Pioneers Of Rock & Roll Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-01 · 5 entries checked · 4 flagged · 7 issues confirmed · 4 corrected · 3 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Carl Perkins — The claim that Perkins' 'Blue Suede Shoes' reached number two on the Billboard Best Sellers chart is inaccurate; it actually reached number one.

Chubby Checker — The entry states Checker was born in Andrews, South Carolina; he was actually born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Chubby Checker — The entry says his boss gave him the nickname 'Chubby'; the nickname was given by his wife, not his boss.

Clyde McPhatter — The Drifters were inducted as a group in 1988, not McPhatter individually as a member; the phrasing implies a separate individual induction for McPhatter as a Drifter.

Clyde McPhatter — The phrasing conflates two separate events: McPhatter was discovered by Billy Ward after winning Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater, not specifically while singing in a church choir.

Eddie Cochran — Cochran died the day after the accident (April 17, 1960), not on the same day; the accident occurred on April 16, 1960.

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