It was the musicians in Millinder's band that gave him the unforgettable name "Bull Moose." One night while on tour in Texas, the scheduled singer Wynonie Harris didn't show up to sing. Jackson was ...

The R&B classic “Big Ten Inch Record” was originally written by Fred Weismantel and initially recorded by Bull Moose Jackson in 1952. Aerosmith covered the song in 1975 for the album Toys In ...

JACKSON JR, BENJAMIN CLARENCE BULL MOOSE (22 April 1919 - 31 July 1989), was a prominent African-American blues singer and saxophone player whose musical career boomed in the 1940’s. Benjamin Clarence ...

Bull Moose Jackson led one of those bands. A veteran of the Lucky Millinder Orchestra in the mid 1940s, Jackson formed his own band in 1947. A glance at Jackson's discography shows that among the jazz ...

The first will be about Bull Moose Jackson, followed by Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, and two on Henry Glover. The one on September 24th highlights Glover's career at King Records, and the other on ...