# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jackie-brenston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:14:42.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jackie-brenston"
name: "Jackie Brenston"
slug: "jackie-brenston"
description: "Jackie Brenston was an American singer and saxophonist who, with Ike Turner's band, recorded the first version of \"Rocket 88\" in 1951. It was noted in a subsequent interview that Brenston stated \"I had a hit record and no sense\"."
tagline: "American R&B singer, saxophonist, songwriter (1930–1979)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Jackie_Brenston.jpg/330px-Jackie_Brenston.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930-08-15"
deathDate: "1979-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.647556
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چاكى برينستون"
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    title: "Jackie Brenston"
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    title: "Jackie Brenston"
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    title: "Jackie Brenston"
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  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Brenston"
    title: "Jackie Brenston"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Brenston"
    title: "Jackie Brenston"
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    title: "Jackie Brenston"
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    title: "Jackie Brenston"
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    title: "Бренстон, Джеки"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ee9966ca-c0e8-459b-afcc-4e882dbfc599"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump