12019-03-12T23:56:32+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a1282414plainpublished2019-10-09T19:07:53+00:00AnonymousOn January 5, 1957, the New York Amsterdam News featured an advertisement for the radio show of deejay “Jocko” Henderson, “your ace from outer space.” Henderson was an important early R&B and rock ’n’ roll deejay who hosted a radio show, Jocko’s Rocket Ship Show, that broadcast in New York and Philadelphia.