1946 he worked for Syd Nathan of Cincinnati, Ohio, who founded King Records.
Moon Mullican "Rocket To The Moon" on King 1198 (March 6, 1953) rock & boogie
March 6, 1953
Moon Mullican had a skill for merging country music, rock & roll, blues, pop, and honky tonk.
He was a great keyboard player and a fine singer.
He was born Aubrey Mullican in 1909 in Corrigan, Texas.
His family owned an 87-acre farm worked by sharecroppers. One of them, guitarist Joe Jones, introduced Mullican to the blues.
Mullican earned the nickname "Moon," short for "Moonshine."
During the mid-'30s, he joined the Western swing band the Blue Ridge Playboys. Then he joined Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers.
He made recordings with the Sunshine Boys and Jimmie Davis.
Mullican took the lead singer's spot in 1939 when Bruner recorded "Truck Driver's Blues."
In 1946 he worked for Syd Nathan of Cincinnati, Ohio, who founded King Records.
Moon Mullican "Rocket To The Moon" on King 1198 (March 6, 1953) rock & boogie