singer appears on the 1981 live recording "rocket 88" with the uk-based boogie-woogie band rocket 88. also in the summer of 1981 singer visited london, where he recorded two albums for john stedman's record label, jsp. the first album, "swing on it" (jsp 1028), was recorded with british musicians, including jim mullen, peter king, mike carr and harold smith, while the second, recorded a day later with the same group, also featured jimmy witherspoon ("big blues", jsp 1032).