The Todd Rhodes Orchestra was a Orchestra of 3 men from the late 40s through the mid 50s. Those three men were Todd Rhodes, Joe Williams, and Howard Thompson. The band started on the Sensation label in 1947. After one record, they switched to Vitacoustic, then after another record, they switched to King Records in 1948. After two more records, they had another on Sensation and Vitacoustic before going back to King. King would from this point be there main Label. Four cuts later they would have their last record on Vitacoustic in 1949. They took a break for one year in 1950. In 1951 they picked back up on King. They would have 9 more releases lasting until 1954. Then in 1982 out of nowhere the released one record on Gusto Records, then one on Collectibles in 1989. In 2015 King re-released one of there songs for some reason. (No, it was not Rocket 69)

Todd Rhodes was an american Jazz Pianist and Band arranger from the late 40s through mid 50s. Apart from being in his own bands, he was also part of McKinney's Cotton Pickers, and The Chocolate Dandies.

Joe Williams was an american Rhythm and Blues Bassist from the late 40s. He is only known for being in Todd Rhodes Orchestra and Todd Rhodes Toddlers.

Howard Thompson was an american Trumpeter from the late 40s through the early 1950s. Only known for being part of the Todd Rhodes Orchestra and Todd Rhodes Toddlers.

None of them or the Todd Rhodes Orchestra ever had any hits. But one can Argue that since Fallout 4 in 2015, The popularity of their song Rocket 69 in 1952 could be considered a hit.

The B Side is called Possessed and its a prime example of a B Side. You can listen to it here: [ Ссылка ]

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