Yep. He did a lot for the industry alright.
I don't see it mentioned anywhere but I know i have it in documentation somewhere, he was the producer on Bill Haley And The Comets recording of Rock Around The Clocke, which is said by some to be the first commercial rock and roll record.
I had the original 78 of it, and it was cvalled a foxtrot by the way.
Rocket '88 is often also said to be the first R&R record.
I never heard the later until long after rock waa beyond the toddler stagem and so the former is the one I see as the first on the road to what we listen to today.
ledgends may pass away but they never really die.
Ike was, and is, one of them.
Graham