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Jesse John Sailes (December 3, 1919 – September 5, 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" and The Coasters' Riot in Cell Block Number 9, Framed, and Searchin'.

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

References

1. Bobby Cochran; Susan VanHecke (2003), Three Steps to Heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story, Hal Leonard Corporation, p. 54, ISBN 9780634032523
2. ^ Peter Vacher (2015), "Jesse John Sailes", Swingin' on Central Avenue: African American Jazz in Los Angeles, Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 267–280, ISBN 9780810888333
3. The Coasters: The Complete Singles As & Bs 1954-62, Acrobat Licensing LTD., ADDCCD3180, 2016, UK

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