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Jesse Sailes

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Jesse John Sailes (1919–2007) was a jazz drummer and session musician who performed on many hit records in the 1940s and 1950s such as Eddie Cochran's "Skinny Jim".[1][2]

He was born in Denver, Colorado on December 3, 1919. He lived and worked in Los Angeles where he died on September 5, 2007.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bobby Cochran; Susan VanHecke (2003), Three Steps to Heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story, Hal Leonard Corporation, p. 54, ISBN 9780634032523
  2. ^ a b Peter Vacher (2015), "Jesse John Sailes", Swingin' on Central Avenue: African American Jazz in Los Angeles, Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 267–280, ISBN 9780810888333