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The Young Rascals - A Place in the Sun

Jump blues music was created by breakout stars from the 1930s and 1940s big bands... These breakout stars included sax players Louis Jordan, Bullmoose Jackson, Illinois Jacquet, and Big Jay McNeely. They also included singers Louis Prima, Big Joe Turner, Roy Milton, Amos Milburn, and Wynonie Harris.

The stars of jump blues were schooled in jazz and big band music, and they found popular success when they streamlined their music. Most jump blues songs featured repeated riffs, boogie woogie bass lines, and shuffle drum patterns. This simplicity made them popular with the general public.

The stars of jump blues directly inspired early R&B and rock 'n roll artists. Some... began their careers playing jump blues but became far more famous for R&B. Others composed songs that took off when covered by rock artists such as Roy Brown, author of Good Rockin' Tonight. By the 1950s, rock and R&B performers... had seized the popular music scene in cities like New York, Chicago, and New Orleans. Jump blues had been set aside, but it cast a long shadow on these new genres.
Source: Jump Blues Overview: A Brief History of Jump Blues Music

The Young Rascals - A Place in the Sun
  • Released on: July 31, 1967
  • Recorded on: May 9, 1966 – June 22, 1967
  • Genre: asoul

"The Young Rascals aka The Rascals were an American soul and rock group of the 1960s. The Young Rascals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997."

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