Editing Jimmy Rushing (section)

==Early life and education==
Rushing was born into a family with musical talent and accomplishments. His father, Andrew Rushing, was a trumpeter, and his mother, Cora, and her brother were singers. He studied music theory with [[Zelia N. Breaux]] at [[Frederick A. Douglass High School]] in Oklahoma City and was unusual among his musical contemporaries for having attended college at [[Wilberforce University]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Daniels |first=Douglas Henry |title=One O'Clock Jump: The Unforgettable History of the Oklahoma City Blue Devils |year=2007 |publisher=Beacon Press |isbn=978-0-8070-7137-3 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nrne7CjVSvwC&q=wilburforce&pg=PA240}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/jimmyrushing |title=Jimmy Rushing |publisher=Verve Music Group |access-date=2014-05-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909041524/http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/jimmyrushing |archive-date=September 9, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Rushing's father encouraged him to play violin: "He had bought me a violin, and he had forbidden me to touch the piano." But when his father "left the house, he'd lock the piano and give my mother the key. We'd watch him go away, and then she'd give me the key."<ref>{{cite web |author1=George Lang |title=Remembering Jimmy Rushing, the 'Five by Five' man with the enormous voice |url=https://newsok.com/article/3644561/remembering-jimmy-rushing-the-five-by-five-man-with-the-enormous-voice |website=newsok.com |publisher=The Oklahoman |access-date=18 April 2019 |date=January 29, 2012}}</ref>   

Rushing was inspired to pursue music and sing blues by his uncle Wesley Manning and George "Fathead" Thomas of [[McKinney's Cotton Pickers]].<ref name="EagleLeBlanc2013">{{cite book|last1=Eagle|first1=Bob L. |last2=LeBlanc|first2=Eric S. |title=Blues: A Regional Experience|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZNfAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA339|access-date=23 July 2018|date=1 May 2013|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-34424-4|pages=339–}}</ref>