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Jesse Stone (Jesse Albert Stone) was born on 16 November, 1901 in Atchison, Kansas, U.S., is an American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter. Discover Jesse Stone's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 97 years old?

Popular As Jesse Albert Stone
Occupation Musician · songwriter · arranger · record producer
Age 97 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 16 November, 1901
Birthday 16 November
Birthplace Atchison, Kansas, U.S.
Date of death 1 April, 1999
Died Place Altamonte Springs, Florida, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1901

Jesse Albert Stone (November 16, 1901 – April 1, 1999) was an American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter whose influence spanned a wide range of genres.

He also used the pseudonyms Charles Calhoun and Chuck Calhoun.

His best-known composition as Calhoun was "Shake, Rattle and Roll".

Ahmet Ertegun once stated that "Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock 'n' roll sound than anybody else."

Stone was born in Atchison, Kansas, and raised in Kansas.

His grandparents were formerly enslaved in Tennessee.

Stone was influenced by a wide array of styles.

He came from a musical family who put on minstrel shows, and performed with them by age of five.

He was part of a trained dog act at the age of four.

1926

By 1926, Stone had formed a group, the Blue Serenaders, and cut his first record, "Starvation Blues", for Okeh Records in 1927.

1930

For the next few years he worked as a pianist and arranger in Kansas City, recording with Julia Lee among others, and then in the 1930s organised a larger orchestra.

He made some recordings under his own name in the 1930s and 1940s.

1936

Duke Ellington got Stone's orchestra booked at the Cotton Club in 1936, and Ellington put Stone up free of charge in his apartment for four months.

Over the next few years Stone worked as a bandleader at the Apollo Theatre, and more widely in Harlem as a songwriter and arranger, with Chick Webb's band (which included Louis Jordan), Jimmie Lunceford, and many others.

1941

In 1941, Stone became musical director for the all-female jazz band, the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.

He left after two years.

1942

An early success was "Idaho", recorded by several artists, with the Benny Goodman version peaking at number 4 (pop) in 1942.

The recording by Guy Lombardo sold three million copies.

Jimmy Dorsey recorded his composition "Sorghum Switch", later retitled "Cole Slaw" by Louis Jordan.

Stone also recorded novelty blues records for RCA Records, and wrote the standard "Smack Dab in the Middle".

1945

In 1945, with his friend Herb Abramson, he went to work for Al Green at National Records, and two years later the pair joined the staff at Atlantic Records.

At the time, Stone was the only black person on the Atlantic payroll.

Stone worked for Atlantic as a producer, songwriter, and arranger.

1949

During a trip to the South in 1949 with Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, Stone discovered that Atlantic's records were not selling in the southern states because they lacked a certain danceable quality.

Stone later said: "I listened to the stuff that was being done by those thrown-together bands in the joints down there, and I concluded that the only thing that was missing from the stuff we were recording was the rhythm. All we needed was a bass line. So I designed a bass pattern, and it sort of became identified with rock'n'roll - doo, da-DOO, DUM; doo, da-DOO, DUM - that thing. I'm the guilty person that started that."

1953

In 1953, he wrote Ray Charles' hit "Losing Hand" (1953), and also wrote "Money Honey", which became the first hit record for The Drifters, topping the national R&B chart for 11 weeks.

The following year, he arranged "Sh-Boom" by The Chords.

On Ertegun's advice, Stone used the pseudonym of Charles F. Calhoun, a name appropriated from an unknowing local builder, on his BMI tunes to avoid conflict with his membership in the other music licensing society, ASCAP.

His best-known composition as Calhoun was "Shake, Rattle and Roll".

1954

The song was first recorded by Big Joe Turner in 1954 for Atlantic and was a major hit for the rhythm and blues artist, often cited as one of the first rock and roll records.

An even bigger success was a cover version of the song recorded later in 1954 for Decca Records by Bill Haley & His Comets.

This version became one of the first rock and roll recordings to sell a million copies and be an international success.

It predated Haley's better-known "Rock Around the Clock" by nearly a year.

Stone also co-wrote "Flip, Flop and Fly" with Big Joe Turner, which was another hit.

Haley was also fond of the song, and recorded it three times during his career.

Stone also had additional Haley connections.

1955

Haley's hit, 1955's "Razzle-Dazzle", was another written by Stone under the Calhoun pseudonym.

1956

Stone was also credited as co-writer (along with James E. Myers aka Jimmy DeKnight, co-writer of "Rock Around the Clock") of "Rattle My Bones", a song recorded in 1956 by the Comets spin-off group, The Jodimars.

1986

Stone was interviewed in the 1986 documentary film International Sweethearts of Rhythm about his time with that band.

Stone's early writings show a deep blues influence.