"everybody likes my rocket 88"

 Richard Nixon's "Checkers speech" was an answer to charges that he had accepted a lot of money from a group of wealthy businessmen, in 1952.

1952:  Dwight Eisenhower (World War II general) was running for president of the U.S., with Richard Nixon as his vice-presidential candidate.

        (I tried to find a song that would have come out at the same time as this:  I discovered "Rocket 88" by Ike Turner and Jackie Brentson.)

The song came out in 1951.

Nixon was running as vice presidential candidate with Eisenhower, in 1952.  So - same era.

On You Tube,

Rocket 88 (Original Version) - Ike Turner / Jackie Brenston

play and enjoy

       

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