v a birth of rhythm bluesIn the late forties the Harlem Hit Parade became the Billboard "R&B" charts. Joe Liggins song The Honeydripper was one of the first R&B chart hits. Sister Rosetta Tharpe had a hit with "Strange Things Happening Every Day", played as one of the first the electric guitar using heavy distortion (she was an example for Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards). Big Joe Turner was a blues shouter from Kansas known for My Gals A Jockey (according to Doc